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65 miners await rescue at Zimbabwe platinum mine
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120522/AP15/305229943
Published Tuesday May 22, 2012
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Sixty-five miners are awaiting rescue underground at a platinum mine on Tuesday after conveyor equipment collapsed in southern Zimbabwe.
National Mine Workers Union head Shadreck Pelewelo said that 20 miners were rescued after the incident which caused a fire at the Mimosa platinum mine about 400 kilometers (248 miles) southwest of the capital, Harare.
Mining company Implats said in a statement that the fire has been contained.
Pelewelo told The Associated Press that rescue efforts were "going on well so far" and there were no fatalities.
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