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GREENSIDE, SOUTH AFRICA – DECEMBER 13: A bucket wheel excavator processes coal at a Thungela run Greenside coal mine on December 13, 2024 in Greenside, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

Thungela digs in over shareholder rights   

The coal producer is digging in against what it says could lead to shareholders having unfettered rights to interfere in its business

Eskom files transparency. Rawpixel/Currency collage

Secretive Eskom gets walloped in court by AfriForum

The power utility has been ordered to release its coal and diesel contracts. It will shed welcome light on an institution long plagued by corruption

Eskom’s decommissioned Komati Power Station. Picture: Ihsaan Haffejee

Coal’s slow death in Mpumalanga

As the province’s coal sector contracts, jobs evaporate and transition support stalls, municipalities like Steve Tshwete are bleeding revenue

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Climate groups lambaste Teke’s plea for coal funding

With banks under pressure not to lend to coal producers, a lobby group is asking for a rethink. Civil society groups are having none of it

July Ndlovu, Thungela. Picture: supplied

Coal ‘evangelist’ July Ndlovu bows out

The Thungela CEO talks renewables, coal prices, Eskom – and why Gwede Mantashe’s union past is no longer fit for purpose

Sasol. PIcture: Currency

Is it a unicorn? Is it a phoenix? No, it’s Sasol! 

Sasol execs have reignited fresh market hopes that the petrochemicals group is not a ‘broken’ business

Sasol runs South Africa climate plans

Sasol makes short work of South Africa’s carbon pledges

Sasol seems to have fudged both its tax contribution and jobs claims as it pushes back against National Treasury’s carbon tax plans

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Behind Trump’s $1bn energy blow to South Africa

It seemed catastrophic when Donald Trump cut $1bn in funding for South Africa’s just energy transition. But it is far from existential

Exxaro CEO departure

A mystery, wrapped in an Exxaro enigma

Behind the mystery suspension of Exxaro’s CEO lies a story of rampant factionalism at a company that, analysts say, has done nothing for years

Donald Trump commodities. Image supplied

The Trump effect on commodity markets

It was interesting watching the real-time effect on markets as it became clear that Trump 2.0 was about to unfold. Stock futures soared as traders relished the prospect of…

Coal shedding Darkest before the dawn

Darkest before the dawn

Let’s talk about coal, the fuel that’s both loved and loathed, one of the backbones of our economy and the bane of our environment. As the ugly stepsister to natural gas, it is…

Currency Energy Transition Silos

South Africa’s ‘just energy transition’ postponed – not abandoned

Whisper it quietly, but South Africa has now kept the demon of load-shedding at bay for nearly five months. It has, however, come at a cost, the extent of which may only become…