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ASX-listed Universal Coal has reported
record sales for the month of February
2015 of 172 000 tonnes, 28 000 tonnes
over target. The record comes almost 12
months after maiden production at the
company’s 2,4 Mt/a run-of-mine (ROM)
Kangala colliery, located near Delmas in
the Witbank region.
Of the record result, 160 000 tonnes
of domestic thermal coal were delivered
to Eskom and 12 000 tonnes exported
through the Richards Bay Coal Terminal.
The result follows the successful achieve-
ment of target sales for the month of
January 2015 and positions the company
well to deliver a strong Q3 2015 result.
Besides the record sales tonnes,
Kangala also achieved the milestone of
having processed 2 Mt through the Coal
Handling and Preparation Plant from the
start of production to date.
Commenting, Tony Weber, Universal
Coal CEO, said, “This is an outstanding
achievement and is testament to the
Record sales in February by Universal’s Kangala colliery
quality and efforts of our management
team and contractors Stefanutti Stocks
Mining Services and Mineral Resource
Development.
“With Kangala now hitting its stride, we
look forward to delivering continual strong
production and sales figures for the year
ahead, in parallel with bringing on stream
Universal Coal’s Kangala colliery has achieved the milestone of having processed 2 Mt through the Coal
Handling and Preparation Plant from the start of production to date (photo: Universal Coal).
our next operation, the 2,8 Mt/a ROM NCC
Roodekop.”
(Editor’s note: As this issue was going to print,
Universal announced – on 16 March – the
occurrence of what it called a ‘high poten-
tial incident (HPI)’ at Kangala, which led to
several employees suffering minor injuries
during a blast.)