Tselentis Coal Mine

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Tselentis Coal Mine is a mothballed coal mine in Breyten, Gert Sibande, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tselentis Coal Mine	Breyten, Gert Sibande, Mpumalanga, South Africa	-26.26470683, 30.0291262 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	–	–

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
1.4	–	–	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
–	–	–	Ermelo	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Great Force Investments 178 (GFI); Iron Light	Great Force Investments 178 (GFI); Iron Light	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

Tselentis Coal Mine is a 1.4-million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) opencast and underground coal mine Breyten, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

As there have been no public updates about the mine in recent years, its operating status is unclear. The Tselentis coal mine is owned by Great Force Investments 178 (GFI) and Iron Light, which acquired the operation in December 2020 from previous owner Imbawula Mining. Prior to Imbawula, Xstrata Coal owned and operated the colliery. Great Force Investments 178 (GFI) and Iron Light also own the Spitzkop colliery.

The majority of the coal produced at Tselentis is exported to Europe for power generation.

• Operators: Great Force Investments 178 (Pty) Ltd. & Iron Light (Pty) Ltd.
• Owners: Great Force Investments 178 (Pty) Ltd. & Iron Light (Pty) Ltd.
• Location: North of Breyten, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
• Coordinates: -26.26470683, 30.0291262 (exact)
• Mine Status: Mothballed
• Start Year:
• Production Capacity 1.4 Mtpa
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type Bituminous
• Mine Type Opencast & underground
• Source of Financing

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