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Coal / Uranium Mine
Vlakvarkfontein Coal Mine
95th-largest coal / uranium mine in South Africa of 123 · top 53% worldwide (#2,628 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Reliable African Energy NV
- Owner
- Reliable African Energy NV
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~0.96 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 2010
Comparable coal / uranium mines · South Africa · 123 ranked
- #1Grootegeluk Coal Mine
- #93Sigma Mooikraal Operations
- #94Vlakfontein Coal Mine
- #95Vlakvarkfontein Coal Mine
- #96Vaalbank Coal Mine
- #97Ubuntu Colliery
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Rirhandzu Colliery714 m · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Kendal power station6.5 km · Power Plant · 4.1 GW · coal
- Iyanga Coal Mine Cluster7.7 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Khanyisa Colliery8.7 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- 400 kV line19 km · Transmission Line
- Kusile power station19 km · Power Plant · 4.8 GW · coal
- Delmas Cement Plant22 km · Cement Plant
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) (CC BY 4.0)