WCC parts with interim CEO as hurly-burly continues
THE hurly-burly surrounding the fortunes of Waterberg Coal Company (WCC) are showing no signs of letting up after the company announced today its interim...
DMRE report may presage change in Mantashe’s pro-coal rhetoric
SOUTH Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) is setting up a Just Energy Transition unit which could signal a change in its...
Minergy holds the phone whilst export coal market absorbs price knock
THE retreat in export coal prices, down from about $100/t at the end of last year to $68/t currently, couldn’t come at a worse...
Ipsa scraps coal contract over IPP delays
Independent power plant developer Ipsa has scrapped a coal agreement due to delays in the implementation of independent power producer policies.
South32 signs hardship clause with Eskom on coal contract, starts work...
SOUTH32 had begun early work on development of a 1.5 million ton (Mt) to two million ton a year export-dedicated thermal coal mine, the...
Glencore completes year-long acquisition of LNG business of Orsted A/G
GLENCORE said today it had completed the acquisition of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business of Orsted A/S, roughly a year after first announcing...
SA coal asked to pay R1.4bn to help settle Chinese loco...
SOUTH Africa's largest coal producers could pay the lionshare of an estimated R1.4bn in order to help Government settle matters with China Railway Rolling...
Glencore chairman Tony Hayward defends group’s greenhouse gas emission targets
GLENCORE chairman, Tony Hayward, stood behind the Swiss mining and minerals trading group's greenhouse gas emission targets, telling shareholders in a call they were...
SA miners slapped with electricity levy hike
Intensive energy users face an additional levy as the South African government studies loopholes - a tax that will stay in place until the carbon tax is instituted.
SA makes second run at Botswana coal
An unnamed South African firm would pay Aviva Resources $20m if it could develop a power project at Botswana's Mmamantswe coal deposit.