SA economic risk means banks reticent to entirely cut funding to...
SOUTH African banks say they cannot entirely cut lending facilities to the country's coal industry as this would put too much strain on government...
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)...
Gupta’s Oakbay sells Optimum Coal export rights for R3.6bn
GUPTA family-controlled Oakbay Investments has sold Optimum Colliery’s coal export allocation through the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) to huge private international coal trading...
SA isolated in its refusal to restructure Eskom
South Africa's emerging market rivals are facing similar challenges in respect of how to make state-owned power companies more commercial.
Optimum may extend Hendrina coal supply
Optimum Coal has offered to continue supplying Eskom's Hendrina coal mine beyond November whilst the Mpumalanga colliery undergoes business rescue.
Shanduka workers down tools
Hundreds of workers at Shanduka Resources' coal mines have downed tools claiming the company had to centralise its bargaining in order to harmonise working conditions at all collieries.
Fuel blockades hit mineral exporters already struggling with Transnet
SOUTH African mineral exporters were said to be taking on additional costs as a result of road blockades earlier this week which - in...
SA govt’s AEMFC to pump R1bn into Optimum Coal after winning...
AFRICAN Exploration & Mining Finance Company (AEMFC), a company owned by the South African government, said on Tuesday evening it had been awarded an...
Implats calls for 30MW solar plant tenders at 73%-owned Marula Platinum
IMPALA Platinum's (Implats') 73%-owned Marula Platinum has requested tenders for the supply and management of a 30MW solar plant at the Limpopo province operation.
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Cash a burning question for SA coal miners Thungela and Exxaro
IT'S sometimes said that the biggest challenge for executives is not how they cope in the hard times, but how well they allocate cash...