Malinga ndi lipoti la Bloomberg News la pa February 24, 2021, Harmony Gold Mining Co. ikuganizira zokulitsa kuzama kwa migodi ya pansi pa nthaka mu mgodi wagolide wozama kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, monga momwe opanga aku South Africa adapezera, Zakhala zovuta kwambiri kukumba miyala yamtengo wapatali yomwe ikuchepa.
Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Harmony, Peter Steenkamp, ​​anati kampaniyo ikufufuza za migodi ya golide ku Mponeng kupitirira kuya kwa makilomita 4 komwe kulipo pano, zomwe zingawonjezere moyo wa mgodiwo ndi zaka 20 mpaka 30. Akukhulupirira kuti malo osungiramo miyala pansi pa kuya kumeneku ndi "akulu", ndipo Harmony ikufufuza njira ndi ndalama zomwe zikufunika kuti pakhale malo osungiramo miyalawa.
Kampani ya Harmony Gold Mining Company ndi imodzi mwa makampani ochepa opanga golide ku South Africa omwe adapeza phindu kuchokera ku chuma chakale. Chaka chatha idathandizidwa ndi African Rainbow Minerals Ltd., kampani yomwe ili pansi pa bilionea wakuda Patrice Motsepe. Adagula Mgodi wa Golide wa Mboneng ndi chuma chake kuchokera ku AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., kukhala kampani yayikulu yopanga golide ku South Africa.
Harmony yalengeza Lachiwiri kuti phindu lake mu theka loyamba la chaka lawonjezeka ndi kupitirira katatu. Cholinga cha kampaniyo ndikusunga ndalama zomwe kampaniyo imapanga pachaka pa Mboneng Gold Mine pa ma ounces pafupifupi 250,000 (matani 7), zomwe zingathandize kuti ndalama zonse zomwe kampaniyo imapanga zikhale pafupifupi ma ounces 1.6 miliyoni (matani 45.36). Komabe, pamene kuchuluka kwa migodi kukukwera, chiopsezo cha zivomerezi ndi imfa ya ogwira ntchito omwe atsekeredwa pansi pa nthaka chikuwonjezekanso. Kampaniyo inati pakati pa Juni ndi Disembala chaka chatha, antchito asanu ndi mmodzi adaphedwa pangozi za migodi panthawi ya ntchito za kampaniyo.
Mgodi wagolide wapamwamba padziko lonse wa Mboneng pakadali pano ndi mgodi wozama kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo ndi umodzi mwa migodi yayikulu komanso yapamwamba kwambiri yagolide. Mgodiwu uli kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Witwatersrand Basin ku Northwestern Province ku South Africa. Ndi malo akale agolide-uranium omwe amapezeka mu mtundu wa Rand. Pofika mu Disembala 2019, malo osungiramo golide a Mboneng Gold Mine anali pafupifupi matani 36.19 miliyoni, golide wamtundu wa 9.54g/t, ndipo malo osungiramo golide omwe alimo ndi pafupifupi ma ounces 11 miliyoni (matani 345); Mgodi wagolide wa Mboneng mu 2019. Kupanga golide wa ma ounces 224,000 (matani 6.92).
Makampani opanga golide ku South Africa kale anali akuluakulu padziko lonse lapansi, koma chifukwa cha kukwera kwa mtengo wogulira migodi yagolide yozama komanso kuwonjezeka kwa zovuta za nthaka, makampani opanga golide mdzikolo achepa. Popeza opanga golide akuluakulu monga Anglo Gold Mining Company ndi Gold Fields Ltd. akusintha chidwi chawo kupita ku migodi ina yopindulitsa ku Africa, Australia ndi America, makampani opanga golide ku South Africa adapanga matani 91 a golide chaka chatha, ndipo pakadali pano ndi antchito 93,000 okha.