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Coal / Uranium Mine
Grootegeluk Coal Mine
Largest coal / uranium mine in South Africa of 123 · top 1% worldwide (#8 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Exxaro Resources Ltd
- Owner
- Exxaro Coal Pty Ltd
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Coal type
- mixed
- Output
- ~51.4 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 1980
Comparable coal / uranium mines · South Africa · 123 ranked
- #1Grootegeluk Coal Mine
- #2New Vaal Coal Mine
- #3Optimum Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Grootegeluk1.9 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Matimba power station4.7 km · Power Plant · 4.0 GW · coal
- 400 kV line4.8 km · Transmission Line
- Matimba Substation5.1 km · Substation / Converter
- Medupi Substation5.1 km · Substation / Converter
- Nyakallo solar farm5.3 km · Power Plant · 315 MW · solar
- Medupi power station5.3 km · Power Plant · 4.8 GW · coal
- Thabametsi Coal Mine8.2 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Medupi - Ngwedi 19.3 km · Transmission Line
- Medupi - Witkop 19.4 km · Transmission Line
- Waterberg Coal Project12 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) (CC BY 4.0)