Sunday, July 22, 2007

Two AngloGold miners killed in S.Africa rock fall

(Reuters) - Two miners were killed after a rock fall deep underground at a mine owned by AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, the world's third-biggest gold producer, a company official said on Sunday.

The two miners had been trapped for close to 48 hours at the Moab Khotsong mine in the country's North West province, and their bodies were recovered in the early hours of Sunday, said Steve Lenahan, a spokesman for AngloGold.


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