Offtake MoU for coal supply to Matimba

Black-empowered Sekoko Coal has signed an offtake memorandum of understanding (MoU) with State-owned power utility Eskom to supply coal to the Matimba power station, in Limpopo. The South African-based energy and minerals company says that it...

Sekoko-Firestone JV in talks to supply Eskom station

Black-empowered Sekoko Coal has signed an offtake Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with power utility Eskom to supply coal to the Matimba power station. The South African-based energy and minerals company said that it would supply the coal from...

Perkins succeeds Dreyer as Firestone Energy chair

Coal explorer Firestone Energy has appointed David Perkins as its chairperson to succeed John Dreyer, who has stepped down. Perkins, who is an existing nonexecutive director, was elected to the position of chairperson by his fellow board members,...

Firestone completes definitive Waterberg coal study, offtake deal ‘imminent’

JSE- and ASX-listed Firestone Energy said on Friday that the definite feasibility study (DFS) for its joint venture (JV) Waterberg coal project with black-empowered Sekoko Coal had been completed. However, the coal-miner said in a statement that...

Waterberg project on schedule for first output in 2012 – Firestone

JSE- and ASX-listed Firestone Energy was in advanced negotiations with potential buyers of coal from its joint-venture (JV) Waterberg coal project, in South Africa’s Limpopo province. The company was planning to sell the coal to power producers...

DMR accepts mining rights application for planned Waterberg coal mine

Diversified Australian mining company Firestone Energy reports that the application by Sekoko Coal, for a coal-mining right on the Waterberg joint-venture coal project has been accepted by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR).

Firestone expects Waterberg coal mining right by mid-2011

JSE- and ASX-listed Firestone Energy said on Tuesday that South Africa's Department of Mineral Resource had accepted its black-empowerment partner Sekoko Coal's application for a mining right on the Waterberg joint-venture coal project in the...

Firestone Energy releases DFS for Waterberg coal project

ASX- and JSE-listed coal explorer Firestone Energy announced on Tuesday that it had completed the first stage of a definitive feasibility study (DFS), towards the establishment of an opencast coal mine on the Smitspan farm in South Africa's...

Firestone still in discussions with MD candidates

ASX- and JSE-listed Firestone Energy said on Thursday that it was in advanced discussions with potential candidates to succeed John Wallington as the company's MD. The company had previously announced that Wallington would step down on June 15.

Firestone-Sekoko JV acquires surface rights in Waterberg

ASX- and JSE-listed Firestone Energy and its joint-venture (JV) partner, Sekoko Coal, have acquired surface rights to a farm that formed an important part of its Waterberg coal project. The JV had acquired the surface rights of the 1 160 ha...

Daily podcast – August 3, 2009

In today's podcast: Mano River announces an initial independent mineral resource estimate of 1,08-billion tons of iron-ore at its 38,5%-owned project in Liberia; and a formal public consultation period has begun on Coro Mining's San Jorge project.

Former Angloplat exec appointed as Firestone chair

Former Anglo Platinum (Angloplat) executive John Dreyer has been appointed as the chairperson of coal junior Firestone Energy, the ASX- and JSE-listed firm announced on Monday. Dreyer’s appointment as nonexecutive chairperson of the Perth-based...