About 950 gold miners were stuck underground in South Africa today after a power cut, the mine's owner said, though the workers were not reported to be in immediate danger. The Sibanye-Stillwater mining company said a massive power outage had prevented lifts from bringing the night shift to the surface at the Beatrix gold mine, near the central city of Welkom. About 65 people were rescued during the day, with 950 remaining trapped underground by early evening, the company said. Wellsted said that engineers were struggling to get emergency generators to operate and re-start the lifts. The Beatrix mine is in Free State province, 290 kilometres southwest of Johannesburg.

Source: dna February 01, 2018 15:00 UTC