Zyl receives production offtake offers, expressions of interest in funding its South African operations

Perth-based coal producer Zyl has received a number of nonbinding expressions of interest (EOIs) for the production offtake and/or funding of the company’s two South African operations, as well as interest in joint-venture agreements with and...

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...

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...

Coal of Africa completes first sale from SA project

The first sale of mid-volatile “lean” coal mined at Coal of Africa Limited’s (CoAL’s) Mooiplaats thermal coal project, in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, has been completed. The emerging coal-miner on Tuesday reported that the...

Transnet sets new Mozambique coal rail record

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has achieved an all-time record of 30 coal trains to the Matola Coal Terminal (TCM) in Mozambique. This equated to some 50 000 t railed in one week, as opposed to an average 25 000 t a week.

13/03/2009 (On-The-Air)

In this broadcast: A South African company is investing hundreds of million of rands into the expansion of the port of Maputo in Mozambique; South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) remains committed to new projects...

Coal junior snaps up coal export entitlements

Emerging coal miner Coal of Africa has snapped up a large coal entitlement at the Matola port in Mozambique and strategic access at the port of Richards Bay in South Africa. Coal of Africa CEO Simon Farrell told the Mining Indaba in Cape Town on...

Coal line volume-increase talks reaching climax, says Spoornet head

State rail utility Spoornet, which is aiming to increase its coal line tonnage through Richards Bay to 92-million tons by 2011-12, is still in discussions with miners around its tonnage-growth plans, Mining Weekly Online can report. Spoonet CEO...

Rail constraining Maputo’s coal throughput, terminal head complains

The Matola Coal Terminal in Maputo, Mozambique, may fail to meet this year’s throughput target because of rail constraints, MD John Muller warned at the Coaltrans conference in Sandton, Johannesburg.

Rail-service boost expected for Matola

Bulk harbour terminal operator African Portland Industrial Holdings (API) is cautiously optimistic that Transnet will improve the rail service to Maputo’s port, the missing link in the company’s plans to grow capacity at the Matola...