Springlake Coal Mine

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Springlake Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Hattingspruit, Amajuba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Springlake Coal Mine	Hattingspruit, Amajuba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	-28.0563678, 30.1158294 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

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
–	0.72	2021	Underground & Surface	Mixed	24	60*	518*

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
–	2021	23	Klipriver	Anthracite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Simeka Capital Holdings [51%]; Shanduka Coal [49%]	Simeka Capital Holdings [100%]	South Africa

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

Springlake Coal Mine is a surface and underground coal mine in KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa.

There have been no public reports about the mine, which was due to exhaust its resources around 2018, in recent years. As such, it is believed to be mothballed. Springlake Colliery is located 360 km southeast of Johannesburg, near Dundee, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

The mine, which has a +29-year operating history, was once known as South Africa’s largest producer of anthracite. It was acquired by Petmin in November 2005. It switched ownership several times after this, including Shanduka Coal, and was acquired by Phembani when the two companies merged in December 2015.

The current operating status of the mine is unclear. While it is believed to have been absorbed into Phembani's Middelburg Complex (MBO), Springlake has assumedly exhausted its coal resource (in 2007, its estimated life-of-mine was 11 years); however, there has been no public news about the colliery in recent years.

• Operator: Shanduka, Glencore
• Owner: Phembani
• Location: Dannhauser, Amajuba, KwaZuluNatal Province, South Africa
• Coordinates: -28.0563678, 30.1158294 (exact)
• Mine Status: Mothballed
• Production Capacity: 1.2 million tonnes per annum (2007)
• Total Resource: 39.1 million tonnes (2006)
• Mineable Reserves: 13.6 million tonnes (2006)
• Coal Type: Anthracite & bituminous (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Underground & Surface
• Start Year: 1978
• Source of Financing:

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