Impala Platinum (Implats), the world’s second-biggest producer of platinum, shut one of two shafts at its Marula mine after a worker was killed in an incident, an official at Implats said on Friday.
Clapham is one of two shafts at Marula and produces half of the Marula mine’s total output of 6 000 ounces of platinum per month. Marula is located in the Limpopo province.
Two workers were killed in a blast at the Clapham shaft in October, and the shaft re-opened a few days after it was closed.
Meanwhile, Harmony Gold said on Friday one worker was injured and another was missing after a rockfall at its Elandsrand mine, which re-opened on Monday after it was shut down in early October following an accident.
An official at Harmony said the mine had not been shut again after Friday’s accident, which took place about 3km underground at about 10.30am.
A decision on whether to shut the mine or not would be taken once the rescue operation was completed, but all production activities had ceased to allow the rescue to take place, Alwyn Pretorius, Harmony’s chief operating officer said. — Reuters