Eskom reports maintenance progress as big users express concern

South Africa’s Energy Intensive User Group (EIUG) has raised concerns that, despite lower than expected electricity demand and power buy-backs, electricity utility Eskom is failing to fully deal with its maintenance backlog, which could...

Energy-intensive users prepared to reduce demand

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Power utility Eskom’s biggest industrial customers, mainly mining and manufacturing companies, on Tuesday indicated that they would scale down demand to prevent rolling blackouts if the country’s electricity...

Energy intensive users prepared to reduce demand

Power utility Eskom’s biggest industrial customers, mainly mining and manufacturing companies, on Tuesday indicated that they would scale down demand to prevent rolling blackouts if the country’s electricity situation deteriorated. Eskom this...

SA’s power prices approach affordability ‘tipping point’

South Africa’s electricity prices, which have more or less doubled from an average real level of 25c/kWh in 2008 to the current level of 50 c/kWh, were approaching an affordability “tipping point”, the Energy Intensive User Group (EIUG)...

BHP Billiton weighs legal options after Eskom ruling

Mining group BHP Billiton was on Friday still considering the contents of a South Gauteng High Court ruling, which ordered that State-owned power utility Eskom should release information and records relating to electricity sales contracts with BHP...