Coal

Eight managed coal mines produce 42,2Mtpa of power station, steam and coking coal as well as char. All power station coal produced is supplied to the national power utility, Eskom, and municipal power stations.

Grootegeluk is one of the most-efficient mining operations in the world, and operates the world’s largest coal beneficiation complex. There is a robust pipeline of greenfield and expansion projects under way that will culminate in Exxaro becoming one of the largest coal producers in South Africa. Exxaro also produces char and related products for the rapidly growing ferroalloys industry.

Iron ore

Exxaro is assessing the potential development of an iron ore mine in the Republic of Congo in central West Africa. The Mayoko project was acquired in January 2012 as part of Exxaro’s acquisition of African Iron Limited.

African Iron was an Australian-listed and domiciled iron ore development company working on the exploration and evaluation of the Mayoko and Ngoubou-Ngoubou projects. The projects are located in the Niari Prefecture approximately 300km north-east of Pointe-Noire on the Atlantic Ocean. The Mayoko Project currently has a JORC compliant mineral resource of 121 million tonnes of iron ore, consisting of a hematite cap of direct shipping ore at 55% Fe and beneficiable DSO ore at 41% Fe. The Mayoko Project represents a near term development opportunity in an emerging iron ore province in central West Africa with an existing underutilised, heavy haulage mineral railway passing within 2km of the main prospect and terminating at the port of Pointe-Noire. Exxaro also owns a 85% interest in the 944km2 Ngoubou-Ngoubou Authority to Prospect, which is contiguous with Mayoko.