When you think of South Africa, you think of lots of gold and diamonds.
South Africa is the biggest producer of hard coal in Africa, and it is a significant global player.
It is also estimated that about 90% of South Africas electricity production depends on this mineral.
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Here is a list of coal mines in South Africa that are estimated to produce 260 million tons annually.
The mine was acquired by the heavy minerals companyExxaroin 1980 and currently employs at least 3000 people.
This mine produces three types of the commodity; cooking, thermal, and metallurgical coal.
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This mine is estimated to have over 3 billion tons of the mineral reserve.
Leeuwpan
Leeuwpan is located in the province of Mpumalanga and employs about 600 people, excluding extractors.
The company uses the bord-and-pillar method to extract the mineral.
Image: Unsplash.com@ Dominick VanyiSource: UGC
Exxaro Resources also own it in partnership with Anglo American.
It is an open cast reserve located about 11 kilometers south of Ogies.
HCI was formed with a consortium as a joint venture in 2006.
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Mbali produces at least 360,000 tons of the mineral annually.
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6.
Palesa
Another one of South African mining companies is Palesa, which is also owned by HCI.
Image: unspalsh.com, @Taton MaiseSource: UGC
When it rolled out operations in 2009, Palesa was producing about 4,600 tons selling to Eskom.
It then signed an eight-year agreement in 2010 to supply Eskom with 160,000 tons per month.
Arnot
This is another one of the South African mines, which is also located in the Mpumalanga province.
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It is renowned for its extensive reserve approximated to be over 190 million tons of cooking coal.
It produces at least 5 million tons of the mineral per year.
This came after the miners decided to reopen the mine which was closed in 2015.
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8.
New Clydesdale Colliery (NCC)
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The NCC is another one of the top mining companies in South Africa.
Image: unsplash.com @ Kurt CotoagaSource: UGC
These are named from Seam 5 (S5) to Seam 1 (S1).
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