Glencore lodges $2.55bn bid for Rio Tinto’s Coal & Allied
FRESH from a proposal to merger with US grains company, Bunge, Glencore has provided further evidence of its growth appetite by bidding $2.55bn for...
Sekoko intends to resuscitate scaled down Waterberg project
SEKOKO Resources, an unlisted black-owned mining investment firm, is hopeful it can breathe new life into the Waterberg Coal Project, a thermal coal prospect...
Anglo, Glencore agree to centralised coal wage negotiations
STRIKE activity in South Africa's coal industry has been averted after a number of the country's largest mining firms, including Glencore, Anglo American and...
Eskom fallout hurting what little new project capital remains
THE fallout at state-owned Eskom has inevitably affected some of South Africa's coal producers including Resource Generation (Resgen), a company that is increasingly rare...
Eskom to finalise “way forward” after Molefe appointment rescinded
IN the briefest of statements, South African power utility, Eskom said it would meet to finalise "the way forward" after Public Enterprises minister, Lynne...
CoAL’s Makhado clears regulations after IWUL suspension lifted
COAL of Africa (CoAL) said all outstanding regulatory issues had been cleared for its $280m Makhado thermal and coking coal project situated in South...
Atha Africa condemns CER ‘lies’ as it prepares Yzermyn
THE Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), which represents groupings such as Earthlife Africa, has been rattling some cages in South Africa's coal mining sector...
Eskom chairman Ngubane cavils at Ramatlhodi’s “naked lies”
IN a commentary evocative of Donald Trump's complaint that he was the worst treated politician in history, Eskom chairman Ben Ngubane said the South...
Govt had no choice in Molefe’s Eskom return, says Lynne Brown
PUBLIC Enterprises minister, Lynne Brown, said the South African government had no choice but to support Eskom's decision to re-employ Brian Molefe as CEO...
Dismay, threats of interdict as SA absorbs Molefe reappointment
BRIAN Molefe is to return as CEO of South African power utility, Eskom, barely four months after stepping down amid controversy he assisted the...