ENERGY COAL

BHP BILLITON ENERGY COAL SOUTH AFRICA (BECSA)

ENERGY COAL BHP BILLITON ENERGY COAL SOUTH AFRICA (BECS

PRODUCT
BECSA owns and operates four collieries in the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. Consistently high quality
coals are
BECSA produced
owns from our
and operates collieries
four with
collieries typical
in the characteristics
Mpumalanga being
Province inlow sulphur,
South Africa.medium ash and
Consistently medium
high quality
volatile matter content along with high calorific value.
coals are produced from our collieries with typical characteristics being low sulphur, medium ash and medium
volatile matter content along with high calorific value.
South African Coal Mines

Equity mines include Middleburg, Douglas, Klipspruit and Khutala.

South African Coal Mines
E­Location: approximately
quity mines 200km east
include Middleburg, of Johannesburg
Douglas, in the
Klipspruit and Witbank-Middelburg area. The mines are close to
Khutala.
domestic power plants and approximately 550km by rail from Richards Bay Coal Terminal.
­Location: approximately 200km east of Johannesburg in the Witbank-Middelburg area. The mines are close to
domestic
Products: power plants
Domestic and
coals approximately
supplying 550km power
the domestic by rail generation
from Richards Bay Coal
market Terminal.
and export quality coal supplying power
generatorsDomestic
Products: and industrial
coals processes
supplying in
theEurope andpower
domestic Asia. generation market and export quality coal supplying power
generators and industrial processes in Europe and Asia.
Operations: Open cast and underground mines producing from four to seventeen million tonnes of saleable coal.
­Operations: Open cast and underground mines producing from four to seventeen million tonnes of saleable coal.
Production capacity: Approximately 40 million tonnes.
­Production capacity: Approximately 40 million tonnes.

SOUTH
BHP Billiton AFRICA
Energy Coal -TYPICAL ANALYSIS
South Africa Typical Analysis

Component Typical (as received)

Total Moisture 8.0 - 8.5%

Ash 14.5 - 15.5%

Volatile Matter 23.0 - 25.0%

Sulphur 0.45 - 0.55%

Net Calorific Value 5850 - 6000 kcal/kg

Initial deformation 1300 - 1400°C

temperature

HGI 48 - 52

The typical specifications set out above are indicative only. Seller does not warrant compliance with the
typical specifications and reserves the right to amend them at any time.

Information updated as of September 2008