Geology and mineralisation. The New Clydesdale Colliery is located at the centre of the southern border of the Witbank coalfield, which comprises the coal-bearing Vryheid formation that consists of five coal …Web

GEMECS COMPANY PROFILE INTRODUCTION Gemecs (Pty) Ltd is a medium-sized geological company that renders geological and mining ... Highveld/Witbank coal fields expert. ... Geovia Minex™ provides the best geology and mine planning tools for coal and other stratified deposits, ensuring resources are evaluated accurately and mined …Web

The coal measures of the North Block Complex occur on the eastern edge of the Witbank coalfield, within the Permian-age Vryheid formation of the Ecca Group in the Karoo Sequence. The Witbank coalfield is situated in the northern part of the Main Karoo basin and extends about 190km west-east between Brakpan and Belfast and about 60km north …Web

Water Resources. The upper Olifants River catchment covers an area of ∼11 464 km 2 in the headwaters of the Olifants Water Management Area (WMA). The mean annual precipitation is 683 mm, the mean annual runoff ∼10 780 million cubic metres, and the mean annual evaporation ∼1 580 mm (Midgley et al., Citation 1994).Land use is …Web

Subsidence associated with coal mining activities in South Africa changes the natural environment in several ways. To monitor the evolution of surface subsidence, traditional field-based monitoring approaches, are employed. These measurements are point-based and frequent visits are necessary to map the evolution of surface …Web

Table 14: Belfast overview. Drilling to delineate Coal Resource, detailed box-cut designs, five-year mine plan infill drilling and Belfast expansion project. The mine produced first coal in April 2019, ramping up in 2020 with full production from 2021. The mineral tenure areas of Umsimbithi Mining (Wonderfontein coal mine) and Universal Coal ...Web

Witbank and Northern Highveld Coalfields, specifically related to safety L S Jeffrey Research agency: CSIR, Mining Technology Project number: COL810 ... In summary, standing water bodies, spontaneous combustion (the geology, coal and mining components), the competency of the roof, the condition of pillars, the time elapsed since …Web

Operation geology. Two coal seams have been identified at Leeuwpan: top coal seam (TC) and bottom coal seam (BC). BC correlates with the number 2 seam of the Witbank and Highveld coalfields and TC correlates to the number 4 and 5 seams. BC qualities are generally higher than TC qualities.Web

The generated groundwater vulnerability model of Witbank Coalfield was validated using pH data from 25 groundwater samples. The results show very high negative correlation (0.7182) between the ...Web

The Zibulo Colliery is an underground and opencast mini-pit thermal coal mine. Zondagsfontein West (ZFNW) project is an underground life extension project to the current Zibulo UG operation with the North Shaft FS concluded in September 2022 and was audited/ reviewed in October 2022. The project will be submitted for board consideration in 2023.Web

Mining in the South African Witbank Coalfield commenced at the turn of the 20th century. Initially, there was little environmental degradation associated with mining activities, however, in the late 1930s and early 1940s at one particular mine a pillar robbing programme commenced. ... Dept. of Geology and Applied Geology; Publication Date: …Web

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As one of the oldest coal mining regions in South Africa, the Witbank coalfield thus provides a useful case study for tracing ... through close reference to literature on the sciences of mining engineering, ecology, geology, ... (Natal) Railway, Coal and Iron Company, Ltd, 1998). 9 R. Mendelsohn, Sammy Marks: ' The Uncrowned King of the ...Web

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) is mandated to ensure the transparent and efficient regulation of South Africa's mineral resources and minerals industry, and the secure and sustainable provision of energy in support of socio-economic development. Several Acts regulate the mining, minerals and energy sectors.Web

The primary geology and stratigraphy at Khutala is typical of the Witbank Coalfield. The development of the No.2 and No.4U Seams occurred mainly in a broad valley of low …Web

Witwatersrand Basin project location and geology. The Witwatersrand Basin project is located approximately 15km west of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. The basin comprises a thick sequence of rocks known as Witwatersrand Supergroup, which consists of the lower West Rand Group and the upper Central Rand Group. The …Web

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See other industries within the Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector: ... Address: 1 KMINE WITBANK, Mpumalanga, 1034 South Africa ... Comprehensive company profiles. Valuable research and technology reports. Get a …Web

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Khutala Colliery comprises both an underground and opencast mine, situated in the Witbank coalfield, located approximately 30km southwest of eMalahleni, and approximately 100km to the east of Johannesburg. It …Web

the depth and complex geology. In the Central Basin (Witbank, Highveld and Ermelo coalfields) technical innovations for thin seam extraction, economic mining of both pillar coal and intrusion-fragmented resource blocks and the utilization of lower-grade coals are required. The success of the fluidized bed combustionWeb

It produces around 5.5Mtpa of thermal coal from its underground mine for Eskom's Kendal power station. The underground operation uses bord-and-pillar mining methods. Khutala employs 3,239 people – 1,810 permanent employees and 1,42 9 contractors. Seriti acquired the colliery from South 32 in June 2021. Established in 1986, the mine has ...Web

8536228, email: The impacts of mining activities on the environment and the necessity for an environmental assessment strategy for such activity in South Africa Stephan Pretorius & Astrid Hattingh Peer reviewed and revised Abstract Mining activities disturb the earth's geology and destabilise the geo-environment, with aWeb

Modified by. Contract mining company specialising in open cast and underground mining services. Located in Witbank, with sites across Southern Africa.Web

Impacts of Coal Mining in Witbank, Mpumalanga Provin ce of South Africa Journal of Review s on Global Econo mics, 2019, Vol. 8 1591 review and interviews was analysed using thematic approach.Web

The Kendal project lies within the Witbank Coalfield, situated in the Northern Karoo Basin, stretching from Springs in the west to Belfast in the east, and Middelburg in the north to Rietspruit in the south. There are five major coal seams S1 to S5 in the coalfield, named from the base upwards. The project itself is in the far west-central ...Web

Company : Material notes: 1976 – 1990 : Trans Natal Mines: ... >1 950 boreholes drilled in this period. Operation geology. The coal deposit at Matla Mine forms part of the Highveld coalfield. The coal seams are found in the Vryheid formation of the Karoo Supergroup. ... Mining : Mining assumptions considered and defined : Yes : Underground ...Web

Witbank junior coal miners have the potential to achieve considerably higher levels of success in their operations, marketing and earning capacity than is currently the case. Investigations undertaken in this study have found that, by taking certain steps, even theWeb