South32 lowers SA coal production target owing to community protests
SOUTH32 will report lower-than-forecast coal volumes from its South African Energy Coal (SAEC) business following community disruptions and a slower-than-anticipated increase in production from...
Appeals against Makhado EA amendment dismissed, says MC Mining
APPEALS by lobbyists against an amendment to MC Mining's Makhado project environmental authorisation (EA) have failed, the Johannesburg-listed mining group said in an announcement today.
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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...
SA Govt. has no time for complicated Eskom unbundling – Goldman...
ESKOM, South Africa's beleaguered electricity utility company, did not have the time to embark on a complicated restructuring process, said Bloomberg News citing the...
Tharisa installs diesel as Eskom Stage 4 load-shedding interrupts process facility
THARISA clawed back lost ground sustained in the first quarter registering marginally higher chrome and platinum group metal (PGM) production for the second three months...
Goviex signs framework pact with Niger which adds to stake in...
TORONTO-listed uranium development company, Goviex, said it had signed a framework with the Niger government in which the government would buy a 10% stake...
Ata consortium hooks Universal Coal offer after Afrimat tables R2.15bn bid
WESCOAL Holdings said a consortium in which it was participating for the takeover of Universal Coal had hooked its offer after the Australian-listed firm...
Minerals Council warns more scrambled policy on menu for SA mining...
WHAT’S planned by the South African government is a delicate eggs en cocotte, but it’s more likely the country’s mining sector will be served...
Zimbabwe seeking 30% power tariff increase or country faces interruptions
ELECTRICITY costs in Zimbabwe could increase by as much as 30% after the southern African country's power utility, ZESA Holdings, applied to the energy...
Exxaro sticks by decision to release 750 Group Five contractors at...
EXXARO Resources will continue with the termination of about 750 workers' contracts employed through Group Five Construction despite an instruction from the distressed firm's...