Service Information

AEMFC's operations are based in Mpumalanga near Ogies on the Kendal off ramp which is 8 kilometers away from the Eskom Kendal power station and about 100 kilometers from Johannesburg.

The operations consist of an open cast thermal coal mine that is also about 12 kilometers from the newly built Kusile power station in the middle of an area commonly known as the New Largo. The AEMFC mine is known as Vlakfontein with a Life Of Mine at some 25 years and employs a total number of 300 people including contractors. Coal is transported by road to the Eskom Kendal power station.

The mine currently delivers less that 1 million tons of coal per annum to Eskom but has the capacity to deliver well over 2 million tons per annum at full capacity.

The mine is operated on two shift system and employs mainly young people from the nearby Phola Township, although employee come as far as Witbank, Middleburg, Delmas and other surrounding towns. The production system is mining, crushing and screening without any washing.