Characterization of the coal resources of South Africa
The main coal mining areas are presently in the WitbankMiddelburg, Ermelo and StandertonSecunda areas of Mpumalanga, around burgVereeniging in the Free State/Gauteng and in northwestern KwaZuluNatal where smaller operations are found. Single, although large, collieries are found near Ellisras and Tshipise. The coal resource and