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South Africa
Tshikondeni Mine

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 Location:
17 km SE from Masisi, South Africa

  Regional Office:
The conneXXion 263B, West Avenue Die Hoewes
Centurion
South Africa
0163
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Overview

StatusClosing / Closed
Mine TypeOpen Pit / Underground
Commodities
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Bord-and-pillar


Owners & OPERATOR

 
CompanyInterestOwnership
Exxaro Resources Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct

Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

Tshikondeni is a hard coking coal producer in the north-eastern corner of Limpopo province, some 100km east of Tshipise and 17km south-east of Masisi, adjacent to the Levuvhu River and Kruger National Park.

The economic coal seam, sample 7BC, occurs in the Madzaringwe formation of the Karoo sequence. The dip of this coal seam varies between 2º and 15º, with an average dip of 11º and average thickness of 2,6m. This coal seam dips from outcrop to depths of over 400m in a north easterly direction


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Bord-and-pillar


Summary:

Tshikondeni started operating in 1984 as an underground high-quality hard-coking coal mine. Underground mining was via the bord-and-pillar method with pillar extraction after a panel had been completely developed. The mine comprised of Nyala shaft, Eland shaft, Duiker shaft, Nari shaft, Mupani shaft, Kremetart shaft these are now depleted. The mine also had three mini open pit operations mined between 2011 and 2013. Areas mined in 2014 were the Mutale shaft, Vhukati shaft and Goni resource areas. The Mutale shaft stopped production at the end of May 2014 and Goni and Vhukati end-September 2014 due to a business decision by ArcelorMittal South Africa, Tshikondeni sole client on a cost plus-percentage contract. Tshikondeni is a captive mine with its own washing plant producing a product at 13% ash.


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Processing



Production:

CommodityUnits20142013
Coal (metallurgical) kt 154343
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.


Reserves at December 1, 2015:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Measured 3.7 Mt Coal (metallurgical)
Indicated 25.1 Mt Coal (metallurgical)


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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Year-end Mineral Reserves 2015
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2014
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