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Kriel
Kriel Colliery is an underground mining complex, located 45km south of eMalahleni in Mpumalanga. It provides around 4Mtpa of thermal coal directly to Eskom’s Kriel power station.
Kriel Colliery is an underground mining complex, located 45km south of eMalahleni in Mpumalanga. It provides around 4Mtpa of thermal coal directly to Eskom’s Kriel power station.
The colliery uses mechanised bord-and-pillar methods to mine the underground operation.
Kriel employs 1,463 people as at 31 March 2024
Seriti acquired the mine from Anglo American in 2018.
Established in 1975, the mine has sufficient resources to supply the Kriel power station until 2035
ESG statistics
as at 30 October 2022
HDSA female representation
27.5%
Total ESD spend
R2,508,719m
TRCFR
1.03
Production
3.3Mtpa
Residential dust fallout exceedances
13 incidents
Land rehabilitated
2,184ha
Average Water use efficiency
232 litres
per tonne (litres/RoMT)
