Friday, June 25, 2010

Business Report - Home - Three die in explosion at Harmony Phakisa mine

Business Report - Home - Three die in explosion at Harmony Phakisa mine: "Three miners died in an underground explosion accident at Harmony Gold's Phakisa mine in the Free State.

In a statement on Friday, the company said the accident occurred on Thursday night about 2013 metres below the surface.

Harmony added that two other employees were seriously injured and were being treated at the local hospital.

'The employees were part of a Mine Rescue Team that was busy investigating a suspected fire in a raise, underground at the time of the accident."