Bisichi Mining gets approval to mine all open cast reserves at Black Wattle
05 February 2010
South African coal mining group Bisichi Mining was cheering news today that its Black Wattle Colliery arm had been given the green light by the Department of Mineral Resources to mine all of the open cast reserves at Black Wattle.
Bisichi has owned and operated Black Wattle in Middelburg, Mpumalanga since 1994 and first kicked off open cast mining there back in April 2008.
At that time, the company said it planned to spend 24 months mining high yielding export quality thermal coal but that it would also seek Government approval to mine additional significant open cast reserves.
Andrew Heller, Bisichi’s managing director, said approval to mine the additional reserves at Black Wattle would allow the company to continue to take advantage of the benefits of the open cast approach.
“The start of open cast operations at Black Wattle represented an important landmark in the mine's development,” he said. “Open cast mining has lowered the average cost of production, increased our washing plant yields, and allowed Black Wattle to mine its reserves more flexibly.”
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