Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (IMPUF)
- Associated Press Finance
The death toll from a mining tragedy in South Africa rises to 13 after a worker dies at a hospital
The death toll from a mining tragedy last week in South Africa that involved an elevator has risen to 13 people after a worker died at a hospital, the mine operator said Monday. Impala Platinum said that the worker died Sunday from injuries sustained when the elevator plummeted around 200 meters (650 feet) down the shaft of a platinum mine while carrying workers to the surface after their shift on Nov. 27. Eleven workers died that day, while the latest victim was the second mineworker to die at a hospital.
- Associated Press Finance
Elevator plummets at a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 workers and injuring 75
An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75 — 14 of them critically, the mine operator said Tuesday. All the injured workers were hospitalized. Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe said there would be a government investigation into the tragedy.
- Reuters
South African miners join race to buy Botswana's Khoemacau copper mine -sources
At least three South African miners are in the running to buy Botswana's Khoemacau copper mine that is home to one of Africa's largest copper deposits, several sources told Reuters, as growing demand for the metal ensures strong competition for the sought-after asset. Johannesburg-listed Impala Platinum, Exxaro Resources and Sibanye Stillwater are weighing bids for the copper and silver mine in Botswana, said the sources with knowledge of the matter, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the information.
