South African coal miner Coal of Africa
Ltd. (CoAL) announced it has successfully
completed its first sale and loading of its
first train of mid-volatile “lean” coal mined
at the Mooiplaats thermal coal project in
the Mpumalanga Province. CoAL began
trucking the coal from the Mooiplaats project
during early September, with the first
train loaded on September 11 at the
Umlabo siding bound for the Matola
Terminal in Maputo, Mozambique.
The company will continue to load further
trains to utilize the maximum available
stockpile at the Matola Terminal of approximately
80,000 metric tons. The shipping
program is anticipated to commence during
the fourth quarter of 2009.
As featured in Womp 2009 Vol 08 - www.womp-int.com