Thermal coal helping South Africa to keep inflation in check
SOUTH Africa’s reliance on coal to generate most of its power has earned the country thirteenth place among the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters...
SA civil groups urge Mantashe to immediately procure renewable power
CIVIL groups organisations in South Africa have urged mines and energy minister, Gwede Mantashe to pave the way for the procurement of renewable energy...
SA coal exporters agree to new offtake deals with crisis-hit freight...
TRANSNET, South Africa's state-owned freight and logistics firm, has lifted a force majeure over coal exports with nine companies after they agreed fresh offtake...
Hundreds of abandoned coal mines pose safety risk in South Africa
THERE are hundreds of abandoned coal mines in South Africa that now pose a deadly threat to nearby communities after the country's government failed...
Frustration with Govt dithering on rail network bubbles up at Exxaro...
FRUSTRATION with the South African government's lack of progress in enabling private investment on the country's bulk freight sector bubbled up last week during...
Exxaro warns of 18.4% undershoot in coal exports as revived Atlantic...
EXXARO Resources warned 1.4 million tons (Mt) of thermal coal exports were at risk in terms of its previously guided 7.6Mt in sales target...
BHP retains coal business as miners, investors take nuanced view of...
BHP'S announcement on Thursday it would retain its New South Wales Energy Coal (NSWEC) business has provided further evidence of a shift in attitudes to decarbonisation,...
Thungela pins 2022 coal production guidance on turnaround at troubled Transnet
THUNGELA Resources is to pay an interim dividend owing to vastly improved thermal coal prices which offset the chronic under-performance of Transnet, the South...
SA heading for disappointing thermal coal exports even as market incentivises...
SOUTH African thermal coal exports fell in the first four months of this year which saw the country miss out on record prices for...
Transnet failure to get beyond 60Mt in coal exports will cost...
INTERESTING arithmatic by RMB Morgan Stanley has highlighted the opportunity cost to the South African fiscus as a result of Transnet's difficulties operating its coal...