Harmony Gold quarterly output falls 18%

JSE-listed Harmony Gold said on Friday its March quarter production would be 18% lower than the previous quarter, as safety stoppages and mine upgrades negatively affected operations. Production was stopped for 17 days at its Doornkop mine’s...

Doornkop output to fall on big South Reef intervention

Harmony Gold has redesigned its planned ramp up of the South Reef project at its Doornkop mine, west of Johannesburg, which will result in a sharp fall in production during the March quarter, but should enable the project to accelerate its...

Harmony halts Kusasalethu ops after two deaths

Operations at JSE-listed Harmony Gold's Kusasalethu gold mine, near Carletonville, have been halted after the death of two workers, spokesperson Marian van der Walt said on Tuesday. Although details surrounding the incident were still sketchy, it...

Harmony halts South Reef production for infrastructure upgrade

South African-based Harmony Gold has ordered a 17-day production stoppage at its Doornkop mine’s South Reef to allow for infrastructure upgrades. Production at the Doornkop mine would be 45% to 50% less than the December quarter’s, but the...

Company Announcement: Upgrade of infrastructure at Doornkop's South Reef to assist further production growth

Johannesburg. Friday, 17 February 2012. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited‟s („Harmony‟ or the „Company‟) Doornkop mine is a single-shaft operation mining to a depth of just under 2 000 metres. Located 30km west of Johannesburg,...

Harmony halts ops after West shaft fatality

South Africa-based Harmony Gold has halted production at its West shaft, Steyn 2, Bambanani and Unisel operations after the death of a worker on Sunday. Spokesperson Henrika Basterfield said the fatality occurred during scheduled headgear...

NUM calls for technical audit as two more miners die

Two mineworkers died over the weekend at the Modikwa platinum mine – a joint venture between African Rainbow Minerals and Anglo American Platinum, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said. The union expressed concern over the...

Harmony reports second Doornkop fatality of 2012

JSE-listed Harmony Gold has reported its second fatality of the year at its Doornkop mine, near Randfontein. An accident at the mine’s shaft bottom claimed the life of an employee on Wednesday, and operations have been halted while an...

Worker dies at Harmony's Doornkop mine

South Africa’s third-biggest bullion producer, Harmony Gold, said on Wednesday a worker died following a mud rush at its Doornkop mine, about 40 km west of Johannesburg. The company said investigations were underway, and CEO Graham Briggs...

Schneider Electric upgrades subvertical winder at Harmony Gold’s Doornkop mine

Energy management specialist Schneider Electric South Africa, has been commissioned by gold producer Harmony Gold to upgrade the 106 level subvertical winder at its Doornkop mine, 30 km west of Johannesburg.

Randfontein operations, South Africa

An underground mine, situated in Gauteng.

Doornkop’s South reef production ramp-up to meet targets

The ramp-up of the higher grade South reef production at global gold-mining company Harmony Gold's Doornkop mine, in Gauteng, will help the mine to meet the December 2010 targets, the company reports.