BHP Billiton has suspended all underground operations at its Khuthala Colliery following the death of one of its workers earlier this week, the company said on Thursday.
South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers said on Tuesday that a worker had died at the world’s biggest miner’s Khuthala Colliery, near Witbank, east of Johannesburg, after a fall of ground.
”Investigations are being conducted by BHP Billiton and the relevant government authorities. All underground operations at Khuthala have been suspended until further notice,” the company said in a statement. — Reuters