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- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
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Coal / Uranium Mine
Lefa Coal Mine
55th-largest coal / uranium mine in South Africa of 123 · top 27% worldwide (#1,293 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Ergosat Pty Ltd
- Owner
- Ergosat Ltd
- Status
- proposed
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~2.5 Mtpa
Comparable coal / uranium mines · South Africa · 123 ranked
- #1Grootegeluk Coal Mine
- #53Moabsvelden Coal Mine
- #54Chilwavhusiku Colliery
- #55Lefa Coal Mine
- #56Welgemeend Coal Mine
- #57Welstand Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Lethabo power station11 km · Power Plant · 3.7 GW · coal
- Mercury - Zeus13 km · Transmission Line
- New Vaal Coal Mine14 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Durban–Sasolburg Oil Pipeline15 km · Pipeline
- Sasolburg Chemical Plant16 km · Chemical Plant
- 400 kV line20 km · Transmission Line
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) (CC BY 4.0)