Rukwa Coal Mine

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Rukwa Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Sumbawanga, Sumbawanga Urban, Rukwa, Tanzania.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rukwa Coal Mine	Sumbawanga, Sumbawanga Urban, Rukwa, Tanzania	-7.968229, 31.6332682 (approximate)

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

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2017	–

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	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	431*

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
–	–	173	Rukwa	Subbituminous	Thermal	Rukwa Coal to Power Project

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Edenville Energy	Shuka Minerals PLC [100%]	UK, Tanzania

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

Rukwa Coal Mine is a small opencast coal mine, owned and operated by Endenville Energy, in western Tanzania, Africa. The mine is a part of the Rukwa Coal to Power Project and will feed the proposed 120MW Rukwa coal-fired plant. The Rukwa mine is a brownfield mine owned and operated by Edenville Energy. While the mine's production rate is roughly 4,000 tonnes per month, Edenville plans to ramp up production to 10,000 tonnes per month in the near future.

The mine supplies coal to East Africa industries and will feed the Rukwa power station once it comes online. (As of April 2023, plans for the Rukwa coal power station are still in place, but appear to be shelved.)

• Operator: Edenville Energy Plc
• Owner: Edenville Energy Plc
• Location: Sumbawanga, western Tanzania, Africa
• Coordinates: -7.74563994, 31.45777117 (Approximate)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 0.048 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa)
• Total Resource: 173 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 2017
• Source of Financing:

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