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The New Clydesdale Colliery (NCC) is a complex of surface and underground mine sites owned by TerraCom and Ndalamo Resources, and located some 140 km from Johannesburg in the Kriel District, within the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.[1]
The NCC consists of the Roodekop, Diepspruit, and Diepspruit West project sites.[1]
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the mine in Kriel, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Background
The New Clydesdale Colliery is a multi-product open cast and underground mine with the ability to produce domestic and export quality product. NCC has a 1.6 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) off-take agreement with Eskom, South Africa’s largest power generator, until 2024, and an export offtake for 650 thousand tonnes per annum with a global trader.[1]
The colliery has changed ownership on several occasions, and its list of previous owners include Universal Coal and Exxaro Coal.[2][3] Today, it is co-owned by TerraCom and Ndalamo Resources. (In June 2020, TerraCom acquired 100% of Universal's shares.)[4]
Mine Details
- Operator: TerraCom
- Owners: TerraCom (49%) and Ndalamo Resources (51%)[5]
- Location: Kriel District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa[5]
- GPS Coordinates: -26.136250, 29.317149 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production: 4.3 million tonnes per year (2021)[1]
- Total Resource: 115.6 million tonnes[1]
- Mineable Reserves: 42.8 million tonnes[1]
- Coal Type: Subbituminous (Thermal)[5]
- Mine Type: Underground and Surface[5]
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
- Number of Employees: 60
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Terracom Limited Annual Report 2021, Terracom website, accessed October 2022.
- ↑ "New Clydesdale", Exxaro website, accessed May 2010.
- ↑ "Our Group structure", Exxaro website, accessed May 2010.
- ↑ Universal Coal, Our Operations and Projects: Overview, Company website, accessed October 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 New Clydesdale Colliery (NCC) Thermal Coal Mine, South Africa, Mining Technology, accessed January 2021.