JOHANNESBURG: A total of 118 illegal miners were brought to the surface during rescue operations at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein in South Africa's North West Province, with 36 confirmed dead, ...

Members of the South African police, patrol as they guard the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been underground for months in ...

Relive the gripping story of the 2010 Chilean mining ... during which 33 miners were trapped underground, and the incredible international effort that led to their miraculous rescue.

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Nearly three weeks after a collapse inside the main access tunnel of a mine in Chile trapped 33 miners inside ... supplies through a bore hole. But rescue workers estimate it could be four ...

South Africa’s engineering prowess has been hailed for the role it played in the rescue of 246 individuals ... mining industry. When 33 miners were trapped in Chile’s San Jose mine after ...

began only after the High Court ordered the government to rescue the trapped miners. One group, Mining-Affected Communities United in Action, has claimed the surviving miners are being denied ...

CEO of Mine Rescue Services South Africa, the private company contracted to rescue the miners. At least 87 miners died in the monthslong standoff between police and the miners who were trapped ...

Mannas Fourie, CEO of Mines Rescue Services, points out the technology capabilities of the mobile rescue winder that was used to rescue miners, during an interview in Carletonville, South Africa ...

It was the beginning of discussions about how to bring the miners to the surface. It also was the first time a specially designed cage that can be lowered as deep as 3,100 meters (10,170 feet) fitted ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa — A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South Africa, where hundreds of illegal miners ...