Moab Khotsong mine, South Africa

An underground mine, currently under construction.

AngloGold reports fatality at Moab Khotsong

All tramming operations at AngloGold Ashanti’s Moab Khotsong mine in the Free State had been stopped after a fatal accident late on Wednesday. The miner said that a locomotive driver suffered from fatal head injuries after the accident, which...

Moab Zaaiplaats extension project, South Africa

This project at the Moab Khotsong mine involves the optimal extraction of the orebody within the lower mine area of Moab Khotsong.

AngloGold Ashanti’s Moab Khotsong mine to install rope monitoring systems in bid to improve safety

Diversified engineering and technology company Ansys Limited, has won a R20-million contract to supply eight continuous rope-monitoring (CRM) systems to gold-mining major AngloGold Ashanti.

Rockfall claims miner at Harmony’s Tshepong mine

South African gold-miner Harmony Gold said on Wednesday that a rockfall accident resulted in the death a mineworker at its Tshepong mine in the Free State. The company said in a statement that the Department of Mineral Resources had stopped...

AngloGold halts operations at Moab Khotsong after fatality

Gold-miner AngloGold Ashanti has suspended operations at its Moab Khotsong mine in the Vaal river area of South Africa following a fatal accident on Monday. Spokesperson Joanne Jones confirmed that the company had halted all tramming operations...

Savuka mine’s output to fall following 
seismic damage to shaft infrastructure

Only a low volume of production would come from the main shaft of AngloGold Ashanti’s Savuka mine, near Carletonville, for the remainder of the second quarter, as some of its subshaft infrastructure had been damaged in earlier seismic...

Seismic event damaged infrastructure at Savuka main shaft – AngloGold

Only a low volume of production would come from the main shaft of AngloGold Ashanti’s Savuka mine, near Carletonville, for the remainder of the second quarter, as some of its subshaft infrastructure had been damaged in earlier seismic events....

Daily podcast – June 3, 2009

In today's podcast: production at AngloGold Ashanti's Moab Khotsong mine, in the Free State, resumes; and the bodies of another 25 illegal miners have been brought to surface at South African gold-miner Harmony Gold's Elands shaft in the Free...

AngloGold’s Moab Khotsong resumes production, Savuka still closed

Production at AngloGold Ashanti’s Moab Khotsong mine, in the Free State, resumed on Tuesday night, following a nearly two-week shutdown, spokesperson Alan Fine confirmed. Mine management had met with the inspector of mines on Thursday last...

AngloGold’s Moab Khotsong, Savuka mines closed for one week now

South African gold major AngloGold Ashanti was on Friday afternoon still awaiting feedback from the inspectorate of mines to determine if it could resume operations at its Moab Khotsong mine. Spokesperson Alan Fine confirmed that both the Moab...

SA mine death toll grows as gold, platinum mines report more fatalities

South Africa’s mining industry has reported more fatal accidents, bringing the number of mine deaths to nine in just over a week. The gold mining sector accounted for seven of the fatal accidents, while two workers were killed in platinum mines...