Tshikondeni Coal Mine - Vhukati Shaft

South Africa / Limpopo / Thohoyandou /
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Tshikondeni is owned by Exxaro and is an underground mine with 5 shafts, employing about 770 people and currently producing 414ktpa of premium hard coking coal. Conventional board and pillar extraction methods are used and coal is beneficiated using cyclones, spirals and froth flotation. The beneficiated product is trucked to Musina and railed to Mittal SA’s works at Vanderbijlpark under a long-term agreement at the cost of production plus a management fee of 3%. The mine has coal reserves of 6Mt and a resource of 36Mt.
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Coordinates:   22°29'24"S   30°57'35"E
This article was last modified 10 years ago