Diversified miner aims to double coal production by 2017

As the single biggest supplier of coal to both State-owned power utility Eskom and the domestic metallurgical market, diversified miner Exxaro aims to increase its coal production to about 100-million tons a year by 2017, an increase of 50-million...

Established project house involved in coal projects

Project house DRA has been providing its services to diversified miner Exxaro’s coal projects for the past 12 years.

Exxaro operating profit rises 71% to R2,5bn, mineral sands turnaround

JSE-listed black-controlled diversified mining company Exxaro its increased net operating profit by 71% to R2,5-billion in the 12-month period ended December 31, the company said on Tuesday. Exxaro CEO Sipho Nkosi reported that revenue had...

Exxaro approves R9bn capital expenditure at Grootegeluk for Eskom’s Medupi power station

The board of Exxaro Resources has approved an R9-billion capital expenditure to expand Grootegeluk coalmine and plant to meet the demand for coal from Eskom’s new Medupi power station, which is under construction in South Africa’s Limpopo...

Coal giant plans project pipeline

JSE-listed black-controlled coal-mining company Exxaro Resources published a pipeline of its projects, which included 11 coal projects, at the presentation of its 2007 results, in February.

Power station coal sees a slowdown in production

The coal overview in diversified resources group Exxaro Resources’ annual report for 2007, reports that production of power station coal was 353 000 t lower than the corresponding period in 2006, as reduced output at Matla and Arnot was only...

New beneficiation module boosts semisoft coking coal supply capacity for resources group

Diversified resources group Exxaro Resources (Exxaro) says that the production of coking coal was 370 000 t higher this year as a result of the commissioning of the new coal beneficiation module at the Grootegeluk mine, as well as improved...

Century-old colliery gets new lease of life

In spite of its exceptionally long history, Glisa Colliery has had a change of fortune and, from imminent closure, is set to continue well into the future.