Aurecon is providing engineering design and project coordination services for the CIC Energy Corporation's Mmamabula Energy Project. The proposed coal mine and coal-to-power project, approximately 120 km northeast of Gaborone, will include a 1 200 MW power plant and an integrated coal mine with a design life of 30 years.

5 CIC Energy Corp. ("CIC") is developing the Mmamabula Energy Complex • Aims to exploit the extensive and proven Mmamabula coalfield in Botswana • Is a 3 billion tonne (fully drilled out) coal deposit located in southeastern Botswana The MEP is CIC's main focus • Consists of – A~6.0mtpaRun-of-Mineopenstripcoalmine – Supplyinga~1,320MWpowerstation(two660MW(gross)units),and

Mmamabula coal project ready to enter construction While Botswana only has one active colliery Morupule there are several junior companies that are developing new coal mines that are planned for production either later this year or in 2019 One of these is privately owned Maatla Energy which is hoping to start construction of its Mmamabula coal ...

The Mmamabula coal mine is a proposed mine, owned by African Energy Resources, designed to produce 1.2 million tonnes per annum, near Gaborone and Francistown, Botswana.. The coalfield is the site of a number of proposed coal-fired power stations that would be fueled by the coal: CIC Coal to Hydrocarbons Project, CIC Domestic Power Project, and Mmamabula Energy Project.

Mmamabula West Underground Coal Mine, Botswana. Proudly Researched by: Melanie Miles. Last Updated on: 05 October 2021. There are 61 Subscribers monitoring this project. This project has been viewed 412 times. Status: Procedural. Value: R 200 Million+. Send Me Updates. Reminders.

Minergy's focus is the development of the Masama Coal Mine within the scope of the Prospecting Licence located on the south western edge of the Mmamabula Coalfield in southern Botswana. Minergy's wholly owned subsidiary Minergy Coal holds the Prospecting Licence for Coal and Coal-Bed Methane, where a 380Mt Coal Resource has recently been ...

The project geology is characterized by coal resources, mudstone, and sandstones of the Mmamabula Formation of the Ecca Group, which is part of the Karoo Supergroup. The Masama open-cast coal mining project is based on two gently-dipping coal seams, namely the A and E seams of the Mmambula West block, that sub-crop near the surface at depths ...

Botswana coal mining company Maatla Resources, recently awarded a mining licence for the development of the Mmamabula project, says the …

Mmamabula coal project, Samane-Thankane water Supply and Testpumping projects Geological and geotech logging. Drilling and test pumping supervision Junior Geologist Geoflux Jun 2005 - Dec 2005 7 months. Orapa, Botswana Geotech drilling supervision - Orapa Slope optimization project ...

CIC Energy Corp, a TSX/BSE-listed company engaged in the advancement of the estimated US $9.5 billion Mmamabula Energy Project, announced the commencement of this project's feasibility study as well as a detailed market study on a coal-to-hydrocarbons project at the company's Mmamabula Coalfield in Botswana.

Mmamabula West Coal Power Project. The 2,935Mt Mmamabula West project contains some of the best quality coal in Botswana in two 4m to 6m thick seams (A-Seam and K-Seam) which lie 100m to 150m below the surface. The project is situated some 65km west of the main railway line in Botswana which provides access to local and regional coal markets.

According to Badenhorst, the Mmamabula coal mine contains more than 90-million tonnes of high-grade thermal coal. "The project has a mine life of more than 25 years and is targeting production of 50 000 t/m, ramping up to 100 000 t/m within the first year of production." Phased Approach

Bobonong, Morupule, Moiyabana, Mmamabula, Mmamantswe, Letlhakeng Dutlwe and Ncojane, with total deposits at Letlhakeng and Dutlwe at over 70 000 tons (mt) each. Shallow coal seams distributed along the eastern side of the country, allow cost-effective open-pit mining. While the western side of

The World Bank (2009) highlighted the following about the Mmamabula IPP: It is a coal-to-power project, which was originally structured to produce 2400 MW of power. This project and other large-scale power projects in Mozambique and Namibia were planned to supply ESKOM through long-term purchase agreements (PPAs).

Located 145 kilometers north of Gaborone and accessible via an A1 tar road and 20 kilometers of gravel road, the Mmamabula Coal Project will produce high-grade coal for the export market and for the region. With the granting of the mining licence, the project is now fully permitted and ready to commence the project development phase. There has been extensive exploration activity in the area ...

