Sasol Mining’s R5.5bn Shondoni mine will complete its second phase of development in September to ramp up to full production of 10.5-million tonnes of coal a year, says senior vice-president Lucky Kgatle. This is a significant investment, showing Sasol’s commitment to long-term growth in the South African economy to 2050 despite short-term fluctuations in growth trends, Kgatle says. Sasol Mining produces about 40-million tonnes of coal a year for synfuels and chemicals from five mines around Secunda. It also produces 10-million run-of-mine tonnes, of which about 3-million to 3.5-million tonnes is washed for export through Richards Bay Coal Terminal and the remainder, the middlings, is used for synfuels. Another 2-million tonnes a year is produced at a sixth coal mine near Sasolburg. In 2009, Sasol launched a R14bn mine replacement programme to assure supply of coal for the future. It consists of four projects: transitioning Middelbult into a new mine called Shondoni, Brandspruit to ...
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