Eskom had contracted 1.37-billion tonnes of the coal it needed...

Eskom had contracted 1.37-billion tonnes of the coal it needed over the next 35 years. Another 2.1-billion tonnes was uncontracted and this was where Eskom intended to bring in emerging black miners. It had identified five main focus areas: coal from the Waterberg; driving changes in the coal supply sector; progressing new coal technologies; advancing black ownership; and partnering with the state-owned mining company........Eskom was also looking at other "levers" to help emerging black miners. One was to encourage briquetting. There was an estimated 163-million tonnes of coal fines in dumps around Mpumalanga which could be turned into briquettes.

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Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:14 AM