Climate campaigners take South Africa to court over coal policy
Last modified on Fri 19 Nov 2021 08.44 EST. South Africa's plan to build new coal-fired power stations during the climate crisis is being challenged in court for breaching the rights of current ...
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The Dystopian Underworld of South Africa's Illegal Gold Mines
A few years ago, a mining company was considering reopening an old mine shaft in Welkom, a city in South Africa's interior. Welkom was once the center of the world's richest goldfields.
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The Violent Remaking of Appalachia
March 21, 2016. Central Appalachia's history is the story of coal. At its peak in the mid-20 th century, mining employed more than 150,000 people in West ia alone, mostly in the state's ...
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Parametric estimation of capital costs for establishing a coal mine
Mining costs in Indian mines are about 35% higher than costs in leading coal-exporting countries such as Australia, Indonesia, and South Africa (Santra and Bangaria, 2014). The higher mining costs in India are driven mainly by low labour productivity. In 2013 India forecast a production increase of 3%, compared to only a 2% increase in South ...
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SOUTH AFRICAN COAL SECTOR REPORT
MC Mining Limited is an emerging coal exploration, development and mining company operating in South Africa. MC Mining's key projects include the Vele Colliery (coking …
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In South Africa, Renewables Vie With the Political Power of Coal
Roughly $5.5 billion has since rushed into the country's renewable energy sector, and dozens of wind farms and solar plants are now mushrooming across the landscape. Despite the newfound interest in renewables, coal's days in South Africa are far from over. The government plans to increase coal exports and the production of …
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Why Is Coal Still King in South Africa? — COLUMBIA POLITICAL …
Supposedly far more threatening to the industry is the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), a program pioneered by South Africa following the 2021 COP-26 to …
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South Africa Employment: Labour Force Survey: Mining
The data reached an all-time high of 483.245 Person th in Dec 2015 and a record low of 301.720 Person th in Jun 2011. South Africa Employment: Labour Force Survey: Mining data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics South Africa.
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5 Lessons from South Africa's Just Transition Journey
1) Create a high-level, centralized body with broad representation to manage the just transition process. The phrase "just transition" first entered the lexicon of South African policy in 2011, when the government published its National Climate Change Response White Paper. The paper outlined a vision "for an effective climate change …
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Element Africa: Gold in Ghana, oil in Nigeria, and fracking in South Africa
The report also questioned claims from another company, Rhino Resources, that it was seeking a license to drill wells for helium and biogenic methane in South Africa's central Free State province.
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South African Villagers Win Suit to Halt Shell's Oil Exploration
Sept. 2, 2022. JOHANNESBURG — In a case that pitted rural South African communities against the energy giant Shell Global, a judicial panel ordered a halt this week to the company's plans to ...
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Understanding the impact of a low carbon transition on South …
6. The costs and benefits of extending South Africa's climate ambition 71 6.1. Power station closures 73 6.2. Secunda coal-to-liquids closure 75 6.3. The timing of all risks – external and internal – in South Africa 76 6.4. Research alternatives and develop potential funding plans / transition plans for the closure of carbon-intensive
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South African Coal Industry
Thermal Coal products in South Africa. South Africa is the 6th biggest coal exporter country with 6,23 billion USD export value. 1/4 of South African coal is exported to energy providers and metallurgical plants in mostly Europe, South America, and India. Coal is highly used as energy source in South Africa, almost 90% of South Africa ...
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The human cost of South Africa's mining and …
Colonial and apartheid-era policies and practices modelled the exploitative and exclusive nature of mining in South Africa, a legacy that continues to shape the economic, social, and legal ...
