South Africa, the world’s seventh-largest coal producer, faces a climate challenge that has largely flown under the radar: methane emissions from coal mines.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
                                    
                                    After a year of energy market volatility lit a fire under demand for coal, lobbyists of the commodity say it is set to stick around
 		
			
				
	
		
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