The Minerals Council South Africa said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned about the health and safety of more than 500 workers underground at Gold One's Modder East mine near Springs, in Gauteng.

Hundreds of workers have left an underground gold mine in South Africa after being prevented from leaving for three days.

The company's flagship Modder East gold mine, commissioned in 2009, distinguishes itself from most other gold mines in South Africa owing to its shallow nature (300 to 500 metres below surface) and continues to ramp up production.

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Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground as part of a union dispute were leaving a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday, the union at the center of the standoff said.

Modder East will be the first new East Rand gold mine to come into production in 60 years. The mine has a resource of 3.67 million ounces and a reserve …

The trouble at Modder East began early Monday after 562 miners and other workers remained underground at the end of their night shift.

Police in South Africa say a group of gold miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground for a second day.

Gold mineralisation is hosted in quartz-pebble conglomerates or reefs. The Black reef, which is the principal target at Modder East, dips shallowly at about 3° to the …

Mine workers outside Gold One's Modder East mineshaft near Springs, South Africa. Photo: marco longari/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

South Africa, NEWS. 1 min read. The Gold One Modder East mine's head of legal, Ziyaad Hassam, said the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has distanced itself from the sit ...

Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground because of a union dispute have left a gold mine in South Africa.

Around 543 miners are being held 'hostage' at the Gold One mine in Springs, allegedly by members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, the mine's spokesperson Jon Hericourt said on Monday afternoon.

About 540 workers at Gold One International Ltd.'s Modder East mine have been prevented from returning to the surface by labor-union members after a dispute over recognition, according to a ...

Modder East, Gold One's flagship mine, is the first new mine built on the East Rand of South Africa's Gauteng Province in 28 years. On 21 July 2009, Gold One announced that it had poured its first 240 ounces of …

Modderfontein Gold Mine is a small to medium mining operation located in the Witwatersrand Basin, near Benoni 22km east of Johannesburg, South Africa's …

Gold One Group Limited is a mining group that is focused on developing and mining low technical risk, high margin precious metal resources in diversified jurisdictions. The company's flagship Modder East gold mine was advanced from a greenfield exploration project through to production and is the only new mine to be built in South Africa's ...

Meanwhile, Gold One Mine has described the death of one of the investigating officers as a tragic loss of life. The 55-year-old man was fatally shot close to the Gold One Modder East Operations in Springs on Gauteng's East Rand on Tuesday.

The company's flagship Modder East gold mine was advanced from a greenfield exploration project through to production and is the only new mine to be built in South …

News24 previously reported that 543 miners were held "hostage" at Gold One's Modder East mine in Springs, allegedly by AMCU members.

A group of miners from an unregistered union are holding around 500 of their colleagues underground at a gold mine in South Africa over a union dispute.

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Last week, about 500 employees were underground at Gold One International Ltd.'s Modder East operations southeast of Johannesburg, some of whom were held hostage and tortured, according to City ...

Gold One progressed Modder East from a greenfield exploration project to a full feasibility study, resulting in the mine's first 240 oz of gold being poured from underground ore on July 21, 2009.

The trouble at Modder East began early Monday after 562 miners and other workers remained underground at the end of their night shift.

The average salary of an underground employee at Modder East gold mine is 10,500 South African rand, equivalent to around $550, a month, according to Gold One.

Having launched its R820 million Modder East operation, Gold One International is shifting focus to its other main projects at it reaches for its objective of 500,000 ounces of gold a year in less than five years time. In an interview with Mining Review Africa, Neal Froneman, president and CEO of Gold One International, which is …

The Modder East property comprises the Modder East mine, processing facilities and underground training centre located in the East Rand Goldfield, Gauteng …

The Modder East mine is one of the newest gold mines in South Africa. In May 2006, the site was a wheat field.

JOHANNESBURG - Claims of intimidation at the Gold One Modder East operation have again rocked the troubled mine, as the company tries to recover from …