Botswana, South Africa coal line link on way – Transnet

The South African coal line to Richards Bay would include a Botswana link in seven years’ time, Transnet Freight Rail CEO Siyabonga Gama said on Wednesday. Gama told the twelfth Coaltrans Southern Africa coal conference that the proposed...

15/03/2013 (On-The-Air)

South Africa’s home-grown company – Sasol – is planning to invest a colossal R190-billion in the US to become the biggest foreign investor in the State of Louisiana; South Africa has taken another step towards the local development of...

Transnet coal-terminal development aims to be concluded by 2020

As part of its aim to begin coal exports for emerging miners at its Richards Bay port, state-owned enterprise Transnet is nearing completion of the prefeasibility phase of the project’s development, which would be presented to its board in June...

SA’s newest coal mine to reach full production by June

South Africa’s newest coal mine Penumbra Coal is planning to ramp up to full production by the second quarter of this year.  

Botswana heads for diversification of resources, says geologist

The current level of diamond production from areas such as Orapa, Letlhakane and Jwaneng, in Botswana, cannot be sustained much beyond 2025, says principal geologist and director of Gaborone-based geological and mine consultancy Analytika Holdings...

Continental Coal H1 revenue drops 35%

Coal explorer Continental Coal reported a 35% drop in total revenue to A$29.7-millon for the six months ended December 31, 2012, from A$45.4m in the comparative half of the previous year. This was on the back of a lower received coal price as well...

Ferreira outperforms on Continental's expectations

South Africa-focused coal miner Continental Coal on Wednesday told shareholders that its Ferreira coal mine had exceeded production expectations during the three months to December, its first full quarter of operations. Run-of-mine (RoM) coal...

BHP Billiton’s SA smelters’ income could fall by $500m in half-year to June

The income of diversified miner BHP Billiton’s two aluminium smelters could fall by about $500-million in the half year ending June, credit solutions provider Coface South Africa risk analyst George Marais tells Mining Weekly. South Africa’s...

Commpany Announcement: LontohCoal to Issue 30 Million Shares to Fuel Exponential Growth

South Africa’s emerging energy giant, LontohCoal Limited, has announced placement of a tranche of 30 million shares with investors globally to raise ZAR360 million.

Routing and scheduling software increases coal-railing efficiencies

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet's subsidiary, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), has contracted routing and scheduling software solutions provider Opsi Systems to roll out its custom-developed PLATO.Rail dynamic scheduling system software,...

Hencon Vacuum Technologies

What are the key products & services that your company is exhibiting at Electra Mining? Heavy duty industrial and mining vacuum systems ranging from 15kw right up to 300kw in both diesel and electric versions as well as other related products....

New retail initiative for electrical products

Black-empowered ARB Electrical Wholesalers has launched a new initiative, branded ‘ARB Connect’ to focus on retail-style electrical outlets, with two of these satellite branches now open in Durban North and Bellville, Cape Town. The company...