SA's Power Shortfall An Opportunity For Morupule

He was interviewed on the sidelines of the recent resources conference in Gaborone.
Morupule currently produces approximately 900,000 to 970,000 tonnes of coal a year, the bulk of which goes to the 120 MW power station. There are plans to add another 600 MW of capacity to the plant by the turn of the decade and another 600 MW at a later stage.
A little explored issue is the shortfall South African power utility Eskom is expecting around 2014, as it embarks on an expensive expansion programme. Eskom will have an estimated shortfall of up to 14 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) in contracted supplies.
Wookey says this will offer a growth avenue to Morupule. "We have a geographic advantage," he says.

At the moment, however, Morupule projects its output to grow by between 10 mtpa and 12 mtpa from domestic demand, exports and other off-take agreements.