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Coal / Uranium Mine
Welgemeend Coal Mine
56th-largest coal / uranium mine in South Africa of 123 · top 27% worldwide (#1,314 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Reliable African Energy NV
- Owner
- Reliable African Energy NV
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~2.5 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 2015
Comparable coal / uranium mines · South Africa · 123 ranked
- #1Grootegeluk Coal Mine
- #54Chilwavhusiku Colliery
- #55Lefa Coal Mine
- #56Welgemeend Coal Mine
- #57Welstand Coal Mine
- #58Hendrina Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Gugulethu Coal Project9.9 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Naudesbank Colliery11 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Ikoti Coal Mine14 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Mpumalanga Coal Mine wind farm17 km · Power Plant · 155 MW · wind
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) (CC BY 4.0)