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中国铁合金网讯：在发现164例新冠病毒检测阳性后，位于南非的世界最深的金矿已经暂停了开采。
与其他南非金矿一样，作为国家封锁的一部分，Mponeng矿在3月份关闭后，上个月恢复了运营。
该金矿一直以50%的产能利用率运作，但据报道，一些工人对他们的安全表示担忧。
大多数检测呈阳性的人没有表现出任何症状。Mponeng矿的拥有者，安革金公司（AngloGold Ashanti）表示，这些员工都已被隔离。
安革金公司还表示，在上周发现第一例确诊病例后，已经对650名工人进行了检测。
南非是非洲（目前）确诊案例最多的国家-21343例，已报告死亡人数407人——少于埃及和阿尔及利亚。
Mponeng矿有多深？
Mponeng矿位于约翰内斯堡西南约75公里（50英里）处，延伸至地表以下4公里。矿主们说，电子追踪是用来防止矿工失踪的，这个系统“有助于快速定位那些检测呈阳性的矿工的主要或密切的接触者”。
AngloGold Ashanti在一份声明中说，该矿已经“暂时停止”运行，以完成接触者追踪和“工作场所消毒”。
英国广播公司（BBC）世界服务非洲部编辑威尔•罗斯（Will Ross）表示，继此前在一个铂矿发生之后，此次疫情将引起南非政府和各公司的关注。
南非的矿山，由于矿工们常常在地下深处彼此挨着很近地工作，经常是结核病和艾滋病等其他传染病的震中。
尽管黄金产量近年来相对下降，南非依然是世界最大的黄金生产国之一，而黄金也是该国国家经济的一个重要组成部分。
原文内容：
Operations at the world's deepest gold mine, in South Africa, have been halted after 164 cases of coronavirus were detected there.
The Mponeng mine, like all others in the country, resumed operations last month after being closed in March as part of a national lockdown.
It had been operating at 50% capacity but some workers have reportedly raised concerns about their safety.
Most of those who tested positive were not showing any symptoms.
They have all been put into isolation, according to the mine's owners, AngloGold Ashanti.
The company said that 650 workers had been tested after a first case was detected last week.
South Africa has the most cases of coronavirus in Africa - 21,343. It has recorded 407 deaths - fewer than Egypt and Algeria.
How deep is the mine?
Mponeng mine, about 75km (50 miles) south-west of Johannesburg, extends up to 4km beneath the earth's surface.
Electronic tracking is used in case miners go missing, and this system was "useful in quickly locating primary, or close contacts" of those who tested positive, the owners said.
Operations at the mine have been "temporarily halted" to complete contact tracing and "sanitize the workplace", AngloGold Ashanti said in a statement.
BBC World Service Africa editor Will Ross says this outbreak, which follows another at a platinum mine, will be of concern to the South African government as well as the companies.
South Africa's mines, where people often work in close proximity deep underground, have often been the epicentres for other communicable diseases like tuberculosis and HIV.
Despite years of relative decline, South Africa remains one of the world's biggest gold producers and the sector is a vital part of the national economy.
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