South Africa produces 5,000 to 1 million tons of coal per month.About 55 percent of South African coal-mining is done underground. The coal-mining industry is highly concentrated, with 3 companies, namely Ingwe, Amcoal, and Sasol, accounting for 80 percent of local production. South Africa...
Although these strides are a great step forward, there are still major challenges as described in the report and by the national Statistics (Department of Environmental Affairs Republic of South Africa 2019; South Africa Department of Statistics 2020). South Africa and/or the African continent for...
Existing South African reforms set to lift growth to 3.5% by 2029, coal conference hears 30th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer Existing economic reforms now in motion have the potential to lift South Africa’s economic growth rate to 3.5% a year by 2029, South Africa Presidency Project Mana...
Pillar extraction practices in South Africa have consumed a significant proportion of safety and fatality statistics in relation to its relative output (less than 5% of total South African coal production) and as a result research was undertaken in local pillar extraction operations and extended to ...
This is the second consecutive quarter of growth for mining, although production was more subdued than the 13.1 percent growth recorded for the first quarter of 2017. "After two consecutive quarters of decline, the South African economy spluttered back to life in the second quarter of 2017," ...
Shipments of export coal from Australian ports amounted to 30.79 mt in June, down 2% from 31.27 mt in May, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said in its latest monthly update. Australian coal exports to Japan and South Korea increased in June, for both metallurgical and thermal. Both Asian...
Overall milk production soared 31% between 2009 and 2019, according to statistics provided to the Daily Churn byMilk SA, a non-profit promoting South African dairy. But farmers are being squeezed by an intensely competitive, deregulated marketplace and worsening impacts of climate change-induced wea...
The South African Film and Television Production and Co-Production Incentive Financial assistance to South African feature films, tele-movies, television drama series, documentaries andanimation. The objective is to contribute to the local film industry. Production budgets are required to be more than ...
(ASEAN) and 8 South African nations, respectively. The result that energy consumption is a key source of\(CO_{2}\)emissions is in line with previous empirical literature conducted on the nexus between\(CO_{2}\)emissions and energy consumption. For example, Heidari et al.98revealed that ...
Instead, countries are planning and predicting a 2% yearly growth, which would increase treble production by 2030 while staying under the 1.5 °C limit. As seen globally that the lockdown measures for the COVID-19 outbreak have resulted in short-term reductions in coal and gas production (...