Mining in Limpopo
Mining in Limpopo. Mining in Limpopo yields important quantities of coal, copper, diamonds, gold, iron ore, nickel, platinum group metals, rare earth minerals and tin to South Africa's mineral industry. With 108 mining projects in Limpopo currently listed on Africa Mining IQ, our online portal provides key data and contacts for mine operators ...
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Musina-Makhado power station
2022 permit from Limpopo province. In February 2022, Limpopo province gave environmental authorisation to the initially proposed project to spend more than $10 billion (R150 billion) building a 4,600 MW coal-fired power plant, a coking facility, and ferroalloy and steel plants. The province acknowledged the potential impact on ancestral graves ...
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Medupi Power Plant, Lephalale, Limpopo Province, …
Exxaro, a coal and heavy minerals mining company operating in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo regions of South Africa, signed a pact with Eskom in September 2008 to annually supply 14.6 million tonnes (Mt) of …
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Two Provinces that mainly Mine Coal in South Africa
No 1: Mpumalanga Province. No 2: Limpopo Province. South Africa's coal mining occurs mainly within the Mpumalanga Province, which produces some 81% of the country's total output. Limpopo Province with 11%, Free State Province with 6%, and Kwazulu-Natal Province with 2% provide the rest.
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Coal
The coal industry employed 90,977 people in 2022. 231.2 million tonnes produced in 2022 with total coal sales of R252.3 billion. 70% of coal volume is consumed domestically and more than 70% of electricity …
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Makhado
MC Mining's flagship Makhado hard coking and thermal coal project in the Soutpansberg coalfield in the Limpopo province is situated 36km north of the town of Makhado and 80km southeast of the Vele Colliery. The …
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Assessment of the influence of coal mining on …
well known for coal production in the Limpopo province of South Africa is Pafuri Coalfield where Tshikondeni Colliery operated for 32 years before closure in 2014. In general, coal extraction has several environmental problems which include acid mine drainage that is now a serious problem currently confronting the government of South Africa.
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Steelpoortdrift Vanadium Project, Limpopo Province, South Africa
The Steelpoortdrift (SPD) vanadium project is an open-pit mining development by Vanadium Resources (formerly Tando Resources) in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is one of the biggest and highest-grade vanadium deposits in the world. Vanadium Resources received mining authorisation for the project from the Department of Mineral ...
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Limpopo | Department of Mineral Resources
Mine Code: 14839. Mine Name: 580 MP. Commodity: SAND NATURAL. Type: OPENCAST. Owner: LE FOURIE. Tel: (014) 763 5314. District: WATERBERG. …
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Grootegeluk Coal Mine
The Grootegeluk coal mine is a surface mine complex near Lephalale, Limpopo Province, South Africa. The mine is owned by Exxaro Coal, a wholly owned subsidiary of the South African mining company Exxaro. Grootegeluk is Exxaro's largest coal mining operation and reportedly holds 50% of South Africa's remaining coal reserves and as …
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Medupi Power Plant, Lephalale, Limpopo Province, South Africa …
The 4.8GW Medupi coal-fired power project in the Limpopo province of South Africa is expected to achieve full capacity in the latter half of 2020. Owned and operated by South African state-owned power utility Eskom, it will be the biggest dry-cooled coal-fired power station in the world. The construction of the Medupi power plant was started in ...
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Our business
MC Mining's flagship Makhado hard coking and thermal coal project in the Soutpansberg coalfield in the Limpopo province is situated 36km north of the town of Makhado and …
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Makhado Coal Mine, Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa …
in Africa, Projects. Makhado is a coking and thermal coal project located in Vhembe District, the Limpopo province, South Africa. It is situated to the north of Soutpansberg, about 65km south-west of Musina and 35km north of Makhado town. The project is set to be the largest coking coal facility in South Africa, and is being …
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Thabametsi coal-fired power plant stopped, Limpopo province, South Africa
The High Court in Pretoria set aside the environmental approval for the 1200 MW Thabametsi coal-fired power station that would have been built in its first phase at 557 MW outside Lephalale in Limpopo province [10] holding that the Environment Minister was obliged to consider climate impacts in her decision, but had failed to do so.
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Makhado Coal Mine
The Makhado coal project is a coal mine project located in the Soutpansberg coalfield, in South Africa's Limpopo province. It is owned by MC Mining, formerly Coal of Africa Limited, and is the company's flagship project. The mine has estimated recoverable reserves of 188.3 million tonnes (Mt). [3]
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Palabora Copper (Pty) Limited, a subsidiary of Palabora Mining Company Ltd,is a copper mine that also operates a Smelter and Refinery complex based in the town of Phalaborwa, in South Africa's Limpopo Province. The mine owes its origins to a unique rock formation in the region known as the Palabora Igneous Complex.
