Power procurement is a project risk miners dare not get wrong
THE history of the South African mining and energy industries has been tightly intertwined for more than a century and both owe their very...
Exxaro’s ‘money or the box’ conundrum
Three years after announcing a strategy to diversify from coal, Exxaro is still searching for an investment.
Nombasa Tsengwa, CEO since mid-2022, acknowledges that it’s been a...
Exxaro’s Nombasa Tsengwa treads unusual path from botany to coal mining
THE line between environmentalists and mining executives is normally a clear, decisive one. Unless, of course, you’re Nombasa Tsengwa, who is both coal mining leader...
UPDATED: AMCU Issues 7-Day Strike Notices to Gold, Platinum Producers
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has issued seven-day strike notices to several gold and platinum companies in protest against Sibanye-Stillwater's plans...
MC Mining sales coal deal with “one of world’s largest” bulk...
MC Mining has signed a coal sales agreement with "one of the world's largest producers and marketers of bulk commodities" which will buy export...
UPDATED: Resgen raises R4.2bn for Boikarabelo, expects first coal in Q2...
RESOURCE Generation (Resgen) today said it had secured the R4.2bn needed to complete construction of its thermal coal mining project Boikarabelo in the Waterberg.
The...
Greenpeace blames Eskom, Sasol for world sulphur hot-spot in SA’s Mpumalanga...
GREENPEACE wants urgent action to counter the polluting effects of operations run by Eskom and Sasol on the air quality of Mpumalanga province, a...
Petronas, Phembani to list Engen on JSE in order to fund...
PHEMBANI Group, which is a shareholder in Engen, is to sell shares in the fuel retailer in order to upgrade a Durban refinery, said...
Eskom to engage coal producers on “acceptable margins” as primary energy...
ESKOM'S primary energy costs, which include coal, renewables and nuclear, rose 18% in the six months to September compared with the same period last...
Trump 2021 budget proposes $150m uranium reserve to counter China, Russia...
US president Donald Trump's 2021 budget has proposed the creation of a US uranium reserve at a cost of $150m in an effort to...