
Located some 140 km east of Musina in Limpopo province, this underground mine employs 770 people and currently produces 414ktpa of premium hard coking coal. Conventional board and pillar extraction methods are used and coal is beneficiated using cyclones, spirals and froth flotation. The beneficiated product is trucked to Musina and railed to Mittal SA’s works at Vanderbijlpark under a long-term agreement at the cost of production plus a management fee of 3%. The mine has coal reserves of 6Mt and a resource of 36Mt.
CONTACT
Stephen Badenhorst
Mine Manager
Tel: +27 15 966 5134
Fax: +27 15 966 5199
stephen.badenhorst@exxaro.com