This opencast coal mine, with a proven reserve of 700 million tonnes (MT) and an expected life-of-mine of 25 years, commenced operations on its 10 million tonnes per annum (MT PA) coal mine, with the production of 3 MT in the first phase, during 2012.
The last annual period has seen significant strides achieved towards the evacuation of the coking coal and high grade thermal coal, with the first shipment of 36 000 metric tonnes of coal exported during the 1st quarter of 2013.
With Phase One complete and aiming for 3 MT by the end of this year, we are immediately moving into the second phase, and the substantial reserves we have unearthed will help produce in excess of 10 MT PA of high grade coal from 2015 onwards.