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Austr alian firm acquires more coal mining licenses in Malawi

By Lucky Mkandawire, Nyasa Times March 19, 2013 · 17 Comments  Email This Post

 An Australian mining and energy company, Intra Ener gy Corporation (IEC), has acquired further exploration licenses for coal mining in northern

Malawi, the firm said Monday.

 Already the Australian mining giant holds three other exclusive prospecting licences and one mining licence in the country with its Malawian

subsidiary, Malawi Coal Mining (Malcoal).

The three prospecting licences were granted in September 2005 for Mwenewenya which covers an area of 37.5 km2, Livingstonia’s 35 km2granted in July 2005 and also in June 2007 it was granted a licence for Mwapu which has area of 12.2 km2.

 All the licences were renewed on 15th June 2012 by the Joyce Banda administration.

Coal

The mining licence for Nkhachira Coal Mine was granted on 30th December 2005 for fifteen years and covers an area of two km2.

Intra Energy Corporation Limited, which also has major thermal coal assets in Tanzania, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the

Malawian Government for the construction and operation of a coal fired power plant.

IEC Executive Director, Jonathan Warrand said the company was pleased with the acquiring of the two new coal exploration licences in Malawi

as it expands its work in Eastern Africa.

The licences were granted to another IEC’s Malawi subsidiary, Intra Energy Trading Limited (IETL) for North Rukuru which covers an area of 318 km2 immediately south of Nkhachira Coal Mine.

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The other licence was granted to Malcoal for Ngana situated in Karonga north along the Malawi-Tanzania border and covers an area of 231km2.

There was no comment from government on the matter as both ministers responsible for mining and energy John Bande and Ibrahim Matola

respectively were reportedly away to the United Kingdom with President Joyce Banda on her official tour.

IEC holds a 100 percent interest in IETL and 90 percent in Malcoal with partner Consolidated Mining Limited holding a 10 percent free carried

interest.

The company also has all management and operating rights under the joint venture agreement.

 And according to Warrand, North Rukuru contains Karoo sediments that overlie Precambrian basement rocks in a series of half-grabens.

“The main coal bearing sediments occur within the Karoo K2-K3 formation and yield sub-bituminous to bituminous coals with a Calorific Value

of 5,500 to 6,500 kcals/kg, an Ash content between 18 and 26 percent and a low Sulphur content of 0.3 percent,” explained Warrand.

He said the extent of the Karoo formation in the area is controlled by the gneissic basement in the west and a major fault in the east withregional dips ranging between 10° and 18° to the east.

The executive director also revealed that its recent geological mapping within the lease confirms the presence of numerous coal seams with

good quality thermal properties.

Coal at Ngana lease, covering a significant part of the Ngana Coalfield which is a southern extension of the Songwe-Kiwira Coalfield, is hosted

within a 12m to 20m thick sedimentary sequence.

The coal there, according to Warrand, is typically sub-bituminous to bituminous with a Calorific Value of 5,500 to 5,950 kcals/kg and an Ashcontent between 23 and 27 percent.

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Hipo Says: April 6th, 2013 at 9:48

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Hope the Government will have learnt from the Palladin Experience to ensure that the contracts benefit the people of Malawi,and that the so-called investors restore the areas they are gong to excavate !!

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Wa Nzeru wa kummawa Says:March 20th, 2013 at 1:32

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It appears most of us are fai ling to present arguments or comments as well articulated as those of Ngoma, London.

I guess this is because the topic is not political.Compare the number of comments on this topic to that of “Vuwa gets re arrested” and yet the above topic is more important

than Vuwa’s re arrested.

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 johnM Says:March 20th, 2013 at 7:57

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Karonga chief 

issue stern

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Kyungu halts

mining activities

of new China

company: ‘We are

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Russia, Zambia

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Chakwera faults

Malawi gov’t

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