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Coal in Tanzania
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The production of
Coal in Tanzania has largely been underdeveloped for many years. Tanzania has an estimated 1.5 billion tones of reserves and is believed to have the largest reserves of coal in
East Africa.
[1] In 2015,
Tanzania produced in excess of 250,000 tones of coal, of which 94% of it was consumed domestically.
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Geology
The distribution of
Karoo Supergroup formations and coal fields in Southern Tanzania
The majority of the coal reserves in Tanzania exist along the
Songea Karoo belt in Southern Tanzania. Coal fields exist in three regions of the country in
Rukwa,
Mbeya and the largest in
Njombe.
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The country has total coal reserves of around 1.9bn tonnes with 0.4 billion tonnes of proven reserves. With recent geological exploration, the authorities believe there is a potential of 5 billion tonnes of potential reserves.
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The largest reserves are currently found in
Mchuchuma, where there are reserves of over 400 million tonnes.
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Operational mines
Currently there are only two small scale operations that are extracting coal.
Kiwira Coal MIne
The Kiwira coal mine is a small coal mine operational near the city of
Mbeya with an annual installed capacity of 150,000 tonnes.
[6] The Kiwira Coal & Power Company owns the licence to mine at the Ivogo Ridge. The company is wholly owned by the State Mining corporation that is 100% owned by the
Government of Tanzania.
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Ngaka Coal Mine
The Ngaka coal mine is operated under the banner of Tancoal Energy which is a joint venture between Intra Energy Tanzania limited and the state owned National Development Corporation (NDC). The Ngaka coal mine is currently the largest operational mine in the country and is selling an upwards of 250,000 tonnes of unwashed coal annually.
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