Grootegeluk Medupi expansion on course to produce first coal in May

The Grootegeluk Medupi expansion project (GMEP), in Limpopo, which will provide coal to State-owned power utility Eskom’s Medupi power station, is on track to produce its first coal in May 2012 and is currently 65% complete.

Switchgear facility to open gates to mining sector

US industrial group General Electric (GE) expects the R10-million expansion of its energy division GE Energy’s low-voltage switchgear manufacturing centre to create the platform the company needs to extend its offering into the mining arena.

Exxaro’s Grootegeluk Medupi expansion project to start production in latter half of 2012

South African diversified miner Exxaro Resources is eyeing its next major coal project as the company forges ahead with bringing home the Grootegeluk Medupi expansion project (GMEP), in Limpopo.

A brief look at SA’s coal-mining industry

Most coal production in South Africa - about 53% - is from opencast mines, with the balance being produced by bord-and-pillar (40%), stoping (4%) and longwall mining (3%). Coal mining operations are clustered in the country’s Mpumalanga...

Waterberg poised to make significant contribution, says Exxaro CEO

JSE-listed Exxaro CEO Sipho Nkosi believes that the coal-rich Waterberg region has a significant contribution to make to South Africa’s economic future. His company has South Africa’s and soon the world’s largest opencast coal opencast coal...

IFM aiming for twofold-plus production increase to 665 000 t/y over five years

South Africa-focused International Ferro Metals (IFM) said at its half-year results that the ferrochrome market had “greatly improved” over the last three months, reflecting increased demand, not only from China, but also from the US and...