Govt, Eskom coal fund for BEEs criticised

[miningmx.com] – A PLAN to establish a coal fund that would help finance start-up ventures and speed consolidation among black-owned producers of coal has been criticised by a coal analyst who said the “ambitious attempt” could backfire, reported BDLive.

Said independent coal analyst, Xavier Prevost: “The strategy has been tried before . it just doesn’t work”.

Prevost added that the fund would need to be administered by an entity independent of Eskom, major mining companies and the government, in order to be successful.

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