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Opencast mining As of 2011, South Africa produces in excess of 255 million tonnes of coal and consumes almost three-quarters of that domestically. As of 2018, South Africa was the seventh largest producer and consumer of coal in the world. The industry, as of 2015, employs about 80,000 workers, or.5% of total employment, down from a peak in 1981 of 135,000 workers. The coal industry is South ...
It contains about 40% of South Africa's coal resources. [3] The Waterberg Coalfield has been estimated to hold about 50 billion tons, of which about a quarter could be extracted using opencast mining. [4] The coal-bearing rocks are in the Grootegeluk Formation within the Karoo Supergroup. They were deposited from 260 to 190 million years ago ...
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South Africa has a large energy sector, being the largest economy in Africa. The country consumed 227 TWh of electricity in 2018. [1] The vast majority of South Africa's electricity was produced from coal, with the fuel responsible for 88% of production in 2017. [2] South Africa is the 7th largest coal producer in the world. [2]
The Mmamabula coalfield is considered to be a western extension of the Waterberg Coalfield in the Ellisras Basin in South Africa, [5] to the east, which contains about 40% of South Africa's coal resources. CIC Energy of Canada owned two prospecting licences in the coal field and conducted extensive exploratory drilling between 2005 and 2012.
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As of 2008, Exxaro was supplying Eskom's coal-fired Matimba Power Station. [14] Exxaro delivered 14.8 Mt annually of power station coal to the Matimba power station via a 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) conveyor belt. [1] Grootegeluk produces 1.5 Mt of metallurgical coal for sale to metals industries and other users in South Africa annually.
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