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Zonnebloem Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Zonnebloem Coal Mine | Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa | -25.705416, 29.739185 (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 | – | – | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.8[1] | 2023[1] | Surface | Open Pit | – | 50* | 390* |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160[1] | 2023[1] | 215[1] | – | Subbituminous | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Glencore Operations SA[2] | Glencore | Switzerland |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.
Background
Zonnebloem Coal Mine (also known as Vulna Colliery) is an opencast mine owned by Glencore and located near Middelburg in Mpumalanga, South Africa. 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.[3]
While its former owners included NuCoal (in 2007) and Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL), the mine is now owned by Glencore.[3][4] 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.[5] Both opencast dragline and truck-and-shovel mining extraction methods are used.[4]
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.[4]
- 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)[4]
- Total Resource: 215 million tonnes (2021)[4]
- Mineable Reserves: 160 million tonnes (2021)[4]
- Coal Type: Bituminous (Thermal)
- Mine Type: Surface
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
Resources and articles
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 (PDF) https://www.glencore.com/.rest/api/v1/documents/static/a53e27b1-6025-4ef2-9be8-f3be543dfb26/GLENCORE-Resources-and-Reserves-report-2023.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.glencore.com/.rest/api/v1/documents/fb0cafaa3ec10b90571130be41ba4270/2021-GLEN_Resources-and-Reserves-report.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 South African Coal Desktop Study, XMP Consulting CC, accessed November 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 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.
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