Coal / Uranium Mine

Isibonelo Coal Mine

South Africa

31st-largest coal / uranium mine in South Africa of 123 · top 16% worldwide (#789 of 4,963)

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Operator: Thungela Resources Ltd, Nkulo Community Partnership Trust, Sisonke Employee Empowerment Scheme
Owner: Thungela Operations Pty Ltd
Status: idle
Mineral: coal
Output: ~4.19 Mtpa
Commissioned: 2005

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Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km

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400 kV line6.8 km · Transmission Line
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Phased Gas Pipeline Network — Rompco Gas Pipeline9.9 km · Pipeline
Thuso Coal Project12 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
Phased Gas Pipeline Network — Richards Bay–Gauteng Gas Pipeline13 km · Pipeline
Secunda power station14 km · Power Plant · 280 MW · gas
Sol Substation15 km · Substation / Converter
Sasol Secunda Ammonia Plant18 km · Chemical Plant
Matla Substation18 km · Substation / Converter
Matla power station18 km · Power Plant · 3.6 GW · coal
Kriel power station20 km · Power Plant · 3.0 GW · coal

Methane observations · within 25 km

1,388 kg/hr2025-05-05 · 14 km
1,372 kg/hr2025-06-23 · 14 km
993 kg/hr2025-05-26 · 15 km
935 kg/hr · coal mine2025-04-14 · 7.6 km
931 kg/hr · coal mine2025-03-10 · 7.6 km

Satellite detections from Global Energy Monitor’s Global Methane Emitters Tracker, each an instantaneous rate on the date shown — not an annual total, and not a current reading. GMET attributes a plume to a type of infrastructure, not to a named facility: these were observed near this asset, which is not evidence they came from it.

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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) (CC BY 4.0)