Maamba Collieries - Zambian Copperbelt (sitios de interés)
Descripción del sitio
Kanzize, Izuma basins
RESOURCE BASE
Proven 60.2Mt
Probable 18Mt
December 21, 2009
Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd (NBVL) has acquired a 65% stake in Maamba Collieries Ltd (MCL) from ZCCM-IH, the investment holding company of the Zambian government, for an initial $26 million
August 8, 2008
Bloomberg reported that Zambia Consolidated Copper Mine Investment Holdings Plc has selected preferred bidders to revive coal producer Maamba Collieries Limited.
Mr Mwiza Mbewe official of Zambia Consolidated Copper said that the bidder will be named this week.
He added that the chosen investor will be required to raise coal production and install a power plant generating as much as 350 MW to supply Maamba and the local community.
Vedanta Resources Plc is among the 11 bidders short listed. The others are
1. Londoloza Resources Limited
2. Borneo Mining Limited
3. Nava Bharat Ventures Limited
4. Aldwych International
5. Zambezi Consortium Limited
6. Sinazeze Consortium
7. Maamba Resources Limited
8. Kanzinze Consortium
9. Baran Trade & Investment
1. Londoloza Resources Limited
2. Borneo Mining Limited
3. Nava Bharat Ventures Limited
4. Aldwych International
5. Zambezi Consortium Limited
6. Sinazeze Consortium
7. Maamba Resources Limited
8. Kanzinze Consortium
9. Baran Trade & Investment
Coal reserves in the Zambezi Basin: Maamba
Zambia's single coal mine at Maamba exploits the near out-crop areas of thick coal development in part of the Siankondobo coalfield, north of Lake Kariba. Major faults divide the coalfield into two main structural units known as the Kazinze and Izuma basins. In the Izuma Basin, single thick seam is developed, while in Kazinze, the seam is split into two components by a laterally persistent sandstone band.
The Maamba Colliery was originally designed to produce over one million tonnes of saleable coal annually. Its actual capacity has never approached this design target and has actually dropped from about 750,000 to 350,000 tonnes. Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) Nkana and NCZ are Maamba Colliery's largest customers. Most of the coal from Maamba is pyritic inorganic sulphur and only about 40 percent has inherent sulphur that cannot be completely washed.