The leading coal exporter is not giving up, even as local logistics constraints and falling prices bear down on sales
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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According to the Minerals Council, logistical constraints induced by the railway’s setbacks have cost mining industry R51 billion in exports
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But analysts say the fossil fuel’s boom will probably be short-lived as the turn to renewable energy picks up
The just transition that is currently being executed is a balance between energy security and climate change, according to one analyst