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Africa's gold mine production was 522,000 kilograms/1,148,400 pounds in 2005, which was a decrease of 14% compared with that of 2000. Production was considerably less than that of 1990 because of the long-term decline in South African production. From 1990 to 2005, Africa's share of world gold mine production decreased from 32% to about 21%. [10]
Harmony Gold, Africa's largest gold producer, purchased Mponeng from AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) in 2020, for approximately $200 million. Harmony Gold also acquired Mine Waste Solutions as they gathered the remainder of AGA's assets in late 2020. [17] As of 2022, all-in costs of production were US$1771/oz (US$1614/Troy oz).
2 Africa. 3 Oceania. 4 South America. Toggle South America subsection. ... The following are lists of gold mines and are subsidiary to the list of mines article and ...
This list of mines in Africa is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines on the continent and is organised by the primary country location. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
In 1970, South Africa produced 995 tonnes or 32 million ounces of gold, two-thirds of the world's production of 47.5 million ounces. [2] Production figures are for primary mine production. In the US, for example, for the year 2011, secondary sources (new and old scrap) exceeded primary production. [3]
The Nuclear Fuels Corporation of South Africa (NUFCOR) started processing uranium as a by-product of gold mining [39] in 1967. [40] Most of the uranium produced as a by-product of gold mining is concentrated in the gold fields of the Witwatersrand area. Uranium is more easily and readily available than gold in South Africa. [41]
The South Deep mine is one of the largest gold mines in the South Africa and in the world. [1] The mine is located in the north-east of the country in Gauteng . [ 1 ] The mine has estimated reserves of 81.4 million oz of gold .
In 2015, production amounted to 219,045 ounces, or 6.2 tonnes of gold. [8] In 2016, Tasiast employed more than 4,000 people working for Kinross or its subcontractors. [4] In 2018, a mine expansion project was presented. It consists of two phases aiming at making it one of the largest gold mines in Africa. [4]