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Anglo American's history in South Africa
Anglo American enters the coal business in 1945 through its acquisition of Coal Estates. It begins the path for Anglo American to become a significant contributor to …
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South Africa Coal Mining Industry Report 2023 with Company
Dublin, Nov. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The . South Africa Coal Mining Industry Report 2023 with Company profiles of Leading Coal and Lignite Mining Companies and …
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South African mining employs many and may only have decades …
FILE - A closed-down goldmine shaft is shown on May 18, 2016 in Welkom, South Africa. South Africa's overall mining profits slipped by more than $5 billion in the last financial year, while the country that was once the world's largest gold producer might have less than 30 years of a viable gold industry left without renewed investment, according to …
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Finding Solutions for South Africa's Coal-Fired Energy and Water
This post originally appeared on The Guardian's Water hub.. Coal production, from mining to power generation, requires vast volumes of water.Furthermore, pollution from coal mining can irreparably harm water resources.. In South Africa—one of the world's most water-stressed countries and one of the largest producers and consumers of …
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Prices and costs – Coal 2020 – Analysis
Prices. Coal prices vary by region as well as by grade and quality. The price rebound starting in 2016 ended in 2018, moving in a downward trend in 2019. After stabilisation of prices in the beginning of 2020, Covid-related demand suppression pushed prices down. FOB prices for thermal coal with a calorific value (CV) of 6 000 kcal/kg which had ...
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ESTIMATION OF CAPITAL COSTS FOR ESTABLISHING …
1.5. South African coal mining context 13 1.5.1. History of the South African coal mining industry 13 1.5.2. Current status of coal mining in South Africa 15 1.5.3. The role of South African coal market plays globally 18 1.6. Purpose of the study 20 1.7. Context of the study 20 1.8. Problem statement 21 1.9. Delimitations of the study 21 1.10.
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South African Coal
South Africa's economically recoverable coal reserves are estimated at between 15 and 55 billion tonnes. 96% of reserves are bituminous coal; metallurgical coal accounts for approximately 2% and anthracite another 2%.2 Production is mainly steam coal of bituminous quality. The majority of South Africa's reserves and mines are in the Central
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The cost of getting South Africa to stop using coal
South Africa is among the world's most coal-dependent nations. Coal accounts for roughly 85 per cent of its electricity, making the country of 60mn people the …
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Table of Contents
Company overview ArcelorMittal is one of the world's leading integrated steel and mining companies. ArcelorMittal is the largest steel producer in the Americas and Europe, second largest in Africa and the sixth largest steel producer in the CIS region and has a smaller but growing presence in Asia. 89.8 57.1 5.5 84.5 70.6 71.5 58 5 69.1 53.3 ...
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South Africa: Mining gathering must confront human rights violations
Mining companies and their stakeholders, including investors, governments and politicians, must confront the human rights abuses that are rife in the industry, Amnesty International said today, as the world's biggest mining investment conference begins in Cape Town. ... In South Africa, victims of the bloody tragedy at Marikana, in which 34 ...
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COP26: South Africa hails deal to end reliance on coal
South Africa is set to receive $8.5bn (£6.2bn) to help end its reliance on coal in a deal announced at the COP26 climate summit. President Cyril Ramaphosa has called it a "watershed moment".
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Minerals and Mining in South Africa | SpringerLink
South Africa is also the world's third largest iron ore supplier and the sixth largest coal exporter, both by value. Details on the geology and exploitation of coal deposits are beyond the scope of this chapter and the interested reader is referred to Hancox and Gotz ( 2014 ) and references therein.
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Solar and wind power battle with coal in South Africa
First mined commercially 150 years ago, coal has been at the forefront of the exploitation of South Africa's extraordinarily large and diverse mineral resources, including diamonds, gold, and ...
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South Africa's Miners Addressing Climate Change …
Trade risk South Africa ranks in the top 20 of most carbon-intensive global economies on an emissions-per-GDP basis. Indirect electricity-use-related emissions (Scope 2) make up the bulk (~77%) of …
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Why Is Coal Still King in South Africa? — COLUMBIA POLITICAL …
South Africa, however, can serve as a cautionary tale. When resources like coal are as deeply rooted in a country's racial history and its leading companies have political support, international funding alone will not achieve ambitious climate goals. Hard as the JETP is fighting to dethrone coal in South Africa, coal has yet to lose the battle.
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