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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 1622
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 8 May 2014
1622.    Mr P van Dalen (DA) to ask the Minister of Pubic Enterprises:
(1)Â Â Â Â Â Â How much coal (a) is available in the Waterberg in
Mpumalanga and (b) has Eskom contracted for in the specified
area;
(2)Â Â Â Â Â Â (a) what is the annual Eskom coal requirement in Mpumalanga
for each year until 2030, (b) how much Eskom grade coal is
available annually until 2030 in Mpumalanga and (c) how much of
the available Eskom grade coal has been contracted;
(3)Â Â Â Â Â Â does Eskom anticipate a coal supply shortfall; if so, (a) by
when, (b) what is the size of the expected shortfall, (c) where
will Eskom find coal to fill the specified shortfall, (d) when
is the specified shortfall anticipated to start in respect of
each power station, (e) where are the mines that will supply the
coal shortfall situated and (f) how will such coal be
transferred to the specified mines that experience a coal
shortfall?      NW1839E
REPLY:
1) (a) The deports of coal remaining in Waterberg are determined by
the council of geoscience and can be found in public reports.
1) (b) The volumes Eskom has contracted for in this area add up to 899
Million tonnes in the Waterberg, 612 Million tonnes in Mpumalanga and
239 Million tonnes in the Free State.
2) (a) Eskomâs annual coal requirement from FY16 to FY30 in Mpumalanga is
indicated in Table 1 below.
Table 1: Annual coal requirements for power stations in Mpumalanga [Million
tonnes per annum]
FY16 |FY 17 | FY 18 | FY 19 | FY 20 | FY 21 | FY 22 | FY 23 | FY 24 | FY 25
| FY 26 | FY 27 | FY 28 | FY 29 | FY 30 | |88 |86 |85 |82 |78 |81 |82 |83
|84 |91 |95 |95 |93 |94 |92 | |
2) (b) The available Eskom grade coal in Mpumalanga exceeds 5 000
million tonnes; this is resources and reserves combined.
(2) (c) Eskom has contracted 612 Million tonnes of coal in Mpumalanga.
(3) (a) Yes, a shortfall is anticipated by 2017.
(3) (b) The size of the shortfall is 17 Mt by 2017.
(3) (c) As previously stated, the coal is available in Mpumalanga, that
requires investments and Eskom is in discussion with relevant parties.
(3) (d) The shortfall is anticipated in 2015 at Matla, Tutuka and Hendrina
Power Stations and in 2016 at Kriel and Arnot Power Stations.
(3) (e) The mines that will supply the shortfall are situated in Mpumalanga
and potentially the Waterberg.
(3) (f) Assuming that this question means how will coal be transferred from
the mine to the power station, the coal will be transported by road or
rail.