Coaltech Research Association

Small Scale Coal Mining Guidelines

Plain language manual for newcomers to the coal industry, written for historically disadvantaged entrants with limited technical background and no route into the ownership and permitting process.

What this report found

Sets out the steps to establish a small scale coal mine in South Africa, from mineral rights and regulatory approvals through finance, mining and processing choices, marketing, and environmental management and closure. The information a new entrant needs sits in many separate places, so the guideline draws it together from practitioners rather than from any single published source.

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