Overview

Mine Type	Open Pit & Underground
Status	Active
Commodities	Coal (thermal)
Mining Method	Truck & Shovel / Loader Dragline Continuous Bord-and-pillar
Production Start	...
Mine Life	...
Snapshot	SAEC has been renamed Seriti Power, and comprises the Pegasus Project, Khutala, Klipspruit, Middelburg Mines Services (MMS) North and South mines, which provide coal to the Kendal and Duhva power stations, as well as export coal via the Richards Bay Coal Terminal. Fully permitted since May 2019, Pegasus Project is expected to produce around 12.8 million tonnes of run-of-mine coal over a life of mine of six years. The majority of the product will be thermal coal for the export market.
Related Assets	Khutala Mine, Klipspruit Mine, Middelburg Mines Services (MMS) Mine

Deposit type

• Sedimentary

Summary:

Typically, five bituminous coal seams are recognised and are numbered from No.1 Seam at the base to No.5 Seam at the top of the coal-bearing sequence. The coal seams are generally flat to gently dipping and may be subject to floor rolls in places depending on the nature of underlying basement geology. Major seams, particularly No.4 Seam and No.2 Seam, usually split into “upper” and “lower” components and vary in their economic importance across the different operations and development assets.

Igneous intrusions in the form of dolerite dykes and sills are common and affect the coal seams to varying extents depending on locality. Where sills transgress coal seams, the strata overlying the sill is uplifted in elevation by an amount approximately equivalent to the thickness of the sill, resulting in some complex structural configurations.

The Khutala operation is bisected by a major east-west striking graben structure. Elsewhere, faulting is generally uncommon with throws usually less than 3 m. These faults are usually associated with dolerite sill transgressions and with the flanks of basement palaeo-high features.

Mining Methods

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Processing

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Production

Commodity	Units	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Coal (thermal)	kt	....	24,979	27,271	28,913	31,681	34,273

Personnel

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