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NUM, Amcu demand action after six miners killed in Limpopo blaze
The copper mine confirmed on Monday morning that six workers were killed after a blaze erupted in its underground operation in Phalaborwa
Sibanye-Stillwater boss ‘traumatised’ by surge in mine deaths
The death toll at Sibanye-Stillwater's operations this year alone stands at more than 20
Death toll at Sibanye-Stillwater mine rises to four, one miner still missing
A fourth miner has been found dead at an abandoned working area of a mine owned by Sibanye-Stillwater while a fifth miner remains unaccounted for
Mine tragedies are not a numbers game
Death statistics are too crude a measure of the human tragedies that take place at South Africa’s mines.
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Every death is one too many
Stringent laws (and vigilant unions) mean that going even deeper to get gold should not reverse the trend of improved safety in mining.
NUM leader shot dead in front of Lonmin mine
A National Union of Mineworkers leader has been shot dead and another wounded at a Lonmin platinum mine in South Africa, says the union.
NUM bleeds both workers and lives
A slow, sure, violent implosion appears to be building in South Africa's largest and formerly most powerful union - the National Union of Mineworkers.
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