Published: 27 February 2018

Hwange Colliery Company is looking at increasing production from its underground mines after resuming operations a month ago, managing director Thomas Makore said.

Hwange, the country's largest coal miner halted underground mining operations in 2015 after the key equipment provider,  Continuous Miner (CM), which accounts for almost half of production, broke down.

The CM is a coal extraction machine, which works with auxiliary equipment during production.

At present, Hwange is extracting coal at its open cast pits with much of the output produced by contractor, Mota Engil. Coal produced from the underground pits is largely used for power generation and industrial purposes.
- The Herald

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