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TimesLIVE reports that Mike Elliot, business rescue representative for the Gupta-owned Gloria mine, remains optimistic that there could still be survivors following a blast there and observed that “there is always hope”.
But, police on Monday said efforts to reach the trapped miners were no longer regarded as a rescue operation but as a retrieval mission as they had little hope of finding any more survivors. The mine outside Middelburg, Mpumalanga, was rocked by an underground gas explosion on 6 February. A group of people had earlier entered it illegally, allegedly to strip copper cables underground. Rescue efforts have been stalled by several factors, including high levels of methane gas which threatened to cause another explosion. So far, 12 people have been confirmed dead, while it is unclear how many miners remain trapped. The mine, which has been non-operational for several months, forms part of the Optimum Coal assets bought by the Gupta family in 2016. The assets were put into business rescue early in 2018.
- Read the original of Naledi Shange’s report on this story in full at TimesLIVE
- See too, Toxic gas again hampers rescue operations at Gloria coal mine, at EWN
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