DMRE report may presage change in Mantashe’s pro-coal rhetoric
SOUTH Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) is setting up a Just Energy Transition unit which could signal a change in its...
SA Govt to keep Eskom liquid through R230bn fiscal support programme...
THE South African government would lodge a special appropriation bill that would restructure "a significant portion" of a 10-year, R230bn fiscal support programme set...
SA coal exports facing new disruption as Transnet suffers another train...
COAL exports from South Africa face further disruption after the state-owned freight and logistics company, Transnet, suffered another train derailment, said BusinessLive.
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Shabangu makes coal exports threat
Government will not allow coal producers to cash in on the soaring international demand for the commodity to the detriment of Eskom, says Mines Minister Susan Shabangu.
SA Govt’s obsession with coal-fired power set to prolong power crisis
THE South African government's persistence with coal generated power had set the country back years as it sought to navigate a way out of...
Zimbabwe miners turning increasingly to off-grid as country’s power crisis deepens
ZIMBABWE'S mining industry was increasingly seeking to take its power off-grid as the country's power utility, ZESA, failed to provide consistent power supplies, said...
RBCT coal line re-opens
Transnet Freight Rail has re-opened the coal export line - from Ermelo to Richards Bay - after a 20 day shutdown for maintenance and improvement.
Appeal against MWS’ water licence dismissed
First Uranium Corporation says the appeal lodged against Mine Waste Solutions' water use licence has been dismissed.
More lights out for South Africa as Gordhan warns of unprecedented...
POWER rationing in South Africa, known as loadshedding, could increase to 8,000MW a day in terms of possible Stage 8 measures, according to a...
Molefe, Brown consign ‘coal supply cliff’ to history
THE price of coal had dropped to such an extent last year that South African coal producers preferred to sell it locally than export...