Grootegeluk Medupi expansion on course to produce first coal in May

The Grootegeluk Medupi expansion project (GMEP), in Limpopo, which will provide coal to State-owned power utility Eskom’s Medupi power station, is on track to produce its first coal in May 2012 and is currently 65% complete.

Exxaro performs own EPCM for expansions

South African mining group Exxaro has decided to oversee the engineering procurement and construction management (EPCM) at its mega-Grootegeluk Medupi expansion project, in Limpopo.

Exxaro’s R9bn Medupi coal expansion project at Grootegeluk

Exxaro’s Grootegeluk Medupi coal-mine expansion project, which will provide the coal to meet the fuel demand of Eskom’s new 4 800 MW dry-cooled Medupi power station under construction in Limpopo province, is in the detail design phase. South...

Exxaro in R30bn-plus coal-based development plan in Waterberg

JSE-listed top-forty company Exxaro is involved with coal-based development plans worth at least R30-billion, the company told journalists on Wednesday. “You are standing on the future of coal-mining in South Africa,” Exxaro CEO Sipho Nkosi...

Grootegeluk mine expansion on schedule

Diversified miner Exxaro’s Grootegeluk mine will play a significant role in South Africa’s energy provision in the future, by supplying coal to State-owned electricity utility Eskom’s Medupi power station, which is currently under construction.

Grootegeluk mine, South Africa

An openpit mine, situated in Limpopo province.

Jaw-crusher puts end to instability

Officials at the Grootegeluk coal-mine in the Limpopo Province do not try to conceal their feelings about the new Sandvik jaw crusher which has put an end to production stoppages in the mine’s largest beneficiation plant.

Major potential in the Waterberg

Dr Con Fauconnier, CE of Kumba Resources, called on Transnet to consider extending the Coallink line to the Waterberg coalfield. The cost of such a heavy-duty line would be large on any scale, and prompts the question; what is the quality and the...