SOUTH AFRICA – Wescoal Holdings Limited, a South African coal miner, said that it has received the ministerial consent to acquire a 50 percent interest in Arnot coal mine in Mpumalanga. Wescoal intends to restart coal production and supply to Eskom’s Arnot Power Station during the 2020 financial year, report The Citizen. This follows Wescoal’s announcement, in February this year, that it will acquire the assets, liabilities and employees of the Arnot coal mine in Mpumalanga from Exxaro Coal Mpumalanga, in partnership with Innovators Resources (IR). However, the transaction was approved subject to…
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