Morupule plans country�s biggest coal mine

Friday, August 12, 2016

Morupule Coal Mine’s (MCM) new open cast mine in the Central District will now be a 10 million tonne per annum operation, up from the original plans for one million tonnes, as the company targets further expansions at the adjacent power station.

When plans were originally made public in 2014, MCM was aiming for a one million tonne open cast mine to support the 300MW expansion of Morupule B, known as “Units 5 & 6”.

At its new capacity, the open cast mine will be the country’s biggest coal mine, dwarfing Morupule’s existing underground mine, which has a capacity of 3.2 million tonnes per annum.

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