Ngokombiko weBloomberg News wangomhla zingama-24 kuNhlolanja wezi-2021, iHarmony Gold Mining Co. icubungula ngokuqhubekayo ukujula kwezimayini ezingaphansi komhlaba emayini yegolide ejule kakhulu emhlabeni, njengoba abakhiqizi baseNingizimu Afrika bathola ore reserves.
Isikhulu seHarmony, uPeter Steenkamp, ​​uthe inkampani ifundela ukumbiwa kwezimayini zegolide eMponeng ngale kokushona kwamanje okungamakhilomitha ama-4, okungase kwelule impilo yemayini ngeminyaka engama-20 kuya kwengama-30.Ukholelwa ukuthi izinqolobane ze-ore ezingaphansi kwalokhu kujula "zinkulu", futhi i-Harmony ihlola izindlela kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali okudingekayo ukuthuthukisa lezi zimali.
I-Harmony Gold Mining Company ingomunye wabakhiqizi begolide abambalwa abasele eNingizimu Afrika abacindezela inzuzo ngempahla yokuguga.Isekelwe yi-African Rainbow Minerals Ltd., inkampani engaphansi kukasomabhizinisi omnyama uPatrice Motsepe, ngonyaka odlule.Ithole iMboneng Gold Mine kanye nempahla yayo kwa-AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., yaba ngumkhiqizi omkhulu wegolide eNingizimu Afrika.
I-Harmony imemezele ngoLwesibili ukuthi inzuzo yayo engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka ikhuphuke izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezintathu.Inhloso yale nkampani ukugcina umkhiqizo waminyaka yonke weMayini Yegolide iMboneng ulinganiselwa ku-250,000 ounces (7 tons), okungasiza ukugcina umkhiqizo wenkampani usuwonke ulinganiselwa kuma-ounces ayizigidi ezingu-1.6 (amathani angu-45.36).Kodwa-ke, njengoba ukujula kwezimayini kukhula, ingozi yezenzakalo zokuzamazama komhlaba nokufa kwabasebenzi abavaleleke ngaphansi komhlaba nayo iyanda.Le nkampani ithe phakathi kukaJuni noDisemba nyakenye, kwashona abasebenzi abayisithupha ezingozini zezimayini ngesikhathi le nkampani isebenza.
Imayini yegolide yaseMboneng esezingeni lomhlaba kuyimayini ejule kakhulu emhlabeni, kanti futhi ingeminye yezimayini zegolide ezinkulu nezisezingeni eliphezulu.Imayini itholakala emaphethelweni asenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Witwatersrand Basin esiFundazweni saseNyakatho Ntshonalanga yaseNingizimu Afrika.Kuyidiphozithi yakudala yohlobo lweRandi ye-conglomerate gold-uranium.Kusukela ngoZibandlela wezi-2019, imithombo yensimbi efakazelwe futhi engase ibe khona yeMboneng Gold Mine ilinganiselwa emathani ayizigidi ezingu-36.19, izinga legolide lingu-9.54g/t, kanti igolide eliqukethwe licishe libe ama-ounces ayizigidi eziyi-11 (amathani angama-345);IMboneng Gold Mine ngo-2019 Ukukhiqizwa kwegolide kwama-ounces angu-224,000 (amathani angu-6.92).
Imboni yegolide yaseNingizimu Afrika yake yaba yinkulu emhlabeni wonke, kodwa ngenxa yokukhuphuka kwezindleko zokumba izimayini zegolide ezijulile kanye nokwanda kobunzima bokwakheka komhlaba, imboni yegolide yezwe iyancipha.Njengoba abakhiqizi abakhulu begolide abafana ne-Anglo Gold Mining Company kanye neGold Fields Ltd. beshintsha ukugxila kwabo kwezinye izimayini ezinenzuzo enkulu e-Afrika, e-Australia naseMelika, imboni yegolide yaseNingizimu Afrika ikhiqize amathani angama-91 egolide ngonyaka odlule, futhi okwamanje yizisebenzi ezingama-93,000 kuphela.