Brief description:
Kroondal is primarily an underground operation,with openpit operation slowly tailing off. With both reefs and the parting being mined, this has resulted in a wide-reef operation underground. Blasting control creates large waste rocks in theparting zone, of which a large proportion are removed underground to improve the economics of the operation.
Products:
Platinum.
Mining method:
Openpit (20%) and underground (80%).
Reserves:
Total ore reserves are 11,55-million tons.
Resources:
Total mineral resources are 11,32-million tons.