February 6, 2019

Greece’s Public Power seeks higher price from two bidders for coal plants

PPC, which is 51% state-owned, and the energy ministry are handling the divestment and the European Commission is overseeing the process.

February 5, 2019

Africa Mining Indaba: ‘Let’s talk,’ Ramaphosa tells producers

Executives, investors and government officials meet in Cape Town this week at the African Mining Indaba, the continent’s biggest gathering of one of its most essential industries.

February 4, 2019

Port yanks permit for coal terminal

With the permit cancelled, it is hard to see how the Fraser Surrey Docks coal project could ever end up being built.

February 4, 2019

Germany’s RWE could preserve Hambach forest, but at a price

How much is a tree worth?

February 4, 2019

Vedanta says Anglo American stake buy meets Gov’t criteria

Shares in the company lost a fifth of their value on Friday as investors were sceptical of its foreign subsidiary Cairn India Holdings’ $200 million investment in the diversified miner.

February 1, 2019

Michigan gas outage seen boosting Trump bid to save coal plants

Fuel diversity is the increasingly overlooked but deeply important element of a reliable supply of power.

January 31, 2019

Miners BHP, Rio urge permanent voice for First Nations in Australia’s parliament

"A First Nations' voice to parliament is a meaningful step towards reconciliation," BHP Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mackenzie said.

January 31, 2019

Japan’s Idemitsu, Kyushu Elec, Tokyo Gas scrap coal-fired power plant plan

Kyushu Electric and Tokyo Gas said instead they will consider building a gas-fired power plant, using liquefied natural gas (LNG), at the same site owned by Idemitsu.

January 31, 2019

Botswana’s first private coal mine to produce saleable coal in March

Our target market is the southern African region at 1.2 million tons per annum, using a combination of road and rail transport.

January 30, 2019

South African miners want restructuring of power firm Eskom

"We need Eskom to be made into a much more efficient, cost-effective organisation"