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31 Jul 2017

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Mining Weekly (South Africa)

Four bodies retrieved from Tau Lekoa mine in North West following seismic accident

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"Four bodies retrieved from Tau Lekoa mine in North West following seismic accident", 24 July 2017

...[R]escuers have retrieved the bodies of four mine workers trapped underground during a seismic accident on Saturday afternoon at Tau Lekoa mine in Orkney, North West. They had been trapped by a rock fall induced by a 0.8 magnitude seismic event.  The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said rescuers had been faced with a difficult operation.  “Cosatu and NUM (National Union of Mineworkers) leadership has been observing efforts by rescue team to recover bodies....