Wahi a kahi hōʻike Bloomberg News ma Pepeluali 24, 2021, ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo Harmony Gold Mining Co. i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hohonu o ka ʻeli ʻana i lalo o ka honua i loko o ka lua gula hohonu loa o ka honua, e like me ka ʻike ʻana o nā mea hana o South Africa hoʻopaʻa waiwai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO Harmony Peter Steenkamp, ​​ke aʻo nei ka ʻoihana i ka ʻeli ʻana o nā mina gula ma Mponeng ma mua o ka hohonu o 4 mau kilomita i kēia manawa, hiki ke hoʻonui i ke ola o ka maina ma 20 a 30 mau makahiki.Manaʻo ʻo ia he "nui" nā mea ʻai ma lalo o kēia hohonu, a ke ʻimi nei ʻo Harmony i nā ala a me nā hoʻopukapuka e pono ai e hoʻomohala i kēia mau waihona.
ʻO Harmony Gold Mining Company kekahi o nā mea hana gula liʻiliʻi i koe ma ʻApelika Hema i ʻoki i nā waiwai mai nā waiwai kahiko.Ua kākoʻo ʻia e African Rainbow Minerals Ltd., kahi hui o ka piliona piliona ʻeleʻele ʻo Patrice Motsepe, i ka makahiki i hala.Loaʻa i ka Mboneng Gold Mine a me kāna mau waiwai mai AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., lilo i mea hana gula nui loa ma ʻApelika Hema.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Harmony i ka Pōʻalua ua hoʻonui ʻia kāna waiwai i ka hapa mua o ka makahiki ma mua o ʻekolu manawa.ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka hui ʻo ia ka mālama ʻana i ka huahana makahiki o ka Mboneng Gold Mine ma kahi o 250,000 auneke (7 tons), hiki ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka huina o ka hui ma kahi o 1.6 miliona auneke (45.36 tons).Eia naʻe, i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hohonu o ka mining, ke piʻi nei ka pilikia o nā hanana ōlaʻi a me ka make o nā limahana i paʻa i lalo o ka lepo.Ua ʻōlelo ka hui ma waena o Iune a me Dekemaba i ka makahiki i hala, ʻeono mau limahana i make i nā pōʻino eli ma ka wā o ka ʻoihana.
ʻO ka lua gula papa honua ʻo Mboneng ka lua hohonu loa o ka honua i kēia manawa, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā lua gula nui a kiʻekiʻe loa.Aia ka maina ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana komohana o ke kahawai ʻo Witwatersrand ma ka ʻĀpana Komohana Komohana o ʻApelika Hema.He waihona gula-uranium ʻano Rand-type kahiko.I ka mahina o Dekemaba 2019, ʻo ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me nā mea waiwai o Mboneng Gold Mine ma kahi o 36.19 miliona mau tons, ʻo ka helu gula he 9.54g/t, a ʻo nā waihona gula i loaʻa ma kahi o 11 miliona auneke (345 tons);ʻO Mboneng Gold Mine ma 2019 ʻO ka hana gula o 224,000 auneke (6.92 tons).
ʻO ka ʻoihana gula o ʻApelika Hema ka mea nui loa ma ka honua, akā me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o ka ʻeli ʻana i nā mina gula hohonu a me ka piʻi ʻana o nā pilikia pili honua, ua emi ka ʻoihana gula o ka ʻāina.Me nā mea hana gula nui e like me Anglo Gold Mining Company a me Gold Fields Ltd. e hoʻololi ana i kā lākou manaʻo i nā mines waiwai ʻē aʻe ma ʻApelika, Australia a me ʻAmelika, ua hana ka ʻoihana gula o ʻApelika Hema i 91 mau tona gula i ka makahiki i hala, a i kēia manawa he 93,000 mau limahana.