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Delmas Colliery is an operating coal mine in Delmas, Nkangala, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Delmas Colliery | Delmas, Nkangala, Mpumalanga, South Africa | -26.260831, 28.827936 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating[1] | – | 1964[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2[2] | 2 | – | Underground | Bord and Pillar | – | 80* | 174[1] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56[1] | – | – | – | Bituminous | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Kuyasa Mining Pty Ltd[2] | Kuyasa Mining Pty Ltd [100%] | South Africa |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.
Background
Delmas Colliery Coal Mine is an underground mine in Delmas, Mpumalanga, South Africa.[3] Delmas Coal (Pty) Ltd, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuyasa Mining, operates the mine.[3] The mine was purchased by Kuyasa from BHB Billiton in 2002[4]. The coal produced at Delmas is consumed entirely by customers in the South African domestic market.
Coal from the mine will also be supplied by conveyor mine to a proposed 600 MW coal-fired Independent Power Plant (IPP) which will sit adjacent to Delmas Coal.[5]
- Operator: Delmas Coal (Pty) Ltd[3]
- Owner: Kuyasa Mining[3]
- Location: Delmas, Mpumalanga, South Africa
- GPS Coordinates: -26.260831, 28.827936 (Exact)
- Status: Operating
- Capacity: 2 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa)[3]
- Total Resource: 56 million tonnes (As of 2002)[4]
- Mineable Reserves:
- Coal Type: Bituminous[6]
- Mine Type: Underground
- Mine Size:
- Start Year: 1964[4]
- Source of Financing:
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240307033449/https://www.bhp.com/-/media/bhp/documents/investors/news/delmasmediarelease.pdf?la=en. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 March 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240309023226/https://www.kuyasamining.co.za/dalmas-coal.html. Archived from the original on 09 March 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Kuyasa Mining, "Operations", Kuaysa Mining Website, Accessed March 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 BHB Billiton, "JOINT NEWS RELEASE", BHB website, Accessed March 2021
- ↑ Operations - Delmas Coal, Kuyasa Mining website, Accessed July 2022.
- ↑ South Africa Department of Mineral Resources, "Operating Mines Mpumalanga", DMR website, Accessed March 2021
