Uitkomst colliery resumes operations after civil unrest subsides
JSE-, Aim- and ASX-listed coal explorer and miner MC Mining reports that operations at its 70%-owned Uitkomst colliery, in KwaZulu-Natal, resumed early on July 19.
Operations at the mine were temporarily shut last week amid looting, violence and vandalism in response to the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma.
MC Mining notes that bus service providers contracted by it have advised the civil unrest in and around the towns and communities, where the majority of the Uitkomst mine employees and contractors reside, has sufficiently dissipated for employees to safely transit to and from the colliery.
The temporary suspension of operations resulted in the loss of three and half days of run-of-mine coal production, equating to about 5 600 t.
Going forward, MC Mining is assessing mine plans with the objective of recovering some or all of the forgone production.
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