Mine excursion
Canyon
Local leader of the NUM, Isaac Mbonani, receives the share certificate that signifies a 5% shareholding in
Kangra Coal for the workers at the mine.
Celebrations as the workers and community and
Kangra Coal each receive 5% shares in the mine.
Employees and trustees of the community accepts the share allocation from Canyon Coal CEO Vuslat
Bayoglu.
Workers at Kangra Coal attending the event made
no secret of which political party they support.
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Canyon Coal CEO Vuslat Bayoglu addresses
workers and community members of Kangra Coal.
and Load Haul Dump (LHD’s) loaders in
one section of the Gus seam. In another of the
Dundas seam section, Sandvik Continuous
Miners, Joy Shuttle Cars, Phillips Battery
Haulers, RHAM Single Boom Roof Bolters
and LHD Loaders are used by a mining
contractor. Kangra uses two mining contractors
— one in the underground Dundas seam and
the other doing opencast mining. The in-house
mining team works on the Gus seam.
In the open pit the stripping ratios vary
from 1 to 5.5:1. The maximum gradient of
the inclines and declines at which the trucks
need to haul the coal are between 10˚ and 12˚.
According to Rothmann, the latest technology
in blasting techniques are used during 40m strip
mining intervals. “Pre-splitting is done with all
blasts when strip mining,” Rothmann explains.
Kangra has three processing plants near
Maquasa East, which are equipped to handle
varying coal qualities and produce a mix of
different products. The plants are flexible and
able to wash Run of Mine (ROM) or discard
product. The total design capacity of each plant
is 1.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa).
Kangra Colliery is on the national grid,
however, the office lighting, weighbridges and the
main surface ventilation fan for the underground
mine are run of generators. The mine sources
its water from two water boreholes, as well as
from an offtake point in the Heyshope dam. The
water from the dam is used in the administration
buildings of the mine. All water is recycled.
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