AngloGold shuts Mponeng mine as more than 160 test Covid-19 positive
24 May 2020 - 18:15
AngloGold temporarily shut the world’s deepest gold mine after 164 employees tested positive for the coronavirus shortly after the SA government allowed the limited reopening of the country’s underground mines.
As SA comes to the end of its second month of a strict economic and social lockdown to curb the spread of the virus, mines that had been shut since March 27 were allowed to reopen with half their normal staff from the start of May...
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