Hendrina Coal Mine

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Hendrina Coal Mine is a shelved coal mine in Hendrina, Nkangala, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Hendrina Coal Mine	Hendrina, Nkangala, Mpumalanga, South Africa	-26.1981338, 29.7230683 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Shelved	Pre-Permit	New	–	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
2.4	–	–	Underground	–	–	80*	–

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
–	–	124	Ermelo	Bituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Umcebo Mining Pty Ltd [100.0%]	Phembani Group Pty Ltd [51.3%]; Glencore PLC [48.7%]	Switzerland

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

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Background

The Hendrina coal project is a proposed underground coal mine south of the town of Hendrina in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

The mine project was first proposed in 2016 by Umcebo Mining (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Ltd.

The mining right application covers three discrete blocks of ground named Mooivley East, Mooivley West and Bosmanskrans. The area includes the national road N11 which connects Hendrina and Ermelo.

As of December 31, 2019, the Hendrina Project was at an advanced exploration stage. A mining right application was accepted by the Department of Mineral Resources in June 2016, however, the application remains pending.

The Hendrina project remains listed on each iteration of Glencore's annual resources and reserves reports, and thus appears to remain planned, albeit a low priority. Despite this, because there have been no public updates to the mine plan since it was announced in 2016, it is presumed to be shelved.

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