There has been an incident at the Kloof Ikamva shaft involving five employees who entered an abandoned working place, Sibanye said in a statement.
Three minerworkers died today, and two others remain trapped at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kloof Ikamva shaft near Westonaria, South-West of Johannesburg, the mine said.
“Sibanye-Stillwater regrets to advise that there has been an incident today at its Kloof Ikamva shaft involving five employees who entered an abandoned working place,” Sibanye said in a statement.
“Sadly, three employees have been retrieved and declared deceased. Mine rescue teams are still searching for two employees.”
Sibanye-Stillwater said the department of mineral resources and all the unions have been informed about the incident.
– African News Agency (ANA)
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