In a trading update for the year ended 31 December 2022, Hwange Colliery Company Limited administrator Mr Munashe Shava said they have also engaged new mining contractors to open three new opencast pits.

Source: https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/business/hwange-colliery-to-increase-underground-coal-production/

The fires, raging in pockets across opencast mines spread over nearly 300 square kilometres, have burned millions of tonnes of CO2-belching coal, experts say.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/video/2023/07/14/watch-indias-burning-coalfields-like-hell