Johannesburg - The last of the 3,200 miners who were trapped two kilometres below ground at a South African gold mine for more than 35 hours were rescued Thursday evening. The workers were cut off from the mine surface Wednesday morning when a falling pipe damaged the main shaft were still waiting to be lifted to safety, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said.
The accident occurred at Harmony Gold's Elandsrand mine, near Carletonville, west of Johannesburg. The mine is operated by Harmony Gold, the world's fifth largest gold producer.
