Moranbah South coal project, Australia

The project involves the construction and operation of a greenfield coal mine, with a peak production rate of up to 18-million tons a year of run-of-mine coal.

Resgen acquires properties near Boikarabelo

ASX- and JSE-listed Resource Generation (Resgen) on Tuesday said it had signed an agreement to acquire land next to the company’s Boikarabelo coal mine in Limpopo, and agreed to a put option under which it could acquire further coal tenements....

Read about Beacon Hill’s Minas Moatize, CoAL’s Chapudi BEE structure, Exxaro’s clean energy plans and other news in the latest Coal Roundup

The February roundup includes details of the potential of Beacon Hill's Minas Moatize project, in Mozambique; Coal of Africa Limited's sale of its 26% stake in its Keynote Trading and Investment subsidiary to black-owned Rothe Investment and King...

Coaltrans highlights Southern Africa’s changing coal industry

Coal industry training and conference provider Coaltrans Conferences will be expanding its scope beyond South Africa to examine the developments that are transforming Southern Africa’s coal sector, at this year’s Coaltrans Southern Africa.

Mineral sands demand increases, supply remains static

The global demand for mineral sands and the products made from them is growing steadily, while the supply has remained stagnant, says local miner Exxaro Resources mineral sands and base metals commodity division executive GM Trevor Arran.

Resources Watch

This week: Coal miner Exxaro will submit five renewable energy bids. Pan African Resources reports record earnings. And, South Africa should be extremely concerned about Implats’ strike, says Northam.

Kilbride appointed chair of Continental Coal

Mike Kilbride has been appointed independent nonexecutive chairperson of Africa-focused coal mining investment and production company Continental Coal.

Equatorial accepts Exxaro’s offer for African Iron

ASX-listed Equatorial Resources on Monday accepted the takeover offer from South Africa’s Exxaro Resources for its shareholding in African Iron, triggering an increased offer price condition. Exxaro had initially been offering 51c in cash for...

Coal miner Exxaro to submit five renewable energy bids

South Africa’s second-largest coal miner Exxaro Resources moving ahead with plans to generate clean energy.

Exxaro appoints nonexec director

Diversified miner Exxaro Resources has appointed Salukazi Dakile-Hlongwane to its board of directors with effect from Tuesday. Dakile-Hlongwane is a nonexecutive director.

Cape Lambert sells entire African Iron holding

ASX-listed resource company Cape Lambert has accepted the takeover offer for its remaining 26.38-million shares in takeover target African Iron, from South African miner Exxaro Resources. Cape Lambert, which is the largest shareholder in African...

Exxaro sees higher earnings on strong demand, strong prices

Strong demand and generally higher prices across the majority of its commodity basket boosted Exxaro Resources’ earnings in 2011, the JSE-listed diversified miner said on Friday. Exxaro said its headline earnings for the year ended December 31...