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Impala Platinum mine security stand at the entrance to shaft 11 near Rustenburg on November 28, 2023. Eleven miners died and another 75 were injured in South Africa after an elevator carrying workers back up to the surface, malfunctioned and fell, the mine's operator said on Movember 28, 2023. "Eighty-six employees were standing in the lifting mechanism when it unexpectedly started going down again," a spokesman for Impala Platinum told AFP, explaining 11 lost their lives and 75 were taken to hospital. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)
Impala Platinum mine security stand at the entrance to shaft 11 near Rustenburg on November 28, 2023. Eleven miners died and another 75 were injured in South Africa after an elevator carrying workers back up to the surface, malfunctioned and fell, the mine's operator said on Movember 28, 2023. "Eighty-six employees were standing in the lifting mechanism when it unexpectedly started going down again," a spokesman for Impala Platinum told AFP, explaining 11 lost their lives and 75 were taken to hospital. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)
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