Harmony Gold
latest news & developmentsMechanisation 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%.
Gold dazzles during the pandemic
Investors have been betting on gold as a safe option during a year of tumult and uncertainty
Emergency hospital: Gauteng’s potential R500-million albatross
Construction of an emergency Covid-19 hospital is running months behind deadline, promising to come online only after Gauteng’s peak
Mponeng sale is a lifeline
AngloGold head Kelvin Dushnisky views Harmony’s Gold purchase of Mponeng as a positive step for the future of the mine
Madiba’s Midas touch goes for $10-million in bitcoin
A South African businessperson living in Canada has managed to sell his collection of four gold castings of Nelson Mandela’s hands
Landmark silicosis ruling allows class action against gold firms
Analysts said the suits could cost the industry hundreds of millions of dollars in the largest class action in Africa’s most industrialised country.
Miners rescued after a fire at Harmony Gold
The fire is believed to have started while maintenance work was being carried out on an air cooler.
Harmony posts profit despite output drop
An improved gold price and higher-quality ore saw the gold miner benefit in spite of a number of production challenges.
Weekend 101: Putin, politics and looking pretty
Our weekly roundup includes the Harmony Gold mining tragedy, Sochi’s Olympic-sized woes, the Zille-Ramphele debacle, and a lesson on good looks.
Harmony operations halted for safety, says Shabangu
Operations at Harmony Gold’s Doornkop mine will halt until the area is declared safe, says mineral resources minister Susan Shabangu.
Shabangu to visit Harmony mine after workers’ deaths
While the search continues for one miner after the news of the death of eight others, the minister will visit Harmony Gold’s Doornkop mine.
Eight miners’ bodies recovered at Harmony after fire
Reports say the bodies of eight miners have been recovered after a fire and rock fall at a gold mine in Jo’burg, while one miner remains missing.
Eight miners rescued at Harmony gold mine
Rescue workers have reached eight miners trapped in Harmony Gold’s Doornkop mine after an earthquake damaged electric cables, triggering a fire.
Harmony gold miners trapped underground
Nine miners remain unnaccounted for while eight are trapped in a refuge bay a mile underground after a fire broke out at Harmony Gold’s Doornkop mine.
Former mine owners to cough up
Harmony looks to the Constitutional Court to reverse a ruling that cost it millions.