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FILE: Surface coal mine transportation. Picture: Supplied.

Coal sector

Australia's South32 looks to reduce interest in SA coal business

By Reuters

The company also added in the statement that it would invest R4.3 billion ($305.14 million) in SAEC’s Klipspruit Life Extension project.

  • FILE: Striking NUM members take part in a protest in Carletonville in 2013. Picture: AFP.

    NUM signs 3-year wage deal in coal sector, strike averted

    The union reached the agreement, which varies for each coal producer, after saying last month it would call a strike if wage demands were not met by the Chamber of Mines.

    1643 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    NUM threatens coal-sector strike over wages

    The Chamber of Mines said it would issue a statement on the wage stand-off later on Tuesday.

    1666 days ago
  • FILE: But the prices are still down 15 percent and 24 percent, respectively, from their 2015 peaks in February. Picture: CNN.

    European winter coal prices jump by almost 6%

    But the prices are still down 15% & 24%, respectively, from their 2015 peaks in February.

    2391 days ago
  • FILE: Surface coal mine transportation. Picture: Supplied.

    Breakthrough in coal wage talks imminent

    The Chamber of Mines says negotiations to end the week-long coal strike will resume today.

    2415 days ago
  • Picture: AFP.

    Hopes for end to coal sector strike

    The NUM will be giving feedback to the Chamber of Mines on its latest offer today.

    2416 days ago
  • The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members march to AngloCoal in Witbank to hand over a memorandum in support of their demand for a R1,000 increase for their lowest paid workers. Picture: @NUM_Media.

    NUM: Eskom should put pressure on its coal supplier

    The union says it’s up to Eskom to act & settle a strike over wages in the coal sector.

    2422 days ago
  • FILE. Workers want pay increases of up to 15 percent while the chamber which represents firms such as Glencore, Anglo American Coal and Exxaro, had offered a revised wage rise from its initial offer of between 4 and 6,5 percent. Image: Supplied.

    NUM calls on CCMA to mediate in coal sector wage talks

    Workers want pay increases of up to 15 percent while the Chamber of Mines is not budging.

    2476 days ago
  • FILE: Workers want pay increases of up to 15 percent, while the Chamber of Mines had offered a revised wage rise from its initial offer of between 4 and 6,5 percent. Picture: Supplied.

    Wage talks in coal sector hit a deadlock

    NUM says the employer returned to the negotiating table empty-handed after it rejected their offer.

    2476 days ago
  • Commodity price developments often go hand in hand with growth in emerging economies. Picture: EWN.

    Coal prices tumble

    Commodity price developments often go hand in hand with growth in emerging economies.

    3036 days ago
  • The Environmental Affairs Dept has approved a request to dump 10,000 tons of coal into the ocean.

    10,000 tons of coal to be dumped

    Environmental Affairs Dept has approved a request to dump 10,000 tons of coal into the ocean.

    3179 days ago
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