Eskom softens coal crisis stance
Eskom has softened its stance on the likelihood that South Africa is facing a coal supply cliff owing to a reduction in electricity demand, and improved contracting.
SA to have nuclear power by 2023
South Africa would add fresh nuclear power capacity to the country's national grid by 2023 in time to replace the retirement of coal-fired power owned by Eskom.
Sasol delays GTL, ups R4bn savings plan
Sasol planned to better its planned R4bn in sustainable savings by 2016 in response to lower international oil prices.
Glencore cuts SA coal by 5mt as prices bite
Glencore is to cut thermal coal output from Optimum Coal by at least five million tonnes a year as coal prices bit deep causing "ongoing financial hardship".
Oil price heaps pressure on Sasol
Petrochemical giant Sasol is one of the companies not benefiting from the decline in the price of oil with its dividend most under threat.
Crunch time for Resgen’s $400m debt talks
Resource Generation puts development at its Boikarabelo project in abeyance as it waits on "protracted" discussions with a potential consortium of lenders.
ContiCoal bid, would be “great outcome”
A $75m bid for Continental Coal's subsidaries by Ivory Mint would be "a great outcome", says the business practitioner presiding over the firm's business rescue.
RBCT wary of 19mtpa expansion plan
Richards Bay Coal Terminal said the expansion of its facilities which saw it cross swords with Transnet two years was unlikely to see light of day in the short-term.
Matona blames crisis on deferred maintenance
South Africa was paying the price for failing to maintain its plants from about 2009 and that load-shedding was imminent and would continue for "a long time".
Beacon Hill investors in uproar over failure
Private investors in Beacon Hill Resources say the company's management could face a class action after failing to study their proposal to save the company.