Miners come out of a lift at a gold mine in Carletonville

AFP Monday January 28, 01:52 PM
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Miners come out of a lift after being stuck for hours in the Elandsrand gold mine in Carletonville, near Johannesburg, October 2007. A power crisis has forced the suspension of mining operations for a fourth day running in South Africa as unions expressed fears the halt in production would lead to large-scale job losses. Miners come out of a lift after being stuck for hours in the Elandsrand gold mine in Carletonville, near Johannesburg, October 2007. A power crisis has forced the suspension of mining operations for a fourth day running in South Africa as unions expressed fears the halt in production would lead to large-scale job losses.

AFP