Dịka akụkọ Bloomberg News si kwuo na Febụwarị 24, 2021, Harmony Gold Mining Co. na-atụle ịbawanye omimi nke igwu ala n'ime ala kachasị omimi n'ụwa, dịka ndị na-emepụta ihe na South Africa chọpụtara, ọ na-esiwanye ike igwu ala ndị na-ebelata.
Onyeisi ụlọ ọrụ Harmony bụ́ Peter Steenkamp kwuru na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-amụ banyere igwupụta ebe a na-egwupụta ọlaedo na Mponeng karịa omimi nke kilomita anọ dị ugbu a, nke nwere ike ịgbatị ndụ nke ebe a na-egwupụta ọlaedo site na afọ 20 ruo 30. O kwenyere na ebe a na-egwupụta ọla n'okpuru omimi a "buru ibu", Harmony na-enyochakwa ụzọ na itinye ego dị mkpa iji mepụta ebe a na-egwupụta ọlaedo.
Ụlọ ọrụ Harmony Gold Mining bụ otu n'ime ndị na-emepụta ọlaedo ole na ole fọdụrụ na South Africa nke na-ebelata uru site na akụ ndị merela agadi. African Rainbow Minerals Ltd., otu ụlọ ọrụ nke onye ọgaranya ojii bụ Patrice Motsepe, kwadoro ya n'afọ gara aga. Ha zụtara Mboneng Gold Mine na ihe onwunwe ya n'aka AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., wee bụrụ onye na-emepụta ọlaedo kachasị na South Africa.
Harmony kwupụtara na Tuzdee na uru ha nwetara n'ọkara mbụ nke afọ ahụ mụbara ihe karịrị ugboro atọ. Ebumnuche ụlọ ọrụ ahụ bụ ịnọgide na-enwe mmepụta kwa afọ nke Mboneng Gold Mineng Gold na ihe dị ka tọn 250,000 (ton 7), nke nwere ike inyere aka ịnọgide na-enwe mkpokọta mmepụta ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na ihe dị ka nde ounce 1.6 (ton 45.36). Agbanyeghị, ka omimi igwu ala na-abawanye, ihe egwu nke ihe omume ala ọma jijiji na ọnwụ nke ndị ọrụ tọrọ n'okpuru ala na-amụbakwa. Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kwuru na n'etiti June na Disemba afọ gara aga, ndị ọrụ isii nwụrụ na ihe mberede igwu ala n'oge ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ ahụ.
Ebe a na-egwupụta ọlaedo nke Mboneng n'ụwa niile bụ ebe a na-egwupụta ọlaedo kachasị omimi n'ụwa ugbu a, ọ bụkwa otu n'ime ebe a na-egwupụta ọlaedo kachasị ukwuu ma dị elu. Ebe a na-egwupụta ọlaedo dị n'akụkụ ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ nke Witwatersrand Basin na Northwestern Province nke South Africa. Ọ bụ ebe a na-egwupụta ọlaedo-uranium ochie nke ụdị Rand. Ruo Disemba 2019, ebe a na-egwupụta ọla nke Mboneng Gold Mine dị ihe dị ka tọn nde 36.19, ọkwa ọlaedo bụ 9.54g/t, ebe a na-egwupụta ọlaedo dị ihe dị ka tọn nde 11 (ton 345); Ebe a na-egwupụta ọlaedo nke Mboneng na 2019 Mmepụta ọlaedo nke ounces 224,000 (ton 6.92).
Ụlọ ọrụ ọlaedo nke South Africa bụbu nke kachasị ukwuu n'ụwa, mana n'ihi mmụba nke ọnụ ahịa igwupụta ebe a na-egwupụta ọlaedo miri emi na mmụba nke nsogbu ala, ụlọ ọrụ ọlaedo nke mba ahụ ebelatala. Ebe nnukwu ndị na-emepụta ọlaedo dịka Anglo Gold Mining Company na Gold Fields Ltd. na-elekwasị anya na ebe ndị ọzọ na-ere ahịa bara uru na Africa, Australia na America, ụlọ ọrụ ọlaedo nke South Africa mepụtara tọn ọlaedo 91 n'afọ gara aga, ugbu a naanị ndị ọrụ 93,000.