Collum Coal Mine

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Collum Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Sinazeze, Sinazongwe, Southern Province, Zambia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Collum Coal Mine	Sinazeze, Sinazongwe, Southern Province, Zambia	-17.1551533216922, 27.3682093596763 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2000	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
0.24	0.15	–	Underground	Longwall	–	494*	1000

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
–	–	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Collumn Coal Mining Industries	Collumn Coal Mining Industries	Zambia, China

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

Collum Coal Mine, also known as Nkandabwe coal mine, is a coal mine in the southern town of Sinazongwe in Zambia which has been reported as producing 150,000 tonnes of coal a year. The mine is owned by Collum Coal Mining Industries, which is reportedly "a private firm run by Chinese investors from Jiangxi province" in China. 

Collum Coal Mining Industries operates the mine. The mine was closed in 2012 after losing its license due to numerous safety violations, it reopened in 2015.

Collapsed Tunnels

In 2016 tunnels from the mine collapsed causing damage to house in Sinazongwe, a nearby village. An estimated 50 people were left homeless by the incident.

Managers fire at workers

Twelve workers were injured on October 15, 2010, when mainly Chinese managers fired randomly at workers protesting poor working conditions. On October 17, Zambian police said the managers who shot at the workers will be charged with attempted murder. Zambian Inspector General of police Francis Kabonde told journalists: "A warn and caution statement has already been recorded and what should be realised is that there is no one above the law, as it had been portrayed by some people." The incident has raised a political storm, with opposition leader Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front accusing the Chinese in the country of being untouchable because they are funding the ruling party ahead of next year's elections: "What do you expect the government to do with the Chinese? They are their friends and they constantly fund them." Investment from China has been on the rise Zambia, with several copper and coal mines bought by Chinese firms.

Scuffle kills Chinese manager

In August 2012 Zambian miners killed a Chinese manager during a protest. The miners were protesting a delay in wage increases. Another Chinese was also injured during the scuffle. On August 7, 2012 police charged a Zambia coal miner with murder in connection with the killing of a Chinese supervisor during a protest.

• Operator: Collum Coal Mining Industries Limited
• Owner:
• Location: Sinazongwe, Southern Province, Zambia
• Coordinates: -17.15515332, 27.36820936 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 0.15 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa)
• Total Reserves:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type:
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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