2. 4,000 workers descend into the mine each day. Owned and operated by AngloGold Ashanti, approximately 4,000 miners take the plunge each and every day to work underground at Mponeng.To access the mine, workers board an elevator shaft – "cage" – that fits 120 people at a time, which then travels to the first stage of the mine located 1.6 …
Mponeng is the deepest level shaft in the world, with a depth of 3 891 metres below datum and 2 062 metres below sea level. The mine, which began producing in 1986, is near the town of Carletonville, some 90km south-west of Johannesburg. The mine exploits the Ventersdorp Contact Reef, its primary orebody, employing mostly breast …
The company expects the Mponeng mine to produce around 1.38 million to 1.48 million ounces this year. For reference, Mponeng produced 1.47 million ounces in 2022. While drilling deeper may not significantly increase output, it would allow the Mponeng mine to continue yielding steady reserves for additional time rather than …
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