Zonnebloem coal mine
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Zonnebloem Coal Mine (also known as Vulna Colliery) is an opencast mine owned by Glencore and located near Middelburg in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the mine in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
Background
The Zonnebloem mine is situated 2 kilometers east of Middelburg and northeast of Pan Siding on the mainline to Maputo, on the Farm Patattafontein 412JS.[1]
While its former owners included NuCoal (in 2007) and Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL), the mine is now owned by Glencore.[1][2] An exclusive off-take agreement for all run-of-mine coal from Zonnebloem exists and includes the transport of coal some 40 km to the Woestalleen coal processing plant, where it is beneficiated for export and domestic thermal coal markets.[3] Both opencast dragline and truck-and-shovel mining extraction methods are used.[2]
The Zonnebloem mining right expires on 28 March 2039. Coal Reserves are sufficient to support a mine life of 10 and 19 years for Phase 1 and Phase 2, respectively.[2]
Mine Details
- Operator: Glencore
- Owner: Glencore
- Location: Middelburg, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
- Coordinates: -25.705416, 29.739185 (Exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production: 0.9 million tonnes per annum (2021)[2]
- Total Resource: 215 million tonnes (2021)[2]
- Mineable Reserves: 160 million tonnes (2021)[2]
- Coal Type: Bituminous (Thermal)
- Mine Type: Surface
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
Resources and articles
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 South African Coal Desktop Study, XMP Consulting CC, accessed November 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Glencore Resources and Reserves as of Decmber 2021, accessed November 2022.
- ↑ "Zonnebloem coal mine", Coal of Africa Limited website, Archived from the original on 30 May 2010, accessed November 2022.
