21 Feb 2007, South Africa --- TauTona gold miners (L) Martin Mohatakedi Mokoana, Moses Jambata Sonke, Caswell Mkhokeli Vanya Anale, Xolani Tyhafu Sonwaba work at chipping away an under twin in a 4M tunnel, 2.8 kilometers (1 3/4 miles) below the earth surface, one of the furthest parts of the world's deepest gold mine. After traveling below ground shoulder-to-shoulder in three, 1 story elevators, the 150 miners travel by locomotive to their respective mine shafts. They then off-load and hike the rest of the way to climate controlled areas where they will work 8 hour shifts, 3 hours of which are break and travel. If not for massive air coolers, the workers would be digging in 130 degree Fahrenheit conditions, instead of a humid 85. | Location: Western Levels, South Africa. --- Image by © Tom Fox/Dallas Morning News/Corbis
At least six construction workers have died as a result of an accident at Newmont’s Ahafo gold mine in Ghana.
This accident according to reports has forced the surface mine to suspend its operations, a local Newmont manager said on Sunday.
The workers died after a tunnel roof collapsed on them at the construction site of an expanded gold processing plant on Saturday.
Two others who sustained minor injuries are out of hospital, Agbeko Azumah, external relations and communications manager, said.
Newmont operates two mines in Ghana, including Ahafo, which began commercial production in 2006 and is located some 300 km (190 miles) northwest of the capital, Accra. Its second mine, Akyem, in Ghana’s eastern region, poured its first gold in 2014.
“Operations at Ahafo have been temporarily shut and Newmont Ghana has notified families of the deceased. All other employees working in the area have been safely relocated and the scene of the accident secured,” Azumah told Reuters.
He said Ghana’s mining inspectorate had begun investigations into the accident but he could not say immediately when operations will resume.
“Our focus at this time is to provide support to the families, co-workers and employees,” Azumah added. Ghana’s mine minister Peter Amewu visited the facility and bereaved families on Sunday
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