Amplats to test fuel-cell powered mine loco March/April

Platinum miner Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) expects to put a fuel-cell powered mine locomotive through its paces in the first half of this year. The locomotive will initially be tested on surface at Amplats' Dishaba mine, which is situated...

Anglo Coal intensifying search for coal-bed methane in Waterberg

Anglo American coal-mining company Anglo Coal is intensifying its search for coal-bed methane in South Africa’s coal- and gas-rich Waterberg region. Anglo Coal South Africa CEO Ben Magara told the Terrapinn African Mining Congress in...

Daily podcast – July 7, 2009

In today's podcast: Anglo Platinum has unveiled a pioneering clean-energy fuel-cell power plant that uses coal-bed methane gas from group company Anglo Coal; and Petra Diamonds has achieved its stated objective of increasing annual production to...

Angloplat pioneers ‘clean’ fuelcell power using Anglo Coal gas

The world’s largest platinum miner, Anglo Platinum, on Monday unveiled a pioneering clean-energy fuel-cell power plant that uses coal-bed methane gas from group company Anglo Coal. Journalists were flown to see the stationary plant at an Anglo...