Customised spin filters provide compact solution for Matola

Industrial solutions provider Rand Technical Services (RTS) has supplied customised spin filter units to product and technical information resource Cleanroom Technologies for a number of refrigeration units for the monitor controls centre room at...

Petmin says ready for local, international growth

JSE-listed diversified miner Petmin on Monday reported profit of R47-million for the six months ended December 31, following a period of significant capital investment in its flagship Somkhele metallurgical anthracite mine, in KwaZulu-Natal, and...

Grindrod keen on Prasa, West African iron-ore projects

Grindrod was interested in participating in the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (Prasa’s) proposed R136-billion rolling stock renewal programme, said Grindrod freight services division CE Dave Rennie on Wednesday. He said the...

Petmin signs export contract with Grindrod

JSE-listed Petmin has signed a five-year agreement to export up to 600 000 t/y of metallurgical anthracite from Grindrod’s Kusasa dry bulk terminal in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. The agreement, which is effective from February 1, allocates 45...

Aussie PM resists foreign mine supply, South Africa’s mining production down, new Maputo coal terminal shareholder

International mining companies face World Trade Organisation (WTO) wrath in Australia; South Africa's mining production drops; the new investor in the Maputo coal terminal has reputed balance-sheet strength.

Grindrod introduces strategic partner in Maputo coal terminal

Logistics group Grindrod announced on Wednesday that it would sell a 35% stake in its Maputo coal terminal concession to the Vitol Group for $67.7-million. Grindrod and Vitol would also form a partnership to combine their respective sub-Saharan...

Coking coal potential to validate Mozambique infrastructure investment

Mozambique’s rapidly growing coal sector offers investors a promising future, with production from various projects expected to reach new buyer’s markets states international broking house London Commodity Brokers (LCB) South Africa GM Bevan...

Move away from nationalisation to serve as incentive for investors

In the Mozambique government’s bid to attract foreign investment and multiply about $3-billion that has been injected into the country over the past five years, it is steering away from nationalising its minerals, of which coal is a significant...

Company Announcement: Matter settled: Shares to resume trading

Namibian legal matter settled-shares to resume trading

TFR studies Swazi line, steelmaker pulls out of Macarthur bid and Moz seen as coking coal hub in the latest Coal Roundup

The October 2011 roundup includes details on logistics specialist Grindrod's planned infrastructure spend in Mozambique, India's coal shortage and ASX-, JSE- and Aim-listed Coal of Africa's transformation.

SA, Swazi junior coal miners eye own export terminal

A consortium of South African and Swazi junior coal miners is exploring the option of building an alternative six-million tons coal terminal in Maputo, Mozambique, that would exclusively handle B-grade steam coal, an official said on Wednesday....

Monthly Coal Roundup Report launched by Creamer Media

The report gives readers a synopsis of activities in the coal sector across the globe over the past month. The roundup delivers the information in an easy-to-read disaggregated format under sub-headings such as exploration and feasibility studies,...