Mining Weekly reports that the surface operations of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) have restarted on a limited basis following the granting of recommencement permission by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.
The gold producer said on Wednesday that the restart involved the processing of marginal ore dumps at the West Wits Operations, and the reclamation of tailings at the Mine Waste Solutions business unit, in the Vaal River region. The 500 employees, spread across both regions, represented less than a third of the usual staff complement for these business units, and roughly 8% of AGA’s SA workforce. All sites had the requisite Covid-19 risk management plans in place. The limited restart would help to safeguard technical infrastructure and enable a safe, quick resumption of all remaining operations once the lockdown ended, the company stated. Production from the Mponeng underground operation would likely remain suspended until the scheduled 30 April lockdown termination.
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