Coal processing body optimistic about domestic industry’s future

Yearly coal exports through the Richards Bay coal terminals over the past few years have surpassed all other minerals in foreign-currency-earnings terms, and have provided an economic model which should sustain the coal-mining and -processing...

Private-sector participation in rail, port capacity expansion vital – TFR

The participation of industry in State-owned Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR’s) seven-year, R300-billion rail and port capacity expansion programme will be a critical determinant of its success, TFR commodities and key accounts GM Divyesh Kalan...

Transnet Freight Rail studies Botswana–SA coal link

The feasibility study for a coal rail link between Botswana and South Africa was under way and would be completed by the end of the current financial year, State-owned Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) executive manager of planning, Deidre Strydom, said...

SA to remain heavily reliant on coal – analyst

Coal remains vital to the South African economy and would not soon be replaced as the main energy source, delegates heard at the Coaltrans South Africa conference in Sandton on Thursday. South Africa, which has an estimated 33.1-billion tons of...

Company Announcement: Ferreira Coal Mine Extension Acquisition Of Adjacent Prospecting Right

Continental Coal Limited announces that through its South African subsidiary Mashala Resources (Pty) Limited, it has entered into agreements that will allow the Company to extend the operating mine life at the Ferreira Coal Mine and its production...

South Afriica

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Mining major developing ten-year water strategy

As a result of more than 80% of mining giant Anglo American’s international operations and planned projects being located in water-stressed basins, the company has developed a three-staged, ten-year strategy aimed at reducing its impact on...

Professor calls for coal mining moratorium in river catchments until viable AMD mitigation measures are in place

Until an extensive regional impact study has identified viable acid mine drainage (AMD) mitigation measures, a moratorium on new coal-mining operations in the Vaal, Usutu and Komati river catchment areas should be imposed to avoid the irreparable...

South Africa

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South Africa

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South Africa

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New Largo coal mine project, South Africa

The mine is expected to begin construction next year.