Malinga ndi lipoti la Bloomberg News pa February 24, 2021, Harmony Gold Mining Co. ikuganiza zoonjezera kuya kwa migodi ya pansi pa nthaka mumgodi wa golide wozama kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, monga momwe olima ku South Africa adatulukira, Zakhala zovuta kwambiri kukumba migodi yomwe ikucheperachepera nkhokwe za ore.
Mkulu wa Harmony Peter Steenkamp adati kampaniyo ikuphunzira za migodi ya golidi ku Mponeng kupitirira ma kilomita 4 kuya kwake, zomwe zingatalikitse moyo wa mgodi ndi zaka 20 mpaka 30.Amakhulupirira kuti nkhokwe za ore pansi pa kuya ndi "zazikulu", ndipo Harmony ikuyang'ana njira ndi ndalama zomwe zimafunikira kuti apange madipozitiwa.
Harmony Gold Mining Company ndi amodzi mwa opanga golide ochepa omwe atsala ku South Africa omwe adafinya phindu kuchokera kuzinthu zokalamba.Idathandizidwa ndi African Rainbow Minerals Ltd., wothandizidwa ndi bilionea wakuda Patrice Motsepe, chaka chatha.Adapeza Mboneng Gold Mine ndi katundu wake kuchokera ku AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., kukhala kampani yayikulu kwambiri yopanga golide ku South Africa.
Harmony adalengeza Lachiwiri kuti phindu lake mu theka loyamba la chaka lidakwera kuposa katatu.Cholinga cha kampaniyi ndikuonetsetsa kuti mgodi wa Golide wa Mboneng umatulutsa pafupifupi ma 250,000 ounces (matani 7) pachaka, zomwe zingathandize kuti kampaniyo ikhale ndi ndalama zokwana ma 1.6 miliyoni (matani 45.36).Komabe, pamene kuya kwa migodi kukuchulukirachulukira, chiwopsezo cha zochitika za zivomezi ndi imfa za ogwira ntchito otsekeredwa pansi pa nthaka zikuwonjezekanso.Kampaniyi yati pakati pa mwezi wa June ndi December chaka chatha, ogwira ntchito 6 adamwalira pa ngozi za migodi pomwe kampaniyo ikugwira ntchito.
Pakali pano mgodi wa golidi wa Mboneng ndi wozama kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo ndi umodzi mwa migodi ikuluikulu komanso yapamwamba kwambiri.Mgodiwu uli kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Witwatersrand Basin ku Northwestern Province ku South Africa.Ndi mtundu wa Rand wakale conglomerate gold-uranium deposit.Pofika mu Disembala 2019, nkhokwe zotsimikizirika komanso zopezeka ku Mboneng Gold Mine ndi pafupifupi matani 36.19 miliyoni, golide ndi 9.54g/t, ndipo nkhokwe za golide zomwe zili ndi pafupifupi ma ounces 11 miliyoni (matani 345);Mboneng Gold Mine mu 2019 Kupanga golide wa ma ounces 224,000 (matani 6.92).
Bizinesi ya golidi ya ku South Africa pa nthawi ina inali yaikulu padziko lonse lapansi, koma chifukwa cha kukwera kwa mtengo wa migodi ya golide wozama komanso kuwonjezeka kwa zovuta za geological, malonda a golide a dzikolo achepa.Ndi opanga golide akuluakulu monga Anglo Gold Mining Company ndi Gold Fields Ltd. akusintha maganizo awo ku migodi ina yopindulitsa ku Africa, Australia ndi America, makampani a golidi ku South Africa anatulutsa matani 91 a golidi chaka chatha, ndipo pakali pano antchito 93,000 okha.