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Mine profile: Mogalakwena | Anglo American
Mogalakwena is located near the town of Mokopane within the Mogalakwena Local Municipality. Mogalakwena is one of the six local municipalities which form part of the Waterberg District, situated in the Western quadrant of the Limpopo Province in north eastern South Africa. The mine was established in 1993, is the largest open pit …
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Musina, Limpopo | SouthAfrica
The town of Musina, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, is the country's northernmost town and the closest to the Limpopo River border of neighboring Zimbabwe. The town owes its existence to the region's abundant mineral wealth, which includes iron ore, graphite, coal, magnetite, diamonds, asbestos and, most notably, copper. The ...
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(PDF) Maceral Types and Quality of Coal in the Tuli Coalfield: …
2. Geological Settings The Tuli Basin is thought to be a small intracratonic, east–west-trending fault-controlled basin with a preserved width of approximately 80 km [1]. The basin is present in the northernmost part of the Limpopo Province in South Africa, extending into Eastern Botswana and Southeastern Zimbabwe (Figure 1).
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Makhado
Makhado Project (67% owned - 69% post-Black Economic Empowerment transactions; Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (5%)). MC Mining's flagship Makhado hard coking and thermal coal project in the Soutpansberg coalfield in the Limpopo province is situated 36km north of the town of Makhado and 80km southeast …
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Five largest coal mines in South Africa in 2020
Here are the five largest coal mines by production in South Africa, according to GlobalData's mining database. 1. Grootegeluk Mine. The Grootegeluk Mine is a surface mine located in Limpopo. It is owned by Exxaro Resources and produced an estimated 28.864 MTPA of coal in 2020. The mine will operate until 2040.
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South Africa – De Beers Group
Diamond-bearing gravels were discovered as early as 1903 close to the Limpopo River, 35km north-east of the present mine. De Beers Group began a sampling programme in 1969 to locate the source of these alluvial diamonds. Viable kimberlite pipes were discovered in 1980. Work on the mine started in 1990 and full production was achieved …
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Magnetite project (South Africa) Magnetite project in South Africa
The Magnetite project in South Africa is strategically located in the picturesque Limpopo Province of South Africa. Its focal point is the Rhenosterkoppies Greenstone Belt (RGB), an ancient early Proterozoic crust that holds significant iron mineralisation, particularly magnetite. Although some historical regional-scale mapping exploration work ...
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Maceral types and quality of coal in the Tuli
The inertinite content is low, ranging between 4 and 16 vol.% (mmf), and it is dominated by fusinite with count of about 1–7 vol.% (mmf). The high amount of inertinite, especially fusinite, with empty cells and semi-fusinite in the coals will pose a threat to coal mining because it aids the formation of dust.
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Exxaro Mine Operations | Where We Operate | Exxaro
Grootegeluk. Situated 20 km from Lephalale in South Africa's Limpopo province, this open-pit mine employs 3 200 people and produces 26Mtpa final coal products, using a conventional truck and shovel operation. This mine has an estimated minable coal reserve of 3 261Mt, and a total measured coal resource of 4 719Mt, from which semi-soft coking ...
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Sefateng Chrome Mine
Sefateng Chrome Mine (Pty) Ltd is a chrome ore mine situated on the Eastern Belt of the Bushveld Igneous complex in Limpopo Province. Three local communities, namely the Ga-Phasha, Ga-Mampa and …
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Bokoni Platinum Mines : Where Innovation Meets Excellence
A Proud Heritage, A Bright Future. Bokoni Platinum Mines (BPM) is situated in the picturesque Limpopo Province, where history converges with the promise of a brighter tomorrow. Our platinum mine, located on the eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex, sprawls across an impressive 15,000 hectares. It stands as South Africa's second …
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Vele
Vele Colliery is a semi-soft coking and thermal coal colliery in the Tuli Coalfield located 48km west of Musina in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The project has been …
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Assessment of the Influence of Coal Mining on Groundwater …
Coal mining in different coalfields in South Africa is known for decades (approximate to 146 years) and its economic importance to the country has recently surpassed commodities such as gold. One of the Coalfield that is well known for coal production in the Limpopo province of South Africa is Pafuri Coalfield where …
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Exxaro Operations: Mines and Projects | Exxaro
We pledged R20 billion to South African President Hon. Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2019 South Africa Investment Conference, which was geared towards the development of our Coal Mining Operations in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces. Here is a summary of the Mega Projects which were constructed through this investment.
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