Revuboe Coal Mine

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Revuboe Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Tete, Mozambique.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Revuboe Coal Mine	Tete, Mozambique	-16.234739, 33.831034 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Pre-Permit	New	–	–

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
7	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	39.64	60*	*

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
519	–	1580	–	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Minas de Revuboè Limitada	Talbot Group Investments Pty Ltd [58.9%]; Nippon Steel Corp [33.3%]; POSCO Australia Pty Ltd [7.8%]	USA, Japan, South Korea

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

Revuboè Mine (Minas de Revuboè) is a proposed coal mine, owned by Talbot Group and Nippon Steel/Sumitomo Metal, to produce approximately 7 million tonnes per annum, in the Moatize Basin, Tete Province, Mozambique. According to the company website, "In July 2004, Prospecting and Exploration Licence 693L was granted and renewed in 2009 for another 3 years. In April 2013, Mining Concession 4064C was granted and a mining contract was signed with the Government of Mozambique." While there have been few recent updates, the project appears to be moving forward, with public profiles available for site managers and other professionals.

A promotional video on the company website estimates a 35-year life of mine.

At the Coal Trans Conference in 2019, the mine was originally scheduled to produce 17 million tonnes per annum, but in a 2021 update from IEA, the figure was reduced to 7 million tonnes per annum.

Project Planning Delay

In May 2024, JSW Steel Limited, India’s largest steelmaker, announced its plan to acquire a 92% stake in Minas de Revuboè (MdR). However, prior to the completion of this transaction, the Mozambican government revoked MdR’s mining lease. In August 2024, the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy issued a public notice indicating the potential reassignment of the concession to Stonecoal SA, a company whose directors are predominantly employees of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. IN response, MdR initiated legal proceedings against the Mozambican government, seeking reinstatement of its mining rights. The dispute has been escalated to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Geneva, with proceedings commencing in September 2024.

As of the updating of this wiki in February 2025, this complex legal dispute continues to delay the progress of the MdR project.

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