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Maamba Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Maamba, Sinazongwe, Southern Province, Zambia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
---|---|---|
Maamba Coal Mine | Maamba, Sinazongwe, Southern Province, Zambia[1] | -17.347480433053, 27.1886660375385 (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 | – | 1966 | – |
Table 3: Operation details
Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0[1] | 0.67 | – | Surface[2] | Open Pit[2] | 10.7[3] | 60* | 453* |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
165[4] | – | – | Siankondobo[1] | Bituminous[1] | Thermal | Maamba power station |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Maamba Collieries Limited (MCL)[5] | Nava Ltd [65.0%] | India |
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
Maamba Coal Mine is a surface mine in Maamba, Southern Province, Zambia.[6] Maamba Colliery Limited operates the mine, which is a subsidiary of Nava Bharat (Singapore) Pte. Ltd, which owns a 65% stake in the mine. The government Zambia owns the remains 35% stake in the mine through ZZCM Investment Holdings. The mine supplies the Maamba power station, it also supplies hard coal to local industries. [6]
- Operator: Maamba Colliery Limited [6]
- Owner: Nava Bharat (Singapore) Pte. Ltd (65%) Government of Zambia (35%) [6]
- Location: Maamba, Southern Province, Zambia [6]
- Coordinates: -17.34748043, 27.18866604 (Exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production: 0.67 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) [7]
- Reserves: 193 million tonnes (Proven and Probable)[8]
- Coal Type: Thermal
- Mine Type: Surface
- Start Year: 1966 [9]
- Source of Financing:
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240303011308/https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2019/myb3-2019-zambia.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 03 March 2024.
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(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Maamba Colliery Limited, "About Us", MMC website, Accessed April 2021
- ↑ ZZCM Investment Holdings, "Maamba Collieries", ZZCM website, Accessed April 2021
- ↑ Nava Bharat, "Annual Report 2019", NB Ventures website, Accessed April 2021
- ↑ World Bank, "Report No. P-3431-ZA", World Bank website, Accessed April 2021