India’s Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) is reportedly planning to commence construction on a coal mine in the south-eastern Mmamabula coalfields in Botswana in 2022.
This mine is expected to help the firm in supplying a proposed coal power plant and the export market, reported Reuters citing a company official.
The proposed mine is anticipated to have an annual production capacity of 4.5 million tonnes of coal.
Jindal Botswana country head Neeraj Saxena was reported by the news agency as saying: “Work will start next year and develop in phases over two to three years. Regional demand is increasing and the South African market has an appetite for Botswana coal.”
Botswana is still looking to develop its estimated 212 billion tonnes of coal resources, contrary to the growing trend of relinquishing fossil fuels.
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