Dingleton

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Dingleton
Dingleton (South Africa)
Dingleton
Dingleton
Coordinates 27 ° 48 ′  S , 23 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 27 ° 48 ′  S , 23 ° 0 ′  E
Basic data
Country South Africa

province

North Cape
District John Taolo Gaetsewe
ISO 3166-2 ZA-NC
local community Gamagara
height 1295 m
surface 180.6 km²
Residents 11,034 (2011)
density 61.1  Ew. / km²
founding 1947

Dingleton , formerly Sishen [ sɪʃɘn ] (of Setswana Sesheng , New City ') is a settlement in the South African province of North Cape (Northern Cape). It is located in the municipality of Gamagara in the John Taolo Gaetsewe district and is known for iron ore mining in the Sishen mine .

geography

The Sishen mine is located in the sparsely populated inland, over 600 kilometers from the sea. To the west of the mine is the Dingleton settlement . The city of Kathu is twelve kilometers northeast and, like Dingleton, is inhabited by miners and their families. The city of Kuruman as the next larger city is around 60 kilometers to the northeast.

The Sishen South Project, also known as Kolomela Mine, is another iron ore mine 80 kilometers south of Dingleton.

According to the 2011 census, there were a total of 11,034 people in the Dingleton statistical district at the time . In the Sishen Mine settlement there were proportionally 5,105 people, while in the systematically laid out settlement Mapoteng there were 5,929.

history

In 1947 iron ore mining began in the Sishen mine. The 1973 built and 1976 and is used to transport the ore Atlantic coast leading Sishen-Saldanha railway line . In 1990 the Sishen settlement was renamed Dingleton .

Economy and Transport

Ore train at Dingleton

In 2010, 41.3 million tons of iron ore were mined in Sishen. While iron ore only contains around 30 percent lump and 70 percent fine ore on average worldwide , the ratio in Sishen is around 60 percent to 40 percent. The open pit mine is one of the largest in the world. The mine is owned by the South African company Kumba, around 65 percent of which is owned by the Anglo American mining group. The ore is transported to the crushing plant in a “ Komatsu 730E ” heavy truck . The trucks can each load 150 to 170 tons of cargo and are equipped with pantographs so that they can use an overhead line when driving uphill with cargo .

The ore is transported to the ore terminal in the port of Saldanha via the 861 km long railway line . The trains are over two kilometers long, sometimes up to four kilometers, and are among the heaviest freight trains on earth. The line is electrified.

Train on the route to Saldanha

The airport Sishen Airport is closer to Kathu than Dingleton. The N14 national road runs east past Dingleton.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait at routes.co.za ( Memento from November 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  2. ^ Sishen Mine: 2011 Census , accessed November 18, 2013
  3. ↑ Description at hatch.ca (English), accessed on January 24, 2012
  4. ^ Sishen main place: 2011 Census , accessed August 7, 2015, 2015
  5. ↑ a b c Website of the mining company ( Memento from January 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  6. ↑ Portrait of the area , accessed on January 24, 2012