The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally designed and manufactured Mobile Mines Rescue Winder (MMRW), equipped with wo ...

We are going to smoke them out.” The recent rescue operation, conducted by nonprofit group Mines Rescue Services, began only after the High Court ordered the government to rescue the trapped miners.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep ...

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 ...

We could not determine the number of people that are standing there, but it was evident that people were standing around and they were in need of help to come up to the surface,” said Mannas Fourie, ...

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

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa — (AP) — 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 ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa — (AP) — 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 ...