All 1 800 trapped Sibanye miners are rescued, government says

All 1 800 workers who had been trapped at a Sibanye Gold Ltd. underground platinum mine in South Africa have been brought to the surface, the Department of Mineral Resources said in a tweet. Efforts had been under way to hoist up those remaining after an accident had blocked a shaft used to transport miners, James Wellsted, Sibanye’s spokesman, said earlier in the evening. The company had been trying to bring them to the surface since 2 p.m. local time.