Modern Mining April 2019

COAL

energy efficient design, which includes the use of solar geysers, heat pumps and maxi- mum utilisation of natural light. In addition, movement sensors in buildings switch lights automatically off when there is no movement. According to Kgatle, the completion of Impumelelo and its two sister mines does not mean that Sasol Mining’s build programme

Impumelelo project was the RSV ENCO Hatch Goba Joint Venture while the contractor respon- sible for the sinking of the vertical shafts and the development of the decline was Murray & Roberts Cementation. The contractor for the overland conveyor was ELB Engineering. Like the Shondoni mine, which was offi- cially opened last year, Impumelelo has an

An aerial view of Impumelelo showing the offices, main shaft and the coal bunker in the distance.

The 27 km overland conveyor links Impumelelo with the Sasol Synfuels complex.

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