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Tshepong is located in the Free State Province, near Welkom, about 248 kilometres from Johannesburg. Mining is conducted at a depth of 2 349 meters. The mine uses conventional undercut mining in the Basal Reef while the B Reef is exploited as a high grade secondary reef. Ore mined is processed at the Harmony One plant. [4]
The 2009 Harmony Gold mine deaths occurred in late May and early June 2009 in Free State province, South Africa. At least 82 miners, many from Lesotho , Mozambique and Zimbabwe , died from inhalation of poisonous gasses created by a May 18 fire in the mineshaft.
The 2003 ARMGold merger with Harmony Gold Mining formed the world’s 5th largest gold producer. [10] The ARMGold merger with Anglovaal Mining (Avmin) came after. [citation needed] In 2009, ARM joined the International Council on Mining and Metals. [12] In 2009, ARM was reported to be planning $1.12 billion investments in mining in Zimbabwe.
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) reported late on 22 June 2023 that the miners had died in a mining shaft at the abandoned Virginia mine in Welkom, Free State. [7] [8] [6] [9] The miners, believed to be foreign nationals from Lesotho who were there mining illegally, may have died on or around 18 May 2023. [10] [3] [9]
UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- The abandoned mine where search and rescue efforts are underway to find a missing woman who fell through a sinkhole is becoming compromised and unsafe, Pennsylvania ...
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Welkom officially came into being on 15 April 1947, six years after the first mining lease in the area was awarded to the St Helena Gold Mining Company, and was proclaimed a town on 23 July 1948. On 14 February 1968, after 21 years of existence, Welkom received city status, and celebrated this event with the opening of the Civic Centre by Mrs ...
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