A cewar wani rahoto na Bloomberg News a ranar 24 ga Fabrairu, 2021, Kamfanin Harmony Gold Mining Co. yana la'akari da ƙara zurfafa haƙar ma'adinai a ƙarƙashin ƙasa a cikin mafi zurfin ma'adinan zinare a duniya, kamar yadda masu samar da ma'adanai na Afirka ta Kudu suka gano, yana ƙara zama da wahala a haƙar ma'adinan da ke raguwa.
Shugaban Kamfanin Harmony, Peter Steenkamp, ​​ya ce kamfanin yana nazarin hakar ma'adanai na zinare a Mponeng fiye da zurfin kilomita 4 da ake da shi a yanzu, wanda zai iya tsawaita rayuwar ma'adinan da shekaru 20 zuwa 30. Ya yi imanin cewa ma'adinan da ke ƙasa da wannan zurfin suna da "babba", kuma Harmony yana binciken hanyoyin da jarin da ake buƙata don haɓaka waɗannan ma'adinan.
Kamfanin Harmony Gold Mining Company yana ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan kamfanonin hakar zinare da suka rage a Afirka ta Kudu waɗanda suka rage ribar da suka samu daga tsufan kadarorin kamfanin. Kamfanin African Rainbow Minerals Ltd., wani reshe na wani baƙar fata mai suna Patrice Motsepe, ya tallafa masa a bara. Ya sayi Mboneng Gold Ma'adinai da kadarorinsa daga AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., inda ya zama babban kamfanin samar da zinare a Afirka ta Kudu.
Kamfanin Harmony ya sanar a ranar Talata cewa ribar da ya samu a rabin farko na shekarar ta karu da fiye da sau uku. Manufar kamfanin ita ce ta ci gaba da samar da wutar lantarki ta shekara-shekara a Mboneng Gold Ma'adinai a kusan oza 250,000 (tan 7), wanda hakan zai iya taimakawa wajen kiyaye jimillar wutar lantarki da kamfanin ke samarwa a kusan oza miliyan 1.6 (tan 45.36). Duk da haka, yayin da zurfin haƙar ma'adinai ke ƙaruwa, haɗarin girgizar ƙasa da mutuwar ma'aikatan da aka makale a ƙarƙashin ƙasa suma suna ƙaruwa. Kamfanin ya ce tsakanin watan Yuni da Disamba na bara, ma'aikata shida sun mutu a haɗarin haƙar ma'adinai a lokacin ayyukan kamfanin.
Ma'adinan zinare na Mboneng na duniya a halin yanzu shine ma'adinan mafi zurfi a duniya, kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan ma'adinan zinare mafi girma. Ma'adinan yana gefen arewa maso yamma na Witwatersrand Basin a Lardin Arewa maso Yamma na Afirka ta Kudu. Ma'adinan zinare-uranium ne na zamanin Rand. Ya zuwa watan Disamba na 2019, ma'adinan zinare na Mboneng Gold sun kai kimanin tan miliyan 36.19, ma'adinan zinare shine 9.54g/t, kuma ma'adinan zinare da ke cikinsa sun kai kimanin oza miliyan 11 (tan 345); Ma'adinan Zinare na Mboneng a shekarar 2019. Yawan zinare da ake samarwa a oza 224,000 (tan 6.92).
Masana'antar zinare ta Afirka ta Kudu ta kasance mafi girma a duniya a da, amma tare da karuwar farashin haƙar ma'adanai masu zurfi da kuma ƙaruwar matsalolin ƙasa, masana'antar zinare ta ƙasar ta ragu. Ganin yadda manyan masu samar da zinare kamar Kamfanin Haƙar Ma'adinai na Anglo Gold da Gold Fields Ltd suka mayar da hankali kan wasu ma'adanai masu riba a Afirka, Ostiraliya da Amurka, masana'antar zinare ta Afirka ta Kudu ta samar da tan 91 na zinare a bara, kuma a halin yanzu ma'aikata 93,000 ne kawai.