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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
Optimum Coal Mine
3rd-largest coal / uranium mine in South Africa of 123 · top 4% worldwide (#183 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Liberty Mine Services
- Owner
- Liberty Mine Services
- Status
- idle
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~12 Mtpa
Comparable coal / uranium mines · South Africa · 123 ranked
- #1Grootegeluk Coal Mine
- #2New Vaal Coal Mine
- #3Optimum Coal Mine
- #4Goedgevonden Coal Mine
- #5Khutala Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Hendrina power station3.2 km · Power Plant · 1.2 GW · coal
- Hendrina power station3.2 km · Power Plant · 800 MW · coal
- Hendrina Substation3.2 km · Substation / Converter
- 400 kV line4.4 km · Transmission Line
- Woestalleen Colliery6.7 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Umzila Coal Mine12 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Komati power station17 km · Power Plant · 1.0 GW · coal
- Argent Colliery18 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Arnot Power Station19 km · Substation / Converter
- Rockdale Substation24 km · Substation / Converter
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) (CC BY 4.0)