[miningmx.com] – SEVEN miners in Zimbabwe have been killed in a gold mining accident with another 11 injured, said Bloomberg News which cited comments by Tinago Ruzive, president of the Associated Mineworkers Union of Zimbabwe.
“Their hoist cage plunged about 80 metres (262 feet) into a pool of water,’ Tuzive told the newswire service. “Operations at the mine have been suspended.’
The accident occured at the Golden Valley mine in Kadoma, 160 kilometers west of Harare. In 2013, 35 people died in mining accidents in the southern African nation, said Bloomberg News.
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