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A NEW AGE MINING VENTURE

Born and built neither on a sense o entitlement

nor on any pillar o gratuity but, rather, on

the grit, courage and entrepreneurial air o its

ounders to embrace a dream and turn it into

reality, Kuyasa Mining will stand out in history

as post-apartheid South Aricas frst truly

independent new-age mining company.

Kuyasa Mining was conceptualised in 1995,South Aricas historic frst year as a ully

democratic nation. Since then, it has evolved

rom a vision that has reached beyond the

parameters o conventional thinking into a

vibrant, stand alone, proitable and

sel-unding black owner-managed enterprise

that believes no rontier is inite.


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BEYOND CONVENTIONAL THINKING


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Thabo Sibeko Ayanda Bam Wendy Gobey


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A CONFLUENCE OF CULTURES

Rooted in its mantra o respect or One race

the human race, Kuayasa Mining eschews

the manner in which the policies o airmative

action and transormation have been widely

degraded and diluted to a level where

box-ticking, number juggling, and instant

wealth creation so oten take precedence

over, and make a mockery o, genuine

empowerment.

Kuyasa Minings employment policies and

practices run ully counter to this trend.

Its people are selected and employed purely

on merit, and no premiums are paid or race

or creed. Each individual is expected to

deliver...and is held ully accountable.

The result o this approach, which is applied

across the entire spectrum o operations

rom boardroom to coal ace is a stable

workorce that represents virtually every aceto South Aricas demographics...people who

unction in the knowledge that their

presence is justiied and their contribution

meaningul and appreciated.

Most o the groups production workers are

mainly local residents, who are amiliar with

the distinctive mining conditions o the area.


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THE PAST

Kuyasa Mining (Pty) Limited had modest

beginnings in 1996 as the owner-manager o

a small-scale, limited-lie opencast bituminous

coal mine, known as Ikhwezi Colliery, near

the east-Gauteng town o Delmas an area

which remains the epicentre o the companys

mining operations.

It was rom this relatively inauspicious

platorm that the ledgling company later

progressed to the acquisition (rom BHP

Billiton in mid-2002) o the much larger

Delmas Colliery a conventional underground

mechanised bord and pillar mine, contiguous

to Ikhwezi, which it later renamed Delmas

Coal.

One o Kuyasa Minings biggest challenges

at the time was to reassure and retain the

Delmas work orce in the ace o their ears

about leaving the comort zone o a major

international corporation or a (then

perceived) uncertain uture in the uncharted

waters o black ownership and management

in a small entrepreneurial coal mining

venture.

It was a challenge that was more thanadequately met.


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Let to right Thembeka Mkhize Metallurgical manager

Michael du Plessis Production manager Mpumilelo Saliwa Engineering manager

Masasa Makhetha Finance manager Andrea Heine Human Resources manager Humphrey Mokwena General manager


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THE PRESENT

Now driven rom a modern new corporate

headquarters on the eastern ringe o the

Mpumalanga Province town o eMalahleni,

the traditional coal capital o South Arica,

Kuyasa Mining is well into its second decade

o operation. The company is today a

signiicant independent supplier o coal to

South Aricas national power utility, Eskom,

as well as to a cross-section o inland coal-consuming industries.

This is a ar cry rom the ormative years,

when there was widespread scepticism about

buying coal rom a small, virtually unknown,

newcomer that not only had no production,

quality and delivery track record, but was also

unprecedented in its leadership and structure.

As a community service, Kuyasa Mining also

supplies to etch-and-carry individual coal

traders who operate mainly in non-electriied

inland rural areas.

Bheki Mthethwa

General manager -

inance


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THE FUTURE

Looking ahead, Kuyasa Mining plans to

reinorce its position in the market as a

reliable and competitive independent

producer and supplier by growing sales to

existing customers, by broadening its

customer base, and by acquiring additional

coal reserves on which to develop new

projects.

