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South Africa
Mafube Mine

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 Location:
E 27 from Middelburg, South Africa

  Regional Office:
44 Main Street
Johannesburg
South Africa
2001
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Wash plant
Mine Life11 years (as of Jan 1, 2019)


Owners

Source: p. 74,197
CompanyInterestOwnership
Anglo American plc. 50 % Indirect
Exxaro Resources Ltd. 50 % Indirect
The Mafube mining complex is a 50/50 joint operation between Exxaro and Anglo American Coal.

Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

The Mafube Nooitgedacht and Wildfontein operations involves the expansion of mining operations from the existing Springboklaagte coal reserve to the Nooitgedacht and Wildfontein reserves. The Mafube Nooitgedacht and Wildfontein commenced operations in May 2018 and February 2018 respectively. The Mafube Nooitgedacht coal reserve area covers approximately 2 957.12 ha, and the Wildfontein reserve area covers approximately 887.14 ha


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

Due to the shallow depth of the Nooitgedacht coal reserve (9 – 49 m), opencast roll-over mining methods will be employed to extract the coal. The rollover mining method entails the process whereby the topsoil and overburden from the first cut of the opencast mine are stockpiled at the position of the last cut. As the opencast mine progresses, the overburden and topsoil from each successive cut are backfilled into the void from the previous cut, the surface is shaped to be free draining, the topsoil is analysed and treated appropriately, and the surface is revegetated. At the end of the life of the opencast mine the final void is backfilled with the overburden from the final cut of the last remaining pit.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Wash plant

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Summary:

The mined out coal will be passed through an on-site primary crusher to feed onto a conveyor belt from the Nooitgedacht operations that will convey the coal to the existing Mafube washing plant located at Mafube Colliery. Discard from the coal washing plant will report to the existing Mafube Colliery (Springboklaagte) discard facility and fines will be turned into briquettes. This existing coal discard facility was designed to cater for the Mafube Nooitgedacht project operational needs and, should there be remaining discard once the final voids have been back-filled, this will be conveyed to the existing facility at Mafube Colliery (Springboklaagte).


Production:

CommodityUnits202020192018201720162015
Coal (thermal) t  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required3,221,1002,519,0002,885,000
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal. ^ Guidance / Forecast.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics201920182017201620152014
Coal tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required4.1 Mt of ROM coal3.7 Mt of ROM coal4.22 Mt of ROM coal
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Reserves at December 31, 2019:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Probable 56.7 Mt Coal (thermal)
Measured 117.6 Mt Coal (thermal)
Indicated 9.7 Mt Coal (thermal)
Measured & Indicated 127.3 Mt Coal (thermal)


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