Leandra North coal project
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The Leandra North coal project is a possible South African coal project. It is located about 20 km northwest of Leandra and about 20 km southeast of Delmas in the Delmas coal mine[1][2] in the Mpumalanga province.
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Location
The map below shows the approximate location of the project. It is located about 20 km northwest of Leandra and about 20 km southeast of Delmas in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa.
Background
In 1999, Mining Weekly said that the Leandra North and Leandra South coal project "will see the mining of the No 4 seam, which overlies the present Delmas Colliery No 2 seam workings, and which will extend further to the west. The development of the No 4 seam reserves in Leandra North could provide up to 30 years of mining, depending on production rates, while the adjacent Leandra South reserves – which contain both the No 2 and No 4 seams, with even greater volumes, could add additional life."[1]
BHP Billiton listed it as a possible underground mine producing thermal coal in its 2009 Annual Report. It listed its "measured resource" as being 156 million tonnes with a total resource of 715 million tonnes.[3] BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa is BHP Billiton's wholly owned subsidiary which develops coal projects in South Africa.
In its 2014 annual report, BHP Billiton reports this project's "measured resources" as 210 million tonnes and its "total resources" as 507 million tonnes.[4]
BHP Billiton announced in its 2015 annual report that they were discontinuing this project, demerging it and, with a handful of other coal projects, rolling it into a new company called South32.[5]
In South32's 2015 ASX Information Memorandum, South32 listed Leandra North and Leandra South coal project together as a "development project" that SAEC holds as principal assets.[6] From then on, South32 has listed Leandra North and Leandra South coal project together under a project named "Leandra". In 2016[7], they reported coal resources of 1,587 million tonnes for Leandra, but that increased to 1,792 million tonnes by 2019.[8]
In August 2019, Bloomberg reported that Seriti Resources has put a bid on SAEC's coal resources, which includes the Leandra project.[9]
Project Details
- Owner: South Africa Energy Coal
- Parent company: South32
- Location: About halfway between Leandra and Delmas in the Mpumalanga province
- GPS coordinates: -26.259222, 28.828306 (approximate)
- Mine status: Since the proposed mine is up for sale, the project appears to be shelved.
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- Coal type: Thermal
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- Mine type: Underground
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Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Coal king courts Leandra, Mining Weekly, 5 Nov. 1999
- ↑ Delmas Colliery, South Africa, Mining Weekly, 28 Jan. 2000
- ↑ BHP Billiton, 2009 BHP Billiton Annual Report, BHP Billiton, September 2009, page 90.
- ↑ BHP Billiton Annual Report 2014, pp. 122-123, BHP Billiton website, accessed Oct. 2019.
- ↑ BHP Billiton Annual Report 2015, BHP Billiton website, accessed Oct. 2019.
- ↑ ASX INFORMATION MEMORANDUM, 16 Mar. 2015, South32 website, accessed November 2019.
- ↑ Annual reort 2016, 6 Sep. 2016, South32 website, accessed November 2019.
- ↑ Annual Report 2019, South32 website, accessed November 2019.
- ↑ South Africa’s Seriti Resources Wins Bid for South32 Coal Assets, Bloomberg News, 20 Aug. 2019.
