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 noted on Friday Related Articles Ukrainian official says major prisoner swap with Russia is underway Nowadays 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 probe evidenced that a sub-shaft rock winder skip door opened at the loading point and caused selected damage to the mineshaft at the Kloof mine west of Johannesburg Following a detailed liability 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 noted in a comment The National Union of Mineworkers which represents workers at the Kloof mine announced 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 constituents until we published it to the media mentioned NUM spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu The company announced all miners were accounted for and safe adding that it expected to hoist them back to the surface on Friday