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- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
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Coal / Uranium Mine
Vaalbank Coal Mine
96th-largest coal / uranium mine in South Africa of 123 · top 55% worldwide (#2,681 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Puckree Group Pty Ltd
- Owner
- Puckree Group
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~0.9 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 2019
Comparable coal / uranium mines · South Africa · 123 ranked
- #1Grootegeluk Coal Mine
- #94Vlakfontein Coal Mine
- #95Vlakvarkfontein Coal Mine
- #96Vaalbank Coal Mine
- #97Ubuntu Colliery
- #98Zonnebloem Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Black Wattle Coal Mine2.0 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- 400 kV line3.6 km · Transmission Line
- Ukwenama Coal Mine3.6 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Rockdale Substation5.5 km · Substation / Converter
- Middelburg Mining Services (MMS)5.9 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Acerinox Columbus Stainless steel plant6.3 km · Iron & Steel Plant
- Duvha power station18 km · Power Plant · 3.0 GW · coal
- Duvha power station18 km · Power Plant · 600 MW · coal
- Klippoort solar farm24 km · Power Plant · 220 MW · solar
- Hendrina Substation24 km · Substation / Converter
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) (CC BY 4.0)