Eskom reports explosion of unit 4 at Medupi on Sunday, no...
ESKOM said today a unit at its 4,800MW Medupi power station had exploded - a development that swiftly ends the company's joy at reaching full...
Blackrock joins banks to buy and close coal plants in Asia
SOME of the world's largest financial institutions including Blackrock and Citigroup are planning to buy coal-fired plants in Asia and operate them in such...
Botswana coal industry is eating SA’s lunch owing to lack of...
DEVELOPING coal juniors in Botswana look likely to take domestic business from South African coal companies in the short term and could also start...
Eskom reports “significant amounts of coal” stolen en route to power...
THE latest in the litany of woes besetting Eskom is the utility has discovered that "significant" amounts of coal are being stolen from the...
SA coal price recovery to continue as Asia demand reminds world...
THE international thermal coal market is staging a major recovery pushing prices to around $130/t free on board (fob) out of Richards Bay as...
Nersa approves new electricity supply deal for South32’s Hillside aluminium smelter
YEARS of wrangling over a new electricity supply contract to the Hillside aluminium smelter in KwaZulu-Natal was resolved today after the National Energy Regulator...
Thungela to undershoot 2021 thermal coal target as Transnet rail crisis...
THUNGELA Resources is forecast to undershoot production guidance for its 2021 financial year of 16 million tons (Mt) owing to a decline in rail...
MC Mining says Uitkomst colliery resumes after losing about 5,600 tons...
MINING resumed at the Uitkomst Colliery in KwaZulu-Natal province, said 70% owner MC Mining in a statement to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
An estimated three-and-a-half...
Coal production from KwaZulu-Natal disrupted by last week’s violent protests
COAL production from KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa was widely disrupted last week owing to violent protests initially related to the imprisonment of the...
Freight lines, coal logistics under threat as attacks tear through SA’s...
VIOLENT attacks on retail centres, industrial assets, and infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa could cripple the country's freight logistics, said BusinessLive citing...