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Grootegeluk


Grootegeluk

Situated 25 km from Lephalale in South Africa’s Limpopo province, this open-pit mine employs 2000 people and produces 18,8 Mtpa final coal products, using a conventional truck and shovel operation. This mine has an estimated minable coal reserve of 2800Mt and a total measured coal resource of 4600Mt, from which semi-soft coking coal, thermal coal and metallurgical coal can be produced.

Grootegeluk has the world’s largest beneficiation complex where 8000 tonnes per hour of run-of-mine coal is upgraded in six different plants.

Some 14,8Mt of annual production is power station coal, transported directly to Eskom’s Matimba power station on a 7 km conveyor belt in terms of the existing supply contract. An additional 1,5Mtpa of metallurgical coal is sold domestically to the metals and other industries on short-term contracts. Grootegeluk produces 2,5Mtpa of semi-soft coking coal, the bulk of which is railed directly to Mittal SA under a long-term supply agreement. Approximately 1Mtpa of semi-soft coking coal and thermal coal is exported through Richards Bay Coal Terminal or sold domestically.

CONTACT
Wim Diedericks
General Manager
Tel: +27 14 763-9000
Fax: +27 14 763 9108
wim.diedericks@exxaro.com

 

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