Explosion at French nuclear site kills one
A furnace has exploded at the Marcoule nuclear waste treatment site in southern France, killing one person.
Exxaro rediscovers winning feeling as full-year earnings soar
HIGHER coal prices brought the beat back into Exxaro Resources' earnings in the 2016 financial year in which it will report attributable share earnings...
Wescoal starting to reap benefits of Keaton deal, pays dividend
WESCOAL Holdings paid an interim dividend of 3.1 South African cents per share and said it was positioned for additional merger and acquisition activity...
Creditor outrage as Optimum Coal to be sold for a pittance...
OPTIMUM Coal Mine's creditors have objected to a proposed sale of the mine to an unknown entity, Halo Projects, which they claim was a shelf...
Glencore to exit SA coal mining in as little as 15...
GLENCORE will allow its coal reserves to deplete in order to meet its scope 3 targets which is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by...
Miranda in R20m “broken promise” row
Former Miranda Minerals CEO, John Wallington, alleges Rudolph de Bruin broke a promise to invest R20m in the coal development business.
EU says nuclear stress tests completed by mid-year
Stress tests on European Union nuclear facilities would be completed by the mid-
year with EU Energy Commissioner, Guenther Oettinger, saying thoroughness was
essential.
NUM planning Eskom strike in May as unbundling fears mount
THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is planning a five-day strike at Eskom in protest against President Cyril Ramaphosa’s February proposals to split the...
Eskom power rationing may escalate as generators fail at multiple stations
SOUTH Africa’s power utility, Eskom, rationed electricity for a second day Wednesday and warned outages may worsen due to breakdowns at key generation units,...
RBCT seeks new export record in 2018 as Asia mops up...
THE Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) exported a record 76.47 million tons (Mt) of coal during 2017 beating the previous record of 75.38Mt exported...