Rio Tinto closes in on Riversdale
So far no rival has come up with a superior competing bid to Rio Tinto's $3.9bn offer for Riversdale Mining, and Riversale directors don't know of anyone planning to do so.
Seriti ties up SA leg of transformative renewables supply deal with...
PRIVATELY-held energy company Seriti Resources today concluded the acquisition of a 100% stake in Windlab South Africa providing it with access to renewable projects worth...
Brown’s brave new CoAL within grasp
David Brown has done a remarkable job stabilising CoAL, but his latest plan to catapult the company into a new league could be threatened by IchorCoal.
SA Govt. 2,500MW nuclear plan panned by energy expert, environmentalists
THE South African government's surprise announcement that it intended to put 2,500MW of nuclear power out to tender at the end of its 2021/22...
Rock driller loses life at Ezulwini
A rock drill operator has lost his life at First Uranium Corp.'s Ezulwini mine, the company announced.
Eskom coal drive gives Glencore, Anglo earnings boost
ESKOM’S drive to procure more coal has given the prospects of Glencore, Anglo American and South32 – some of the largest diversified mining firms listed...
TFR seeking R40bn outlay for rail line
Transnet Freight Rail wants to build a new heavy haul rail line to replace the route it is currently upgrading for new coal from the Limpopo province.
Eskom warns of continued load-shedding as presses ahead with maintenance programme
ESKOM, the South African state-owned power utility, warned of more nationwide outages as it tackled long-overdue repairs at its coal-fired fleet, said Bloomberg News...
Assmang facing R89m lawsuit from Eskom after allegedly failing to make...
ESKOM is suing mining company Assmang for R89m in damages.
The power utility alleges that the company failed to achieve the energy savings at Assmang’s...
Indian consortium hunts coal
An Indian coal consortium is looking to acquire overseas coal assets, says a top official at one of the member companies, to meet rising demand for the key raw material in Asia's third-largest economy.