Transnet proposes switching to diesel trains to avoid disruptions to coal...
SOUTH Africa's state-owned rail and ports utility, Transnet has proposed switching to diesel trains in order to avoid disruptions to coal exports caused by...
Firestone, Sekoko funding in-tact
Funding for the Sekoko Resources, Firestone Energy coal project in the Waterberg had not been withdrawn, Firestone Energy said.
China’s SA ambassador confirms no investment in Limpopo coal project
In another blow to South Africa’s struggling junior coal mining sector the Chinese government has confirmed that it is pulling out of funding a...
Exxaro to cut down workforce
Exxaro Resources says up to 300 of its 10,500 workforce faced being retrenched in an effort to reduce costs and improve productivity at the diversified mining group.
RBCT shelves expansion plans
Richards Bay Coal Terminal has shelved plans to increase export capacity until 2015 due to the slow pace of rail infrastructure expansion, according to Business Report.
The future of South Africa’s coal industry is not what it...
The future of the once-booming South African coal industry is no longer what it used to be or, to use another well-known old saw,...
South32 signs hardship clause with Eskom on coal contract, starts work...
SOUTH32 had begun early work on development of a 1.5 million ton (Mt) to two million ton a year export-dedicated thermal coal mine, the...
CER ups ante with new court challenge against coal-fired power
BUOYED by a landmark judgment that halted the construction of a new coal-fired power station in Limpopo earlier this year, the Centre for Environmental...
Eskom to challenge 9.4% Nersa tariff award in High Court as...
ESKOM, the South African power utility, plans to challenge a tariff structure apportioned to it by the country's energy regulator in court, said Bloomberg...
SA Govt kicks on with Karoo shale gas permits
The South African government is to proceed with the processing of exploration permits for shale gas in the ecologically sensitive region of the Karoo.