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- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
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Coal / Uranium Mine
Koornfontein Coal Mine
43rd-largest coal / uranium mine in South Africa of 123 · top 22% worldwide (#1,048 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Makole Group Pty Ltd
- Owner
- Black Royalty Minerals
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~3 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 1991
Comparable coal / uranium mines · South Africa · 123 ranked
- #1Grootegeluk Coal Mine
- #41Manungu Coal Mine
- #42Gugulethu Coal Project
- #43Koornfontein Coal Mine
- #44Leslie 1 Coal Mine
- #45Matla Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Goedehoop Coal Mine1.8 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Komati power station5.1 km · Power Plant · 1.0 GW · coal
- Fentonia Coal Mine8.5 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- New Clydesdale Colliery11 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Duvha power station18 km · Power Plant · 3.0 GW · coal
- Duvha power station18 km · Power Plant · 600 MW · coal
- 400 kV line18 km · Transmission Line
- Hendrina Substation19 km · Substation / Converter
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) (CC BY 4.0)