A cewar wani rahoto na Bloomberg News a ranar 24 ga Fabrairu, 2021, Harmony Gold Mining Co. na yin la'akari da ƙara zurfin haƙar ma'adinai a ƙarƙashin ƙasa a cikin mafi zurfin ma'adinin zinare a duniya, kamar yadda masu kera Afirka ta Kudu suka gano, ya zama da wahala a samu raguwar ma'adinan a cikin ƙasa. albarkatun kasa.
Shugaban kamfanin Harmony Peter Steenkamp ya bayyana cewa, kamfanin yana nazarin hakar ma'adinan zinare a Mponeng fiye da zurfin kilomita 4 a yanzu, wanda zai iya tsawaita rayuwar ma'adinan da shekaru 20 zuwa 30. Ya yi imanin cewa ma'adinan ma'adinan da ke ƙasa da wannan zurfin suna "babban", kuma Harmony yana nazarin hanyoyin da zuba jari da ake bukata don bunkasa waɗannan adibas.
Harmony Gold Mining Company yana daya daga cikin 'yan tsirarun masu sana'ar zinare a Afirka ta Kudu da suka ci riba daga kadarorin tsufa. Ta samu goyon bayan African Rainbow Minerals Ltd., wani reshen attajirin nan bakar fata Patrice Motsepe, a bara. Ya sami Ma'adinin Zinare na Mboneng da kadarorinsa daga AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., ya zama babban mai samar da zinari a Afirka ta Kudu.
Harmony ya sanar a ranar Talata cewa ribar da ya samu a farkon rabin shekarar ya karu da fiye da sau uku. Manufar kamfanin ita ce ta kiyaye fitar da ma'adinan Zinariya na Mboneng na shekara-shekara a kusan oza 250,000 (ton 7), wanda zai iya taimakawa wajen kula da jimillar abin da kamfanin ya fitar a kusan oza miliyan 1.6 (tan 45.36). Duk da haka, yayin da zurfin ma'adinan ya karu, hadarin girgizar kasa da mutuwar ma'aikatan da suka makale a karkashin kasa kuma suna karuwa. Kamfanin ya ce a tsakanin watan Yuni zuwa Disambar bara ma’aikata shida ne suka mutu sakamakon hatsarurrukan hakar ma’adinai a yayin gudanar da ayyukan kamfanin.
A halin yanzu haka ma'adinin zinare na Mboneng shine mafi zurfi a duniya, kuma yana daya daga cikin mafi girma kuma mafi girma a ma'adinin zinare. Mahakar ma'adinan tana a gefen arewa maso yammacin tafkin Witwatersrand a lardin arewa maso yammacin Afirka ta Kudu. Tsohuwar ajiya ce irin ta Rand ta zinare-uranium. Ya zuwa Disamba 2019, tabbataccen ma'adinan tama na Mboneng Zinare yana da kusan tan miliyan 36.19, ƙimar zinare shine 9.54g/t, kuma ajiyar gwal ɗin da ke ƙunshe kusan oza miliyan 11 (tan 345); Ma'adinin Zinare na Mboneng a cikin 2019 Samar da zinare na oza 224,000 (ton 6.92).
Masana'antar Zinariya ta Afirka ta Kudu ta kasance mafi girma a duniya a da, amma tare da karuwar farashin hako ma'adinan zinare da karuwar matsalolin kasa, sana'ar zinare ta kasar ta ragu. Tare da manyan kamfanonin zinare irin su Anglo Gold Mining Company da Gold Fields Ltd. sun karkata akalarsu zuwa wasu ma'adinai masu riba a Afirka, Australia da Amurka, masana'antar zinare ta Afirka ta Kudu ta samar da tan 91 na zinari a bara, kuma a halin yanzu ma'aikata 93,000 ne kawai.