Energy

ESKOM’S claims to have beaten the energy crisis in South Africa are, to a large extent, true, but only partly of its own making. The...

CENTAUR Holdings, a Dubai-based private equity company, is to raise up to R500m to build a new coal mine in South Africa's Mpumalanga province...

Coal of Africa says the majority of South African mines will be forced to close shop if environmental legislation is to be applied consistently.

PETMIN said it would begin sourcing funding for its $250m pig iron project which is held in its 40%-owned North Atlantic Iron Corporation (NAIC)...

SOUTH32 wants to resuscitate discussions with South African electricity utility, Eskom, concerning a disputed supply contract with its Hillside aluminium smelter in the country's KwaZulu-Natal province. Responding...

Draft legislation in Indonesia could prove very profitable for South African coal exporters seeking to export lower quality coal to India and China.

WHEN Coal of Africa (CoAL) unveiled plans to takeover Universal Coal, an Australian-listed company operating in Mpumalanga province, it said this might be the...

Eskom CEO, Brian Dames, identified a number of power stations were wet coal could cause the utility major headaches as it staved off more loadh-shedding.

Eskom has eased the pressure on its balance sheet raising $1bn in a bond from investors in Europe and the US in a much-needed fillip for the electricity utility.

BHP Billiton has approved $822m in capital spending to dig a new iron ore mine in Australia, capable of yielding 17 million tonnes of ore a year starting in mid-2012.