THE IMPACT OF MINING ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY .
It spent some 3 billion acquiring the South Deep mine in 2007, now its only South African asset but one of the richest gold mines in the world. Mechanised to a far greater extent than any other gold mine in South Africa, this to 3 kilometre deep mine contains enough ore in wide seams to keep it going for the next 50 or 60 years.