Friday, February 7, 2014

South Africa: Harmony Gold stops operations after mining accident deaths

(Reuters) - South Africa's Harmony Gold stopped all its operations for a 24-hour safety shift on Friday after at least 8 workers were killed in a rock-fall and fire, the worst accident in South Africa's mines in nearly 5 years.

In addition to the accident at its Doornkop mine near Johannesburg, South Africa's third-largest bullion producer said 2 other workers had died in separate incidents at different mines on Thursday.

Mining Minister Susan Shabangu said the incidents showed that

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