Zimbabwe: Goldmine collapses killing at least 9, many trapped underground | Oneindia News
At least nine miners were killed after a shaft in a Zimbabwean gold mine collapsed on Saturday. According to the state media reports, 15 others are still trapped underground.
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00:00 At least nine miners were killed after a shaft in a Zimbabwean gold mine collapsed on Saturday.
00:11 According to state media reports, 15 others are still trapped underground.
00:15 Thirty-four miners were caught in the collapse on Friday at Bay House Mine in the gold-rich
00:19 town of Chengutu, about 100 miles from the capital, Harare.
00:23 Thirteen of the miners managed to escape, and rescue operations are underway for the
00:27 remaining miners.
00:28 The minister and the engineer also reported that three other miners were thought to be
00:33 missing, but their whereabouts were not known.
00:37 On Saturday afternoon, 700 local residents watched in anguish as rescue workers tried
00:42 to retrieve bodies from the mine.
00:45 Women wept as they waited for their husbands or sons to be pulled from the rubble.
00:49 The Southern African nation has vast reserves of platinum, diamonds, gold, coal and copper.
00:55 Due to the floundering economy, illegal mining is rife and often takes place under dangerous
01:00 conditions.
01:02 Incidents of mine collapses, often involving artisanal miners, are rampant in the Southern
01:07 African country.
01:08 The country of 15 million people also has Africa's largest reserves of lithium, a mineral
01:14 in global demand, due to its use in electric car batteries.
01:18 Zimbabwe's mineral-rich national parks, abandoned mines, rivers and even towns are often swarmed
01:23 with people, including young children, seeking to find valuable deposits.
01:28 It is one of the few economic activities still going on in a country that has suffered industrial
01:32 closures, a currency crisis and rampant unemployment over the past two decades.
01:37 Critics blame economic mismanagement and corruption for the collapse of a once-thriving economy
01:42 and one of Africa's bright spots.
01:45 The government points to two decades of sanctions imposed by the US over allegations of human
01:50 rights violations.
01:51 In 2017, the bodies of at least 29 illegal miners were recovered from a shaft when an
01:58 underground explosion occurred in South Africa.
02:00 In February 2019, 24 miners died when an abandoned pit flooded after torrential rains in central
02:07 Zimbabwe.
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