Eloff Coal Project

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Eloff Coal Project is a proposed coal mine in Delmas, Nkangala, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Eloff Coal Project	Delmas, Nkangala, Mpumalanga, South Africa	-26.1885802, 28.6517105 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Permitted	Expansion	–	–

Table 3: Operation details

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
2.6	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	81.68	37.0	691.0

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
41.0	–	528.0	Witbank	Bituminous	Thermal	Eskom

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Eloff Mining Company [100%]	Ndalamo Resources Pty Ltd [51.0%]; TerraCom Ltd [49.0%]	South Africa, Australia

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

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Background

Eloff sits directly adjacent to Kangala Colliery and will utilize the existing Kangala infrastructure, including its CHPP. While the project began under the ownership of Universal Coal Plc (Universal), in June 2020, TerraCom acquired 100% of Universal.

In December 2018, the Department of Mineral Resources granted Universal Coal the mining right and environmental authorization over the Eloff project.

According to TerraCom's 2021 annual report, the project is fully regulated and is awaiting the finalization of the domestic offtake agreement with Eskom before recommencing development and production from the current Kangala pit into the Eloff resource.

As of 2022, it is unclear if construction has yet begun.

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