Tragedy Strikes South Africa's Platinum Mine: 11 Lives Lost

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Tragedy Strikes South Africa's Platinum Mine: 11 Lives Lost
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Eleven miners were killed and 75 others injured when an industrial elevator plunged 650 feet down a decades-old shaft at South Africa's largest platinum mine, owned by Impala Platinum. This incident, the deadliest in South Africa in over two decades, highlights the dangers faced by workers in the country's mining industry, which is the largest global producer of platinum and a major gold producer.

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