Klippoortjie Colliery Map
Klippoortjie Colliery is a coal mine in Emalahleni Local ... populated place in the Emalahleni Local Municipality of the Nkangala District Municipality in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. Lehlaka Park is situated 9 km southeast of Klippoortjie ... Vierfontein Colliery Coal mine. Albion Collieries Mine. Springbok Collieries Mine. Deutsch;
Kangra Coal: New reserve brings new life in South Africa
It is at this point that the last opencast coal operation on the Savmore-Maquasa west mining right – the C-Block opencast pit, will be mined. Containing a 1 Mt reserve, C-Block will produce 25 000 tpm of run-of-mine coal, starting in March.
Mining industry in South Africa
Coal mining in South Africa began around the same time as gold mining and is one of the country's most valuable commodities, accounting for 26 percent of mineral mining revenue in 2023.
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VIERFONTEIN
Coal mining. Coal was first discovered in 1873 by Joseph Frans de Raedt on the farm Groenfontein, which is next to Vierfontein. Raedt made a business out of it by selling coal to Kroonstad. Later he joined up with Thomas Leask and established the 'Kroonstad Coal Estate' which was mining on the adjoining property of Vierfontein.
South African coal mines emit twice the reported methane
A new report by global energy think tank Ember has thrown South Africa's coal mines into the spotlight, raising concerns about significant underreporting of methane emissions and a potential major obstacle to climate goals. The report sheds light on a critical discrepancy: official government data submitted to the UN Framework …
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M.Sc. The potential target areas for coalbed methane in South Africa are reviewed and a case study based on borehole data from the north-eastern Karoo basin was undertaken. The Early Permian coal seams of the Karoo Supergroup occur in several discrete sedimentary basins in South Africa, of which the Karoo basin is the largest. …
Witness Dube
Hands on experience in ecological impact and biodiversity assessment using local and international guidelines. · Experience: Nkomati Anthracite Coal Mine · Education: North West University-South Africa · Location: City of Johannesburg · …
Projects & Sites
Situated in the heart of Mpumalanga, Vierfontein Colliery emerges from the landscape with one goal: to mine coal safely and effectively. Its operations are deeply intertwined with the surrounding community, providing employment opportunities and driving economic growth.
Finding Solutions for South Africa's Coal-Fired Energy and …
This post originally appeared on The Guardian's Water hub.. Coal production, from mining to power generation, requires vast volumes of water.Furthermore, pollution from coal mining can irreparably harm water resources.. In South Africa—one of the world's most water-stressed countries and one of the largest producers and consumers …
Characterization of the coal resources of South Africa
The Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy FEBRUARY 2005 95 Introduction Coal currently provides 73% of South Africa's primary energy; 95% of the country's electricity is coal-fired thermal generation, while 's coal conversion technology provides half South Africa's liquid fuels requirement.
Update of coal pillar database for South African coal mining …
Following the Coalbrook disaster in 1960, research into coal pillar strength resulted in the adoption of the concept of a safety factor for the design of stable pillars in South African coal mining.
South Africa
South Africa - Resources, Power, Economy: South Africa is rich in a variety of minerals. In addition to diamonds and gold, the country also contains reserves of iron ore, platinum, manganese, chromium, copper, uranium, silver, beryllium, and titanium. No commercially exploitable deposits of petroleum have been found, but there are moderate …
Coal mining and environmental sustainability in South Africa…
This study investigates the effects of coal mining on environmental sustainability in South Africa in relation to the moderating role of institutions. To achieve the study's objectives, the fully modified least square (FMOLS), dynamic least squares (DOLS), canonical cointegrating regression (CCR), Bayer-Hanck cointegration and Toda …
Methane release from South African coal mines
Measurements suggest that on average about 50% of the adsorbed methane is lost one day after mining. By that time, the coal will have left the mine, so that the remaining seam gas will be released ...
Thungela
Thungela is a leading pure-play producer and exporter of high quality, low-cost thermal coal in South Africa. As a responsible thermal coal miner, we recognise society's ongoing needs and environmental expectations.
