Coal strike talks fail, power disruption fears intensify
Engineering News – Online 19 March 2013 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Talks to end the coal strikes at Exxaro coal-mines have been unsuccessful and the fear of electric
by Eskom says power supply very tight
Times LIVE 19 March 2013 South African power utility Eskom said on Monday that available spare supply on its electricity network had fallen to just over 1 percent of total capacity
Outages cost mines R481 million
Times Live 19 March 2013 Anglo Gold Ashanti and Sibanye Gold have lost about R481 million after a power outage caused by a lightning strike at an Eskom substation last week forced
Eskom issues disconnection notices as municipal arrears pile up
Engineering News Online 19 March 2013 State-owned electricity utility Eskom has confirmed that a number of municipalities in the Free State, North West, Mpumalanga and, more recent
New blow to Eskom as software for Medupi fails
Business Day Live 18 March 2013 THE construction of Eskom’s Medupi power plant has hit another major obstacle with the bombshell that critical software for the operating system b
Asia Report: Suntech Debt, Chinese Solar Saga Still Playing Out
RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD.COM 12 March 2013 Suntech has managed to delay a major bond payment for another two months until May 15, but there’s still considerable buzz surroundin
Eskom keeps eye on coal strikes
Business Report 11 March 2013 Production has ground to a halt at another operation of diversified mining house Exxaro Resources after unprotected strikes at two collieries spread t
Solar Photovoltaic Demand to Reach 31 Gigawatts in 2013
RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD.COM 11 March 2013 Another year of single-digit growth forecast for the PV industry, with China, Japan, and India accounting for 36% of global demand
Infrastructure impact to be muted until supportive conditions created for private investment
Engineering News Online 8 March 2013 Constant assurances form senior government leaders, including President Jacob Zuma, that public sector infrastructure spending is gaining mome
OECD critical of SA plan to limit coal exports, keep prices below export-parity levels
Engineering News Online 05 March 2013 The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has described as “misplaced” the South African government’s fear that h
