harmony gold mining co said wednesday that earnings for fiscal 2022 will be lower than the previous year blaming a number of issues including higher production costs an impairment charge as well as a boost to last years results from an acquisition of assets the south africabased gold mining company said that it now expects to report a loss per share for the year ended june 30 of between 160 south african cents and 189 cents 9 us cents to 11 us cents this compares with earnings of 842 cents a share for the comparable period last year harmony said that headline epswhich strips out exceptional and other oneoff itemsis expected to be between 461 cents and 549 cents compared with 987 cents the company said that the higher production costs were mostly due to the inclusion of mponeng and its related assets as well as inflation increases it also said that it expects to book an impairment charge of 273 million in its accounts on a number of mines harmony is due to report earnings for the year on aug 30