1800 miners are trapped underground at Sibanye-Stillwater mine, at their Thembelani shaft after rails used to transport workers fell.
This was confirmed by Sibanye, and the mine says it is trying to remove obstruction which may take a couple of hours.
“We were transporting some rails underground in a conveyance down the shaft. Some of the rails fell down the shaft. So, we’re busy, first of all, removing all obstructions and also doing a full shaft inspection because you need to make sure that there’s been no damage,” said Sibanye-
Stillwater’s James Wellsted.
He also said the mine is assessing the shaft infrastructure and that there were no injuries as a result of the incident.
