Overview
Our coal business, Anglo Coal, is the world’s sixth largest private sector coal producer and exporter, with operations in South Africa, Australia, South America and Canada.
Richards Bay Coal Terminal, South Africa
South Africa
In South Africa, Anglo Coal owns and operates eight operations and has a 50% interest in the Mafube colliery. Four operations are in the Witbank coalfield and supply some 22 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of thermal coals to the export and local markets.
Coal is exported through Richards Bay Coal Terminal, in which Anglo Coal has a 27% interest. In addition the New Vaal, New Denmark and Kriel mines are dedicated to supplying some 35 Mtpa of thermal coal to Eskom. Anglo Coal’s Isibonelo operation produces some 5 Mtpa for Sasol Synthetic Fuels under a 20 year supply contract.
Australia
Anglo Coal is the fourth largest producer of coal in Australia, with one wholly owned mine and a controlling interest in another five, as well as significant undeveloped coal reserves. Its mines are located in Queensland and New South Wales. It also owns an effective 23% interest in the Jellinbah mine in Queensland.
In 2007, Anglo Coal agreed to acquire 70% of the Foxleigh coal mine joint venture in Queensland, Australia, adding to its existing coal mining operations in the Bowen Basin, one of the world’s premier coal regions.
South America
In South America, Anglo Coal has a 33% shareholding in Cerrejón Coal and produces thermal coal for export to Europe and the Americas. It also has a 25% interest in Carbones del Guasare (CDG) which owns and operates the Paso Diablo mine in northern Venezuela. CDG produces around 6 Mtpa of thermal and metallurgical coal for pulverised coal injection (PCI). Anglo Coal’s attributable production in South America is in excess of 10 Mtpa.
North America
Anglo Coal has a 74% interest in Peace River Coal, which has one operating metallurgical coal mine and significant coal resources in western Canada.
China
Anglo Coal also has a 60% interest in the Xiwan coal mine lease area in China, where the feasibility of developing the mine is under evaluation in conjunction with Anglo Coal’s joint venture partners, the Shaanxi Coal Geological Bureau.
Strategy
Anglo Coal’s strategy is focused on globalisation to secure a balanced and profitable mix of global metallurgical and thermal coal assets, supplying international markets in the Med-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific basins and, where appropriate, selected domestic customers in the country in which the production takes place.
Clean coal technologies
We are looking at ways to address the issue of carbon emissions and climate change as the demand for energy continues to grow.
We have a Clean Coal Energy Alliance with Shell which is evaluating the Monash Energy project, incorporating carbon capture and storage, in the state of Victoria, Australia. Anglo Coal is also part of The FutureGen Industrial Alliance, which consists of major energy and mining companies working in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to design, construct, and operate the world’s first ‘near zero emissions’ coal-fuelled power generation plant.
