AgriSA compensation bid turned down by ConCourt
- 18 Apr 2013 15:42 - Chantelle Benjamin
- Efforts by AgriSA to win R2-million in compensation for coal rights it claims were expropriated by the state have been unsuccessful.
Eskom will not intervene in Glencore and Xstrata merger
- 18 Jan 2013 15:50 - Lisa Steyn
- Eskom has withdrawn its intervention in the multi-billion dollar merger between resource companies Glencore and Xstrata.
SA plays power games with coal
- 14 Sep 2012 11:14 - Roman Grynberg
- President Jacob Zuma signed a bilateral energy agreement with Botswana President Ian Khama on August 31 to buy coal from that country.
In the ANC's crosshairs: New road map for coal producers
- 09 Mar 2012 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- The ANC wants to ensure the state power utility's future needs are met, but it has also acknowledged the need to move to other energy sources.
Botswana seeks to exploit its coal reserves
- 05 Sep 2011 07:36 - Staff Reporter
- Botswana will lift a moratorium on new prospecting licences for coal in a bid to optimise benefits from its 212-billion tonnes of coal reserves.
State-owned mine shuts amid controversy
- 29 Jul 2011 12:29 - Staff Reporter
- A partly state-owned coal mine in Mpumalanga was forced to close down two months ago due to community violence.
Coal strike threatens power supply
- 26 Jul 2011 19:15 - Nickolaus Bauer
- The coal strike currently under way will threaten the immediate ability to provide electricity, say the unions and state power company Eskom.
Blast in China coal mine kills 74, scores rescued
- 22 Feb 2009 13:32 - Peter Harmsen
- Seventy-four workers were confirmed dead and dozens trapped underground after a gas blast early on Sunday at a north Chinese colliery.
