Vedanta Ltd. subsidiary Vedanta Zinc International Group has resumed mining operations at its Gamsberg zinc mine in South Africa, which were suspended in November 2020 when a pit wall collapsed, trapping mine workers, Reuters reported Jan. 16.

"The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy granted permission to commence stockpile feed and mining at the East pit in the last portion of December, followed by permission to commence mining at the West Pit in the first week of January," the company said in an e-mail to Reuters.

Vedanta Zinc said that no ore mining production happened in December 2020, but it expects a gradual ramp-up in January.

Meanwhile, the newswire noted that the search for the missing employee trapped during the wall collapse continues.