Projects & Sites
Producing 4,100,000 cubic meters of overburden annually and extracting 660,000 tons of coal yearly, OPG Colliery anticipates a decade-long mining tenure at the present rate. …
Coal transitions in South Africa
The study examines three future pathways for South Africa's coal sector that allow us to assess key risks and opportunities in South Africa's coal transition. First, we examine a least-cost energy pathway that assumes no climate change mitigation policy is implemented beyond a gradual phase down of coal power as stations reach the end of ...
Clean Coal Technologies in South Africa
South Africa has Coal Based Energy Economy Coal only current economic energy reserve Undertaking Coal Energy Diversification: Renewables: 10,000 GWh by 2013 Bio-Fuels Clean Coal Technologies: Super-Critical Underground Gasification Carbon Capture & Storage Other Efficiency Increases – 12% by 2014 Coal/Gas to Liquids South African …
South Africa's coalfields — A 2014 perspective
Following this work a number of review papers were written detailing the coalfields of South Africa, the most important of these being: a review of the coalfields of South Africa in Bulletin 113 (Barker, 1999); a review paper on the Permian coals of southern Africa by Cairncross (2001); and a paper on the characterisation of the coal …
Thungela
Thungela is a coal mining leader responsibly creating a shared future in South Africa. ... Thungela's operations are among the highest quality thermal coal mines in South Africa by calorific value. Thungela also holds a 50% interest in Phola, which owns and operates the Phola Coal Processing Plant, and a 23% indirect interest in RBCT. ...
About Us | IPP Mining
The company's heritage began in the construction industry in 1996. IPP's services soon evolved and started to offer additional services such as plant hire, which naturally progressed into bulk earthworks and opencast mining. With this knowledge, the company entered the mining sector as mine owners, which has been its primary focus.
VIERFONTEIN
VIERFONTEIN. Not much of a town, but it does exist a few kilometers south of Orkney, at -27.0966 and 26.7755º to be precise. It used to be an ESKOM power station with its …
Large methane leak detected over South Africa coal mining …
A cloud of methane was detected by satellite near coal mines in South Africa, drawing attention to a lesser-known environmental risk that comes from using the dirtiest fossil fuel. The potent greenhouse gas, methane traps roughly 84 times more heat than carbon dioxide in its first two decades in the atmosphere, was emitted at an …
South Africa's Power Producer's Revised Coal Ash …
ISSN 1946-0198 journal homepage: SouthAfrica'sPowerProducer'sRevisedCoalAshStrategyandImplementation Progress KelleyReynolds-Clausen1,∗ ...
Vierfontein Power Station
The site was within approximately 100 km of the new gold mining area of Odendaalsrus. It would be interconnected with the existing Witwatersrand network and would also supply part of the electricity needs of the gold mines in the Klerksdorp and adjoining areas ... COAL SUPPLIES. The Vierfontein Colliery was part of the Anglo American ...
Fluidized-bed gasification of high-ash South African …
16–17 November 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa IFSA 2011, Industrial Fluidization South Africa: 145–160. Edited by A. Luckos & P. den Hoed Johannesburg: Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2011 Fluidized-bed gasification of high-ash South African coals: An experimental and modelling study
South Africa's coal workers face uncertainty—study shows …
South Africa is on the path to decarbonization—doing away with burning coal and other fossil fuels and moving towards renewable, clean energy, such as solar and …
COP26: South Africa hails deal to end reliance on coal
South Africa is set to receive $8.5bn (£6.2bn) to help end its reliance on coal in a deal announced at the COP26 climate summit. President Cyril Ramaphosa has called it a "watershed moment".
PIA: Vierfontein Coal Mine
DESKTOP PALAEONTOLOGICAL HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSEMENT REPORT ON THE SITE OF THE VIERFONTEIN COAL MINE LOCATED ON PORTION 44 AND THE REMAINING EXTENT OF PORTION 31 THE FARM VIERFONTEIN 61 IS, MPUMALANGA PROVINCE. ... South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) 111 Harrington …