New Denmark Coal Mine
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New Denmark Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Standerton, Gert Sibande, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| New Denmark Coal Mine | Standerton, Gert Sibande, Mpumalanga, South Africa[1] | -26.74005033, 29.30901103 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating[1] | – | 1982[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 5[1] | – | Underground[1] | Longwall[1] | 343 | 200 | 2026[2] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95.7 | – | – | Highveld | Bituminous | Thermal | Tutuka Power Station[1] |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Seriti Coal Pty Ltd[1] | Seriti | South Africa |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.
Background
The New Denmark coal mine is an underground coal mine in the Highveld coalfields, 30 kilometers north of Standerton, in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
The New Denmark Colliery was commissioned in 1982.[3]
In 2018, Anglo American sold New Denmark to Seriti Resources, the current owners.[4]
The mine, which operates at a depth of up to 200 meters, is one of the deepest coal mining operations in South Africa. It includes three main operational areas: Central Shaft, Okhozini Shaft, and North Shaft.[5] It is a mechanized mine, with the bulk of production being sourced from one extraction unit using longwall mining methods.[3] The coal mined at the New Denmark Colliery is transported via conveyors from the Central and North shafts to the coal stockyard located at Eskom’s Tutuka Power Station.[5]
New Denmark employs over 850 permanent employees and 600 contractors, and supplies roughly 3 million tonnes per annum of thermal coal to Eskom’s Tutuka Power Station, according to Seriti Resources. The mine has sufficient current and additional coal resources to supply the power station until 2039.[3]
- Operator: Seriti Resources
- Owner: Seriti Resources
- Location: Near Standerton, Lekwa Municipality, Gert Sibande District, in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
- GPS Coordinates: -26.74005033, 29.30901103 (exact)[5]
- Status: Operating
- Production Capacity: 3 Mtpa[3]
- Total Resource: 80.5 million tonnes[6]
- Mineable Reserves: 95.7 million tonnes[6]
- Coal Type: Bituminous (Thermal)[6]
- Mine Type: Underground, longwall and bord-and-pillar[6]
- Start Year: 1982[6]
- Source of Financing:
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125044209/https://seritiza.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/seriti-fact-sheet-2022-v2.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://seritiza.com/business/coal/new-denmark/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "OPERATIONS," "Seriti Resources website," accessed August 2020.
- ↑ "Anglo American concludes sale of three coal mines in South Africa," "Mining dot com," March 1, 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 New Denmark Colliery: Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Environmental Management Programme Report, Shanogoni Management Services Ltd., 12 May 2021.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "New Denmark Mine," "Mining Data Solutions," accessed August 2020.
