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Klipspruit
Klipspruit is an opencast mine located 5km from Ogies and Phola Township. The new KPSX Project is situated 7km from Ogies and 2km from Phola. It produces 2.4Mtpa for Eskom, 0.35Mtpa for the domestic market and around 5.1Mtpa of bituminous thermal coal for the export market.
This operation runs multi truck and shovel activities to expose coal with the dragline doing rehabilitation in the main pit, which was mined out in Q2 FY21. Coal is transported by rail to the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT), and then exported largely to European markets.
Klipspruit employs 2,480 people – 818 permanent employees and 1,662 contractors.
Seriti acquired the colliery from South 32 in June 2021.
Established in 2003, Klipspruit has a life of mine until 2048.
