Kriel Coal Mine

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This is a thermal coal mine owned by Anglo American and it provides coal to Eskom’s Kriel Power Station. It mines more than 10 million tonnes of coal per annum using bord and pillar methods at its underground operation, while its open pit mine extracts coal using draglines, trucks and shovels.

Kriel colliery forms part of Anglo Inyosi Coal (AIC), an empowered coal company housing key current and future domestic and export-focussed coal operations. In terms of an agreement signed in 2007, Inyosi, a newly formed broad-based black economic empowered company, will acquire 27% of AIC, creating a company valued at R7 billion and incorporating several key Anglo Coal assets. One of these is Kriel colliery.
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Coordinates:   26°11'50"S   29°8'56"E
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