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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
Grootegeluk
57th-largest coal / uranium mine worldwide · top 2% worldwide (#57 of 4,963)
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~25 Mtpa
Comparable coal / uranium mines · worldwide · 4,963 ranked
- #1North Antelope Rochelle
- #55Tashan Coal Mine
- #56Cerrejón
- #57Grootegeluk
- #58Borodinsky Coal Mine
- #59Gare Palma II Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Grootegeluk Coal Mine1.9 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- 400 kV line5.8 km · Transmission Line
- Medupi Substation6.2 km · Substation / Converter
- Medupi power station6.3 km · Power Plant · 4.8 GW · coal
- Matimba power station6.5 km · Power Plant · 4.0 GW · coal
- Thabametsi Coal Mine6.6 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Matimba Substation6.9 km · Substation / Converter
- Nyakallo solar farm7.1 km · Power Plant · 315 MW · solar
- Medupi - Ngwedi 19.2 km · Transmission Line
- Waterberg Coal Project11 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Medupi - Witkop 111 km · Transmission Line
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South Africa · Waterberg — feeds Medupi/Matimba
SOURCE: Curated seed (major mines)