Mulungwa Coal Mine

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Mulungwa Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Mulungwa, Sinazongwe, Southern Province, Zambia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Mulungwa Coal Mine Mulungwa, Sinazongwe, Southern Province, Zambia[1] -17.5416961, 27.05089 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating 2022[2]

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
0.9[3] Surface 50.0* 331*

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
Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner Parent Company Headquarters
African Power Coal Ltd [100%][4][1] Zambia, China

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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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240920181144/https://www.zema.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mulungwa-Power-EIS.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://africanpowercoal.com/about/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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