Joel mine, South Africa

An underground mine, situated in the Free State.

Harmony shuts Masimong mine to investigate fatality

JSE-listed Harmony Gold stopped operations at its Masimong mine in the Free State after a fatality early on Thursday morning, caused by a locomotive accident. The South African gold miner said in a statement that operations would be stopped until...

Harmony closes Free State mine after fatality

South African gold-miner Harmony Gold shut down operations at its Joel mine in the Free State after a rock fall incident left one mineworker dead. The company said in a statement that the employee succumbed to internal injuries sustained...

Harmony Gold shuts Joel mine for shaft bottom repairs

Gold-miner Harmony Gold said on Thursday that it had halted production at its Joel North shaft in South Africa's Free State province until next month, while it makes modifications to the shaft bottom. Harmony's CEO Graham Briggs said that Joel's...

Harmony Gold looks forward to being debt free

South Africa’s Harmony Gold is hankering for the days when it will be free of debt. Harmony CEO foresees that happening by the middle of next year. “We’ll be a different company,” he says, able to contemplate not only further organic...

Harmony mine wins DME safety award

JSE and New York Stock Exchange-listed Harmony Gold Mining Company yesterday announced that its Joel Mine in the Free State, after being shortlisted for the past 3 years, has won the Department of Mineral and Energy's Mine Health and Safety...

Safety improvements at Harmony save R87m

New York Stock Exchange and JSE Securities Exchange-listed Harmony Gold Mining Company has announced that it has made significant improvements in its safety performance in the period July 2004 to June 2005.

'Harmony Way' still relevant – Swanepoel

Gold-miner Harmony, whose heavy South African exposure has come under intense scrutiny as rand-gold prices have weakened over the last couple of years, believes it business model remains as relevant as ever.

Tech partnership continues despite delays

Gold giant AngloGold remains encouraged with the interim results of its partnership with blasting technology expert Brandrill to develop a non-explosive penetrating cone fracture (PCF)-based continuous slope mining system for its South African...

New rig drills, breaks, supports

A new continuous-mining system, which is said to provide an effective solution to some of the problematic safety and production issues surrounding tabular orebody mining, has been developed by global equipment manufacturer Boart Longyear.

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