Mining industry could provide 3,900MW of power generation but it...
The mining industry has upped the estimate on the generating capacity of the renewable energy projects it could build to 3,900MW from the initial...
Eskom to decommission first of ageing coal fleet starting with Komati...
SOUTH African power utility, Eskom will begin the first decommissioning its coal-fired fleet next month when it begins the shut down of its 1,000MW...
Creditors, unions influenced BRPs to reopen bidding for Optimum Coal Mines
THE business rescue practitioner for Optimum Coal Mines said he had decided to reopen bidding to take the mines out of business rescue after...
MC Mining chairman Bernard Pryor calls EGM saying proposed ouster is...
MC MINING has called an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) after a 6.8% shareholder called for the resignation of key executives amid delays in building...
MC Mining secures 400Kt/year in Chinese offtake deal for Makhado
MC Mining's ambitions of building a R1.23bn coal mine, Makhado, in South Africa's Limpopo province received a boost today after it had secured an...
SA makes second run at Botswana coal
An unnamed South African firm would pay Aviva Resources $20m if it could develop a power project at Botswana's Mmamantswe coal deposit.
Conservation pressure on Vele mine mounts
Conservation bodies which oppose Coal of Africa's Vele mine believe an agreement to be signed by South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe will strengthen their hand.
NUM to give talks a chance at BHP mines
The National Union of Mineworkers said that it would give negotiations a chance in solving a dispute at BHP Billiton's coal mines on disciplinary procedures.
South32, Seriti kept waiting on critical deal whilst Eskom mulls ins...
SOUTH32 appears completely justified in giving the proposed sale of its South African thermal coal business a long-dated completion.
The Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed mining group...
Bushveld says can deliver battery energy to Eskom “in months”
BUSHVELD Energy’s progress in getting its vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) up and ready for testing at Eskom’s Rosherville site shows that utility-scale batteries...