In addition to the 7.5 m/t to 9.0 m/t a year coal mine, and the 2, 100 MW to 2, 460 MW power plant, CIC Energy was also advancing on its plans to investigate the export of coal from Mmamabula, as ...

The Mmamabula project is located 145 km north of Gaborone (and 125 km south of Palapye) in the Mmamabula coalfield, which hosts a total resource in excess of a billion tons of high-grade coal and which is the western extension of South Africa's Waterberg coalfield. The property is accessed by a 20 km gravel road from the A1 asphalt highway ...

CIC Energy's Mmamabula Energy Project ("MEP"), is a planned 1200 megawatt (net) capacity power station and integrated coal mine project in Botswana that is intended to provide power to South Africa. Nonwithstanding the suspension of the MEP as explained below, this project remains the most advanced independent power producer (IPP) project ...

According to the statement, the coal-to-hydrocarbons project is one of the ways that CIC Energy is working to maximize the value of the coal resource at Mmamabula, beyond Mmamabula Energy Project. The current Mmamabula coal resource estimate of approximately 2.3 billion tones, in the measured and indicated categories, exceeds projected coal ...

The Sese Project can power several 300MW projects, and contains 2.5bn tonnes of coal. Mmamabula is a planned coal mine and coal-fired power station between Gaborone, Francistown and the Serorome River in Botswana.

CIC Energy Corporation, a Tau Capital Group company listed on the Toronto and Botswana stock exchanges, is advancing its Mmamabula Energy Complex (MEC) in Botswana. This is a three billion tonne coal resource which could involve development costs of close to R120 billion. In an interview with Mining Review Africa, CIC Energy (South Africa) COO – mining, Eddie Scholtz explains …

Project Description. CIC Energy Corp is developing three projects at its Mmamabula coalfield. The most advanced project is a new integrated coal mine and coal-fired base-load power plant, the MEP ...

Botswana Railways has announced its intention to start construction of the long awaited Mmamabula-Lephalale line in the second half of 2021, a project that is expected to …

Integrated Coal-to-Power IPP in Botswana. Since July 2007, Delphos and its consortium partners helped the GoB develop the large-scale Mmamabula electricity and coal project. The consortium team consists of experts from Delphos International, Hunton & Williams, and London Economics. The advisory work was financed by the GoB and USTDA.

The Masama coal project prospecting licence (PL278/2012) area falls within the Mmamabula Area of the Southern Belt of the Central Kalahari Sub-Basin of Botswana. It is one of only three large and scalable export-focused, opencast projects in the region that are capable of near-term development without relying on domestic power stations.

The company is developing an export coal mine, which is located in one of the main coalfields, in the southern belt of the Kalahari subbasin, as well as a gas-to-liquids (GTL) project. According to Badenhorst, the Mmamabula coal mine contains more than 90- million tonnes of high- …

CIC Energy Corp. has begun both a feasibility study and a detailed market study on a coal-to-hydrocarbons project in Botswana at its Mmamabula Coalfield. The coalfield is part of the US$9.5 billion Mmamabula Energy Project, a planned power station and integrated coal mine. The current Mmamabula coal resource estimate of...

This paper explores the implications for the World Bank and other donor institutions, employing proposed Bank financing of the Mmamabula coal-fired power project in Botswana as an illustrative case. Using the latest estimates of generating costs for coal-fired and low-carbon power options, I compute the CO2 accounting charges that would promote ...

The Project is located in southeastern Botswana, at the Mmamabula Coal Field Mmamabula Energy Project Camp Capricorn January 2009. Introduction and Overview 4 Electricity to be sold under long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), at an advanced stage of negotiation, to Eskom Holdings Limited (75%) and Botswana

project is called the Mmamabula Energy Project (MEP) and, if approved, would include the development of coal mines; the construction of a power plant and the development of transmission lines to carry power to various areas of Botswana and South Africa.

BOTSWANA. 2010: Mmamabula Coalfield – Full due diligence study. 2011: Mmamabula Coalfield – Due diligence update. MADAGASCAR. 2010: Imaloto Basin – Coal Resource Estimation and JORC Competent Person's Reports. MOZAMBIQUE. 2015: Concept study for new coal laboratory services in Mozambique. 2014 – 2015: Mutarara Basin – Coal exploration management including logging and …

CIC Energy's Export Coal Project intends to export seaborne traded steam coal from the Mmamabula Coal Field to a port on the west coast of southern Africa. In addition to the Export Coal Project, CIC Energy has two power projects, the 300 MW Domestic Power Project intended to supply electricity to Botswana, and the 1200 MW Mmamabula Energy ...