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De Beers leading efforts to rescue illegal miners at abandoned mine

MINING.com Editor | May 23, 2012 | 5:15 pm Africa Diamond 

De Beers on Wednesday launched rescue efforts for diggers who have been trapped after an illegally excavated tunnel collapsed in  the diamond giant's abandoned Namaqualand mining area. De Beers and caretaker Namaqualand Mines said the artisinal miners were working on state...

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