Mmamabula coal exports unviable
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Location of African Energy's three coal resources in the central district
The results of the study found that it will take either a fall in rail tariffs or increase in coal price to make the coalmine project sustainable and profitable.
The underground operation would have a run-of-mine output of some 4.4-million tonnes a year, and would require a capital investment of $113-million (P994 million) for an owner-operated mine and coal handling and processing plant over a mine-life of 20-years.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...