First Uranium recovers some lost ground
First Uranium shares have staged a partial recovery from their recent lows on both the JSE and TSX in response to better news in the June quarter production report.
DMR calls for controls over coal price increases
Mosa Mabuza, DMR deputy director-general, said the government had prioritised the control of coal costs while a coal policy would be formuated this year.
Transnet mulls further coal expansions
Transnet, the South African transport utility, said it was considering expanding coal line capacity to beyond 81 million tonnes/year, an amount that is already requiring R16bn in expansion capital.
Coal resurgence gives SA junior miners R34bn boost
IN 2022, junior mining in South Africa generated R88bn's worth of revenue, up from R54bn in 2018, according to a study by the Minerals...
Exxaro keeps KZN Sands going
Exxaro Resources has decided to go ahead with construction of its proposed Fairbreeze mine, which secures the future of its KZN Sands titanium slag smelters near Richards Bay.
Wescoal to cut coal to Eskom after hundreds of employees run...
ESKOM'S coal supply worries have been kicked up a notch after on-mine rioting at the Vanggatfontein premises of Wescoal Holdings in Mpumalanga province have...
JSW takeover of CIC hits new hurdle
CIC Energy Corp says the Botswana government has declined to renew one of its two mining licenses there.
Exxaro JV commissions Tiwest expansion project
Diversified mining group Exxaro has announced that the Tiwest Joint Venture partners - itself and Tronox Incorporated - have successfully commissioned the Tiwest Kwinana titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment plant expansion project.
Wet coal runs risk of affecting coal handling and boiler feeding,...
ESKOM, South Africa's electricity utility company, warned that heavy rains in the Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces in the last seven days may impact coal...
Anglo SA coal demerger plan given pause for thought as buyers...
ANGLO American was making "good progress" in the divestment of its South African thermal coal assets through a demerger and listing in Johannesburg -...