Covid-19 interruptions, poor coal pricing forces Wescoal into group-wide retrenchments
WESCOAL said today it would embark on a retrenchment programme involving staff throughout the organisation following lower off-take from Eskom amid Covid-19 lockdowns earlier this...
TFR, RBCT deliver one big push in December
Richards Bay Coal Terminal put in a strong performance during December, lifting SA’s coal exports for 2011 above the figure achieved the previous year.
Coal supply bids for Eskom’s Arnot fail to hit the spot
ESKOM will continue with the temporary arrangement that sees seven different coal companies supply its Arnot power station after a Request for Proposals (RFP)...
Coal of Africa gets licence for Vele
Mining company Coal of Africa has received a water use licence for its Vele coking coal project in Limpopo.
Rain, protests hit Wescoal, but firm targets Moabsvelden as part of...
ABOVE average summer rainfall in Mpumalanga province and contractor and employee related interruptions would result in lower-than-forecast production from end-January, said Wescoal Holdings, the...
Paladin bid for Fission in limbo as Canada probes deal
PALADIN Energy said on Wednesday it was still waiting on regulatory approval for its proposed C$1.1bn takeover of Canada's Fission Uranium Corp.
This was despite...
Menar aims to restore Kangra, ZAC after coal markets “destroyed” by...
COAL mines producing about 2.2 million tons a year (Mt/y) would not reopen until 2021 after being placed on care and maintenance earlier this...
Influx of freight-carrying trucks swamp Richards Bay port following coal derailment
SOUTH Africa's Transnet said it had taken steps to ease an influx of trucks carrying goods for export via Richards Bay port following the derailment...
SA govt approves CoAL Chapudi deal
Coal of Africa's bid for Rio Tinto's Chapudi coking coal exploration assets was finally
approved after it won the blessing of the South African government.
Suspended Exxaro CEO Nombasa Tsengwa starts fightback
AN online petition supporting the reinstatement of suspended Exxaro Resources CEO Nombasa Tsengwa had been signed by more than 100 employees, said Business Times...