Rising costs put SA ferrochrome producers under pressure – Merafe

JSE-listed Merafe Resources said on Tuesday that rising costs were making it increasingly difficult for South African ferrochrome producers to stay competitive. CEO Stuart Elliot told Mining Weekly Online at the company’s results presentation...

Energy-intensive firms team up to make carbon tax input

Energy-intensive companies, including miners, operating in South Africa have established an ‘Industry Task Team on Climate Change’, or ITTCC, to prepare a formal response to the National Treasury’s ‘Carbon Tax Discussion Paper’, which...

Exxaro expects to ‘wheel' electricity from four coal IPPs

JSE-listed coal miner Exxaro expects to "wheel" power to customers from four independent power producer (IPP) coal-fired power stations at its proposed greenfield Thabametsi coal mine. "We are targeting about 1 200 MW in Thabametsi's first...