The Mponeng mine which is the world s deepest gold mine is located in Gauteng province in South Africa It is 76km from Johannesburg The mine is currently in the process of changing ownership after AngloGold Ashanti sold the mine to Harmony Gold According to AngloGold Ashanti only essential services remain ongoing at the mine site
Johannesburg Thursday 2 May 2024 Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited Harmony regrets to announce that an underground construction employee working on planned rail maintenance tragically lost his life at its Mponeng mine near Carletonville in Gauteng Province on Wednesday 1 May 2024 The nature of the incident leading to the loss of life is currently…
Gold is so expensive the mine only needs to extract ounces from a ton of rock to be profitable Mponeng excavates 6 000 tons of rock per do the math The world s loneliest
3 INTRODUCTION TO MPONENG Mponeng Mine Beginnings • Shaft sinking in 1981 • Commissioned in 1986 • Operational for 38 years Economics • Gold producer • VCR & CLR • 429 tonne Au to date Employment • ± 4200 perm employees • ± 800 contactors Mining Method • Conventional narrow reef stoping Mining Depth • Worlds deepest
The board of mining company Harmony Gold has approved the commencement of a billion life of mine LoM extension project at the rich Mponeng gold mine in the West Wits region of South Africa
HARMONY Gold on Wednesday announced the extension of Mponeng which will keep the mine located west of Johannesburg operating until at least Commenting in its half year results in which a record dividend was declared Harmony said the project would result in average steady state annual production of 260 000 ounces of gold at an
The Mponeng Gold Mine located in Gauteng South Africa was first discovered in 1930 by R H Krahmann Leopold Reinecke and Carlton Jones It is an underground mining operation with initial production commencing in 1962 The mine has been known for its large scale output The mining operations at Mponeng consist of 10 distinct surface and
Mponeng Gold Mine we mine and supply pure gold We supply gold dore bars gold nuggets pellets and gold dust At Mponeng Gold Mine we mine and sale pure gold in the form of gold bars gold
Silver production rose by 39% to a record million ounces generating revenue of billion and uranium production increased by 13% to 590 000 lb generating revenue of close to R900 million
Mponeng Gold Mine we mine and supply pure gold We supply gold dore bars gold nuggets pellets and gold dust At Mponeng Gold Mine we mine and sale pure gold in the form of gold bars gold
Mostly breast mining methods are used at the mine to exploit the Ventersdorp Contact Reef its primary orebody The economic reef horizons are mined at depths of between 3 160m and 3 740m below surface Ore mined is processed at the Mponeng gold plant using conventional gold leaching methods carbon in pulp gold recovery technology
AGA s Mponeng s gold mine situated in north west of South Africa was experiencing high part wear rates in the milling circuit where they had six 800mm conventional hydrocyclones installed across three mills The loss of production time coupled with having the components re lined off site meant extended downtime and extra costs for the mine
6 The test in South Africa took place 3 km underground at AngloGold Ashanti s Mponeng gold mine the world s deepest gold mine This saw a raisebore machine operated remotely Meanwhile the commissioning of the MTB at Northam Platinum s Eland mine in South Africa is currently underway with underground drilling having already commenced
1 Harmony is a global sustainable gold mining and exploration company with over 73 years of experience The company has proven its sustainability and resilience largely due to its people and its values
guidance mainly due to the inclusion of Mponeng and related assets into our portfolio which contributed 8 948kg 287 683oz in FY21 Of this 5 446kg or 175 092oz was from Mponeng underground 862kg or 27 714oz from Mponeng surface 583kg or 18 744oz from Kopanang surface and 2 057kg or 66 133oz from Mine Waste Solutions
Mponeng s recovered grades in the six months to the end of December 2023 increased by 30% compared to the same period the previous year lifting production by 30%
Johannesburg Monday 26 August 2024 In terms of paragraph b of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited JSE a company listed on the JSE is required to publish a trading statement as soon as they are satisfied that a reasonable degree of certainty exists that the financial results for the period to be reported… Continue reading Trading statement and
Previously on May 1 2024 another Harmony Gold employee died while working on underground rail maintenance at the Mponeng mine near Carletonville in Gauteng The incident is currently under investigation and the cause of death remains unknown Harmony Gold CEO Peter Steenkamp was deeply saddened by the loss of their colleagues
JSE and NYSE listed Harmony Gold has reported relatively flat year on year gold production but announced significant improvements in operational cash flow owing to enhanced recovery grades In
The world s tallest elevator is at AngloGold Ashanti s Mponeng Gold Mine in South Africa which in three minutes drops an astonishing 2 283 m 7 490 ft in a single descent more than times further than those in the world s tallest building the Burj Khalifa A second elevator then takes miners even lower to 3 597 m 11 800 ft
The company mines to the average depth of nearly two miles below the Earth s surface making it the deepest mine in the world It is also one of the richest gold mines having produced grades over 8g/t The AngloGold Company has two additional projects taking place in the West Witts — the Savuka and TauTona mines History of the Mponeng Gold
3 INTRODUCTION TO MPONENG Mponeng Mine Beginnings • Shaft sinking in 1981 • Commissioned in 1986 • Operational for 38 years Economics • Gold producer • VCR & CLR • 429 tonne Au to date Employment • ± 4200 perm employees • ± 800 contactors Mining Method • Conventional narrow reef stoping Mining Depth • Worlds deepest
Die weltweit tiefste Mine ´´Mponeng Gold Mine´´ liegt südwestlich von Johannesburg in Südafrika mit einer aktuellen Abbautiefe von über m Durch die große Tiefe sind die Anspruche an die Technologie und Bergleute extrem; Beispielsweise ist die Temperatur der Luft so hoch dass sie aufwendig heruntergekühlt werden muss um die
A gold mine near the town of Carletonville about 65 km west of Johannesburg in South Africa LATEST VIDEOS RESOURCES WATCH SECOND TAKE AUDIO ARTICLES The Mponeng mine is a deep level