This plant started operations in May 2006 having received the Special Mining Grant in April. The mining venture was primarily started to meet internal coal demands for operations at the Masvingo sponge iron plant. It is located in the Masvingo Mining District in Chiredzi.

Mining capacity: 250000tons per month

Crushing plant capacity: 100000tons per month

Available coal sizes: 0-5mm, 5-10mm, 10-30mm, 30-50mm, 50-100mm

Mining Method: Open Cast mining

The mining area covers 2742 hectares with coking coal as well as steam coal available for exploration. The area has an estimated life span of 90 million tons of coal.

The mine is strategically located with a good road network and 25 kilometres from the railway line, linking to the following destinations; Botswana, South Africa, DRC and Zambia.

Beneficiation of Coal

Industries that use coal specify a range of properties that are required for their intended process. Coal is treated in a process called ‘beneficiation’ to prepare a material that meets the customer’s and is as homogeneous as possible. Samples of coal from both cores and mines are taken to determine the treatment that must be performed. Preparation plants that perform specific beneficiation processes are constructed as near as possible to the location where the coal is mined.

Three kinds of processes are performed at our plants;

i)sizing, controlled by a crushing and screening process

ii)increasing heating value, by removing noncombustible ash and rock by gravity separation,

iii)Removing and controlling undesirable mineral and chemical components (sulfur, sodium, and trace elements) by a combination of gravity separation and blending.