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South Africa faces coal dispute

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Coal haulage companies have blockaded power plants owned by Eskom, because the company has decided not to renew some coal purchase contracts...

SA faces coal dispute

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Coal haulage companies have blockaded power plants owned by Eskom, because the company has decided not to renew some coal purchase contracts...

Majuba rail line underway

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South African power utility Eskom and rail company Transnet Freight Rail have announced that the country’s first new railway line for 30 y...

Eskom expands rail supplies

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South African power utility Eskom has increased the amount of coal it receives by rail by 8.5% over the past year, surpassing its annual tar...

Covering up problem storage

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Covered storage is playing an increasing role for commodities where open air storage was previously considered sufficient....

BHP sells coal unit in BEE deal

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BHP Billiton has said that it will sell a stake in its South African energy coal unit to a black-owned consortium led by Pembani Group....

Optimum Coal production up

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South African coal mining and exploration group Optimum Coal has reported that it produced 17.1 mt of coal during FY2011, an increase of 21%...

Pretoria turns away from coal

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The government of South Africa has approved a power sector plan to massively increase nuclear and renewable generating capacity in the count...

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