Optimum Coal’s Koornfontein coal mine

Optimum Coal Holdings Limited ‒ a majority black-owned South African coal mining and exploration company ‒ says it will be listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on 29 March.

Kumba’s Sishen iron ore mine

Kumba Iron Ore Limited ‒ a unit of Anglo American plc ‒ is in talks with the South African government about the rights in the country’s Sishen mine that ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited relinquished by failing to renew them in time.

South African mines minister Susan Shabangu

South African mines minister Susan Shabangu says China has shown strong interest in investing in the country's mining sector, and once again she re-assured investors there were no plans to nationalise mines.

Coal exports at Richards Bay Coal Terminal

India and China imported a combined total of 2.4 million tonnes of South African coal in February ‒ some 50% and a record proportion of the country’s 4.9 million tonnes of coal exports for the month.

Coal exports ‒ a new terminal for South Africa

South Africa's logistics group Transnet says its National Port Authority division is not involved in talks or negotiations to build a new coal terminal in the country.

New Extract Resources CEO Jonathan Leslie

Extract Resources Limited ‒ an Australian-based uranium exploration and development company primarily focused on Namibia ‒ has announced the appointment of Jonathan Leslie as the group’s CEO with immediate effect.