COAL

Shisha pipes smoke out Egypt’s charcoal makers

Article Agency - 14 Feb 2020

Wood from mango and orange trees is charred for smoking shisha, while the charcoal from casuarina, camphor and olive trees is used for barbecues

New load-shedding crisis looms

Article Thanduxolo Jika & Sabelo Skiti - 31 Jan 2020

The treasury’s rejection of South32’s proposal to increase the value of its Eskom contract by R1.2-billion could spark a coal shortage for the parastatal

Asset manager culls coal

Business Kevin Davie - 24 Jan 2020

South African giants in the firing line as investor decides to drop carbon-heavy companies

Eskom: South Africa can learn from Australia’s mistakes before it too burns

Opinion Philip Machanick - 22 Jan 2020

The current restructuring plan for the state-owned entity won’t solve its problems, but there is a way to make the power utility work successfully

South Africa has huge ‘green fuels’ potential. But it needs to act now

Article David Richard Walwyn & Rod Crompton - 14 Jan 2020

South Africa needs to seriously start thinking about shifting its energy focus. This is for two reasons. The first is that the country’s important...

South32 in firing line over rights

Article Thanduxolo Jika - 13 Dec 2019

Five companies, led by Zurivision, have taken the department of mineral resources to court over its awarding of a licence to the Aussie mining giant

GDP declines more than expected, at 0.6%

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 3 Dec 2019

Most sectors of the economy reported negative growth, with mining, manufacturing and transport suffering the biggest falls

A monumental challenge

Article Jon Duncan - 29 Nov 2019

South Africa can transition from coal to renewable energy – if it lays careful plans

Planned fossil fuel output swamps Paris climate goals

Article Marlowe Hood - 20 Nov 2019

The 2015 Paris Agreement calls for blocking global warming at well below 2C, and 1.5C if possible

Bankrupt Eskom to fund new coal

Article Kevin Davie - 8 Nov 2019

But analysts say that cost-plus mines would mean ‘a subsidy for private investors’

Power stations truck up Eskom’s image

Article Kevin Davie - 25 Oct 2019

Despite the exorbitant costs of new facilities, they are not delivering on expectations

The high price of coal connections

Article Thanduxolo Jika, Sabelo Skiti & M&G Data Desk - 11 Oct 2019

Eskom is spending R4.5m more on coal each day because of contracts that are lucrative for certain producers

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