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Demand exceeds output at Minergy as coal shines again

Charged up: Minergy is looking to boost its production to match the increasing demand PIC: MINERGYCOAL.COM
Charged up: Minergy is looking to boost its production to match the increasing demand PIC: MINERGYCOAL.COM

Minergy is flooded with requests by industrial and power generation markets for the supply of coal both regionally and internationally, chief executive officer (CEO) Morne du Plessis has said.

Giving an update on the market, the CEO said orders in the first six months of the year exceeded the current nameplate production at Masama Mine, resulting in the group declining some orders.

Masama’s processing plant, which was successfully commissioned in October 2021, has a nameplate capacity of 125,000 tonnes of coal per month.

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