Hopes raised for survivors after more than 30 buried by landslide at Zambia mine

A rescuer has raised hopes that there may be survivors at a Zambian copper mine where more than 30 informal miners have been trapped under debris for days and were presumed dead after a landslide (AP)

A member of a rescue team raised hopes on Monday that there may be survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 informal miners have been trapped under debris for days and were presumed dead after heavy rain caused landslides.

Rescuers have been searching for the miners since early on Friday after they were buried on Thursday night while digging tunnels at an open-pit mine near the city of Chingola in the country’s copper belt.