For instance, it has identifed direct involvement

in power generation as a key area o opportunity

a synergistic venture that is now indelibly

written into its corporate objectives.


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POWER GENERATION

Folding back horizons o opportunity to explore and exploit

what lies beyond comes naturally to Kuyasa Mining. It is this

element o its corporate DNA that has enabled the

company to overcome obstacles and achieve itssuccess so ar.

As part o this process, Kuyasa Mining identiied in the

early 2000s an opportunity to become a power generator

in its own right, to help meet the electricity needs o a

nation that was patently running out o generating

capacity.

Kuyasa Mining was so ervent in this vision that, in 2004, it

commissioned US-based consultants Black and Veatch to

do a pre-easibility study on the establishment o a

greenields mine-mouth, clean coal technology power

plant on an unexploited coal deposit known as theLeandra and Leslie coal ields which lies adjacent to

Delmas Coal.

The results were so encouraging that the same consultants

were tasked to produce a inal easibility report on the

project, which emphatically conirmed its viability. As a

result, Kuyasa Mining appointed South Arican consultants

James and Wegner to carry out a comprehensive

environmental impact assessment.

The process o obtaining the permission o Eskom, the

Regulator and Government, as well as securing a power

purchase agreement or the proposed new generatingacility, has so ar been slow and unyielding.

For the time being, thereore, it remains a project in progress.


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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Kuyasa Minings perception o sustainable skills development

starts at the very roots o the problem in the schools and

is another relection o the companys unconventional and

resourceul thought processes.

The cornerstone o its approach is that empowerment

initiatives by both Government and the private sector should

be ocused a great deal more on pre-tertiary education and

ar less on illing BBBEE scorecards.

In the irm knowledge that the education system is generally

below standard and that, without education, the country will

go nowhere, Kuyasa Minings clarion call is: Lets give our

children a uture.

Against this background, the company has embarked on a

process that will begin producing homegrown SET (science,

engineering and technology) graduates at rate o 40 a year.

The project involves the establishment, near Delmas, o an

independent mining science academy that will identiy,

develop, and sponsor maths and science-gited, butinancially disadvantaged, senior high school learners up

to and through tertiary education.

Kuyasa Minings philosophy behind this ar-reaching project

is: Bring us your brains we dont care who you are.


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FOUNDING FIGURES

Kuyasa Mining is headed by three o its original ounders Ayanda Bam,

Thabo Sibeko and Wendy Gobey each o whom has a strong pedigree

in the mainstream o the South Arican coal mining industry.

Between them, they have brought to Kuyasa Mining a range o

complementary tertiary qualiications, and a depth o experience, that

its together virtually seamlessly to orm a strong and vibrant

management team.

Ayanda Bama graduate in computer sciences, is executive chairman o the company,

as well as the custodian and the driving orce behind its vision and

avant-garde approach to conducting its business

Wendy Gobey

holder o an IPM (Institute o People Management) diploma in human

resources, is director o corporate aairs with a wide mandate on

managing the companys precious human capital.

Thabo Sibeko

operations director, is an electrical engineer whose lengthy involvement

in the coal mining industry was supplemented by a tour o duty at Eskom.


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Kuyasa Mining head office

Cape Town

Johannesburg

Durban

eMalahleni

Delmas

Republic of South Africa

KUYASA MINING AT A GLANCE

Conceptualised 1995

Established January 1996

Production Current 2.5-mtpa ROM

Operations Kuyasa Mining

Ikhwezi Colliery

Delmas Coal

Employees 350

Customers Power utilities and

industrial consumers

CONTACT DETAILS

Kuyasa Mining (Pty) Ltd

Tel +27 13 656 36 59

Fax +27 13 690 35 45

e-mail [email protected]

2 Neven Street

Private bag x7250eMalahleni

1035

Mpumalanga

Republic o South Arica


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Copy writing: Greg Kukard


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