Mechanisation is still to come into its own in South Africa’s gold industry
/ 25 October 2022

Mechanisation is still to come into its own in South Africa’s gold industry

Gold Fields’ South Deep hopes to turn the situation around with its super driller and indications are that extraction will shift from 85% to 93%.

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