JOHANNESBURG, Aug 19 (Reuters) - South Africa's Thungela Resources (TGAJ.J), opens new tab is still searching for new mines to buy and may consider acquiring coking coal assets if it finds a good ...

Inspired by previous research that had found rare earth elements in association with coal in the Appalachian region, Birgenheier and her team took samples from six active and four idle coal mines ...

About 80% of South Africa’s electricity still comes from burning coal. The country’s 108 coal mines have resulted in many communities being forced off their land from the 1970s to date.

South Africa’s coal-mining industry transported record volumes of the fuel by truck to ports in 2023 as the nation’s freight-rail network faltered, the head of the resources lobby said, adding ...

For example, in the coal mines, 81% of workers are permanent, 80% contribute to a pension fund and 68% have medical aid. Coal-fired power generation jobs are also formal and 88% of the workers ...

South Africa’s rail bottlenecks threaten to curb coal deliveries to its main export hub for a sixth consecutive year, according to one of the biggest producers in the nation. Shipments of the ...