Rescue efforts underway for 260 workers trapped in a South African gold mine

JOHANNESBURG AP Rescue efforts are underway in South Africa to bring workers trapped in a gold mine for a day back to the surface the Sibanye Stillwater mining company reported on Friday Related Articles Ukrainian official says major prisoner swap with Russia is underway Currently in History May outlaws Bonnie and Clyde killed in police ambush What to know about the tensions between Iran and the US before their fifth round of nuclear talks No new direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks are scheduled Kremlin says US tariff hikes Myanmar war and sea disputes will top ASEAN summit agenda According to the company an initial study demonstrated that a sub-shaft rock winder skip door opened at the loading point and caused a few damage to the mineshaft at the Kloof mine west of Johannesburg Following a detailed hazard assessment it was decided that employees should remain at the sub-shaft station until it is safe to proceed to the surface in order to avoid walking long distances at this time the company reported in a message The National Union of Mineworkers which represents workers at the Kloof mine mentioned the miners have been trapped for almost hours with the company repeatedly changing the estimated time for them to return to the surface We are very concerned because the mine did not even make this development community until we disclosed it to the media announced NUM spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu The company stated all miners were accounted for and safe adding that it expected to hoist them back to the surface on Friday