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  2. Coal in South Africa - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of mines in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    This list of mines in South Africa is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.

  4. Waterberg Coalfield - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Energy in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    South Africa has a large energy sector, being the third-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]

  6. Port of Richards Bay - Wikipedia

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    Discussion about available export capacity to emerging black coal miners in South Africa is still going on. [14] Therefore, Transnet and Grindrod started to build up coal export capacity through the Richards Bay Terminal (RBT), the dry bulk terminal of Richards Bay. The capacity of this facility will be increased to 4.5 million tons a year ...

  7. Mining industry of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Mining in South Africa was once the main driving force [1] behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy. [2] Large-scale and profitable mining started with the discovery of a diamond on the banks of the Orange River in 1867 by Erasmus Jacobs and the subsequent discovery of the Kimberley pipes a few years later.

  8. Category:Coal in Africa by country - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Coal companies of Africa by country ... Coal in South Africa (3 C, 8 P) T. Coal in Tanzania (1 P) Z.

  9. Category:Coal in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Coal mines in South Africa (7 P) P. Coal-fired power stations in South Africa (21 P)