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Coal / Uranium Mine
Twistdraai Thubelisha Coal Mine
13th-largest coal / uranium mine in South Africa of 123 · top 9% worldwide (#439 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Sasol Ltd
- Owner
- Sasol Mining Pty Ltd
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~7.5 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 1980
Comparable coal / uranium mines · South Africa · 123 ranked
- #1Grootegeluk Coal Mine
- #11Greater Soutpansberg Coal Project
- #12Impunzi Complex
- #13Twistdraai Thubelisha Coal Mine
- #14Sukuma Coal Mine
- #15Berenice-Cygnus Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Thuso Coal Project7.9 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Isibonelo Coal Mine8.3 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Syferfontein Coal Mine10 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Phased Gas Pipeline Network — Rompco Gas Pipeline12 km · Pipeline
- Phased Gas Pipeline Network — Richards Bay–Gauteng Gas Pipeline15 km · Pipeline
- 400 kV line15 km · Transmission Line
- Secunda power station16 km · Power Plant · 280 MW · gas
- Sasol Secunda Ammonia Plant18 km · Chemical Plant
- Sol Substation19 km · Substation / Converter
- Matla power station25 km · Power Plant · 3.6 GW · coal
- Matla Substation25 km · Substation / Converter
Methane observations · within 25 km
- 1,388 kg/hr2025-05-05 · 16 km
- 1,372 kg/hr2025-06-23 · 22 km
- 993 kg/hr2025-05-26 · 16 km
- 935 kg/hr · coal mine2025-04-14 · 785 m
- 931 kg/hr · coal mine2025-03-10 · 803 m
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)