Sasol to apply for Waterberg coal mining licence

South Africa’s third-largest coal producer, Sasol Mining, has received approval from its group executive committee to apply for a mining licence in the Waterberg, where it plans to erect a small-scale colliery that will be used as a future...

Company Announcement: Sasol inaugurates new mining shaft in Mpumalanga

Today Sasol officially inaugurated its R3,5 billion Thubelisha Shaft at the Twistdraai Colliery in Mpumalanga.

Sasol opens new R3.5bn coal shaft in Mpumalanga

Fuel-from-coal producer Sasol Mining’s new R3.5-billion Thubelisha shaft at the Twistdraai colliery, in Mpumalanga, was officially opened on Tuesday by Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu. The current Twistdraai Colliery shaft system has...

Mafutha coal mine project, South Africa

The development of the Mafutha coal mine has been put in doubt, as Project Mafutha – the 80 000-bl/d coal-to-liquids project – has been put on hold.

30 MW power plant for coal operation

Engineering and project management consultancy RSV Enco Consulting (Enco) reports that it is the main consultant for the construction of a permanent 30 MW alternative source power plant project to supply electricity to a coal mine in South Africa....

Sasol Mining concludes Ixia Coal BEE transaction

South African coal-miner Sasol Mining on Thursday concluded the R1,8-billion Ixia Coal black economic-empowerment (BEE) transaction with WIPCoal Investments. Sasol Mining MD Hermann Wenhold said that it has now started to look at identifying a...

A brief look at SA’s coal-mining industry

Most coal production in South Africa - about 53% - is from opencast mines, with the balance being produced by bord-and-pillar (40%), stoping (4%) and longwall mining (3%). Coal mining operations are clustered in the country’s Mpumalanga...

Sasol Mining converts old-order mining rights

South African coal-miner Sasol Mining has converted its Secunda and Mooikraal old order mining rights, paving the way for the full implementation of the Ixia Coal empowerment transaction. The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has granted new...

Sasol allocates R3,1bn for new export coal mine

Coal miner Sasol has allocated R3,1-billion for the new export coal mine to replace the depleting Twisdraai operation. The Thubelisha export coal mine, already under construction, will also supply Sasol's synfuels factory in Secunda, in...

Sasol to build three new replacement coal mines

Coal-to-liquids (CTL) producer Sasol is facing the prospect of replacing three of its large old coal mines with three new coal mines in the next ten years. The three large existing mines earmarked for replacement are the Twistdraai, Brandspruit...

South Africa's Competition Commission uncovers cartel activity

South Africa's Competition Commission on Wednesday announced the uncovering of an alleged mining-supply cartel. The findings of the commission have been referred to the Competition Tribunal, which has been asked to levy a penalty of 10% on the...

Coal preparation

South Africa is one of the world’s leading nations in the mining, preparation and use of coal for its internal energy needs and the export market, says project house DRA Mineral Projects process engineering consultant Mark Cresswell.