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In October 2011, South Africa's total exports were 7.4 million tonnes. On average, exports have floated between 4 million and 5 million tonnes a month for the past three years.<ref>[http://af.reuters.com/article/southAfricaNews/idAFL6E7M82PF20111108 "China took 2.5 mln T of S.African coal in Oct"] Reuters Africa, Nov. 8, 2011.</ref> Some South African coal companies export their coal product through Mozambique's southern [[Maputo port]] where they can get allocation not available at South Africa's own [[Richards Bay Coal Terminal]] and which is closer to their mines in the area of Witbank.<ref>[http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE7AK08A20111121?sp=true "Mozambique gears up to become coking coal hub"] Agnieszka Flak & William Mapote, Reuters, November 21, 2011.</ref>
As of 2011, more than 80 percent of South Africa's coal is mined in the Mpumulanga Province.<ref>Karen Orenstein, [http://www.foe.org/news/blog/2012-01-a-days-journey-through-south-african-coal-country "A day’s journey through South African coal country"] FOE Blog, Jan. 13, 2012.</ref>
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