Ngokwengxelo yeBloomberg News nge-24 kaFebruwari 2021, iHarmony Gold Mining Co. icinga ngokunyusa ubunzulu bomgodi ongaphantsi komhlaba kowona mgodi wegolide unzulu ehlabathini, njengoko abavelisi baseMzantsi Afrika bafumanisayo oovimba bentsimbi.
Ingqonyela yeHarmony uPeter Steenkamp uthe le nkampani ifunda ngokumbiwa kwemigodi yegolide eMponeng ngaphaya kobunzulu obuziikhilomitha ezi-4, nto leyo enokwandisa ubomi bomgodi ngeminyaka engama-20 ukuya kwamashumi amathathu.Ukholelwa ukuba i-ore reserves ngaphantsi kobu bunzulu "bukhulu", kwaye iHarmony ihlola iindlela kunye notyalo-mali olufunekayo ukuphuhlisa ezi madipozithi.
Inkampani yaseHarmony Gold Mining ingomnye wabavelisi begolide abambalwa abasaseleyo eMzantsi Afrika abacinezele iingeniso kwizinto zakudala.Ixhaswe yiAfrican Rainbow Minerals Ltd., isebe lebhiliyoni emnyama uPatrice Motsepe, kunyaka ophelileyo.Kufunyenwe uMboneng Gold Mine kunye nempahla yawo kwi-AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., yaba ngoyena mvelisi wegolide omkhulu eMzantsi Afrika.
I-Harmony ibhengeze ngoLwesibini ukuba inzuzo yayo kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka inyuke ngaphezu kwamaxesha amathathu.Injongo yale nkampani kukugcina imveliso yonyaka yoMgodi weGolide waseMboneng malunga ne-250,000 ounces (iitoni ezisi-7), enokunceda ukugcina imveliso yenkampani iyonke malunga ne-1.6 yezigidi zee-ounces (iitoni ezingama-45.36).Nangona kunjalo, njengoko ubunzulu bemigodi bukhula, umngcipheko weziganeko zenyikima kunye nokufa kwabasebenzi abavaleleke ngaphantsi komhlaba nawo uyanda.Le nkampani ithi phakathi kwenyanga yeSilimela ukuya kweyoMnga wonyaka ophelileyo, kwabhubha abasebenzi abathandathu kwiingozi zemigodi ngethuba isebenza le nkampani.
Kungoku nje umgodi wegolide okwinqanaba lehlabathi uMboneng ngowona mgodi unzulu ehlabathini, ukwangomnye weyona migodi yegolide emikhulu nokumgangatho ophezulu.Lo mgodi umi kumda womntla-ntshona weWitwatersrand Basin kwiPhondo loMntla-ntshona woMzantsi Afrika.Yidiphozithi yodidi lweRandi yamandulo yeconglomerate yegolide-uranium.Ukusukela ngoDisemba ka-2019, oovimba bentsimbi ekrwada abaqinisekisiweyo nabanokubakho kuMboneng Gold Mine bamalunga ne-36.19 yezigidi zeetoni, ibakala legolide yi-9.54g/t, kwaye igolide egcinwe kuyo imalunga ne-11 yezigidi zee-ounces (345 yeetoni);IMboneng Gold Mine ngo-2019 Imveliso yegolide yee-ounces ezingama-224,000 (iitoni eziyi-6.92).
Ishishini legolide loMzantsi Afrika lalikade lilelona likhulu ehlabathini, kodwa ngenxa yokunyuka kweendleko zokwemba imigodi yegolide enzulu kunye nokwanda kobunzima bokwakheka komhlaba, ushishino lwegolide lweli lizwe lwehlile.Ngabavelisi abakhulu begolide abafana ne-Anglo Gold Mining Company kunye neGold Fields Ltd. betshintshela ugxininiso lwabo kweminye imigodi enengeniso enkulu e-Afrika, e-Australia nase-Amerika, ishishini legolide loMzantsi Afrika livelise iitoni zegolide ezingama-91 kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kwaye ngoku kuphela ngabasebenzi abangama-93,000.