To feed a power generation and coal beneficiation industrial hub.

We mine coal for the benefit of our stakeholders and the nation in a sustainable and responsible manner.

The Morupule Colliery Limited (MCL) is located about 14 km west of Palapye in Eastern Botswana and straddles the main Palapye/Serowe road.

The Kgaswe coalfield is immense and of good quality with overall reserves of over 15 billion tons. It contains four main seams; the lowest, (No. 1) seam is the thickest and most consistently developed, it is this seam that is currently being mined.

MCL started production in 1973 as an Anglo American Corporation outfit. It has since grown both in stature and production to be a key player and of course a role model in the coal mining sector in the country. When it started, the main objective was to supply coal to the BCL mine and the then BPC power plant situated in Selebi Phikwe.

In 2000 Debswana acquired MCL as its 100% owned subsidiary and ever since, MCL has reached tremendous levels of growth and achievement. It was during this time that it in 1995 broke its production record by realizing almost a million tones of coal per annum, a figure that meant almost full utilization of its production capacity which is 1 million tonnes of coal per annum currently. The Colliery produced 925,217 tons of coal in 2008 compared to 829,037 tons in 2007. Sales volumes also increased from 769,514 tons in 2007 to 859,361tons in 2008. As a result, 2008 revenue increased to P80.5 million compared to P60.1 million in 2007.

Debswana values the safety of its employees and Morupule Colliery Ltd is no exception. Morupule has an aim to reverse undesirable safety trends. It is for this reason that they have positioned safety as one of their core values as well as put in place corresponding initiatives aimed at positive behavioral change. The lost time injury frequency rate for the past year was zero (0) and currently in 2009 the company has maintained it at zero (0). At MCL, employees continue to be the most valuable asset and the company strives at all times to ensure their health and safety is not compromised. As part of continual improvement the company is currently in the process of implementing OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 Standards.

MCL performed exceptionally well on the Botswana Chamber of Mines competitions for 2008,where it won a trophy for the best improvement in total injury Frequency Ratio over a period of 3 years (2006 -2008).

MCL has a coal washing plant that has capacity to clean one million tonnes of coal per annum. Some of this washed coal is sold in the SADC region. The company is currently undergoing expansion to increase total coal production to four million tonnes per annum by 2012. MCL coal, which is bituminous coal, has the following coal qualities;