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<title>Energy Industry Today: South Africa Coal News</title>
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<title>How coal came back into fashion</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182390039</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 16:14 GMT</pubDate>
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... Coal makes up a quarter of total energy consumption and generates 40% of the world&apos;s  ...  politically stable countries such as the US, South Africa and Australia. Coal, which has traditionally been  ...
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<title>Coal &amp; iron ore march on</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182367539</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 13:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  stakes in a suite of southern African coal assets. Low-profile Oslo-listed London Mining, which carries  ...  via the Richards Bay Coal Terminal in South Africa. DMC is also in the process of  ...  black economic empowerment (BEE) requirements for the South African projects have been met, as required by  ...
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<title>Scarcity of gas a constraint to SA&apos;s energy economy</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182363621</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 13:12 GMT</pubDate>
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... South Africa is blessed with a variety of natural  ...  reference to introducing natural gas into the South African economy for thermal applications. Over the past  ...  primarily a coal-based economy, with abundant cheap coal reserves and other energy sources struggling to  ...
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<title>Capitalizing on coal reserves, Crow Tribe strikes deal for $7B Montana coal-to-liquids plant</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182355700</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 11:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  building a $7 billion plant to convert coal into liquid fuels, which would be among  ...  ratified a 50-year development agreement with Australian-American Energy Co., a subsidiary of Australian Energy Co.  ...  declined further comment pending Friday&apos;s official announcement. South Africa is home to the only existing commercial-scale  ...
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<title>Iron ore production lifts SA&apos;s mining output</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182349315</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 11:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  production limited South Africas overall decline in mining output in June due to mines having to use less electricity than last  ...  products to show an annual volume growth. Coal production slipped seven percent from the previous  ...
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<title>London Mining enters SA coal market with $120m acquisition</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182345998</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 10:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  announced that it had expanded into the coal industry by signing an agreement with diversified  ...  to 288-million tons and was situated near South African State-owned power utility Eskom&apos;s Kendal and Grootvlei  ...  addition to this first coal acquisition in South Africa, continue to build up its production and  ...
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<title>AES Reports Second Quarter and Year-to-Date 2008 Results; Increases Full Year Adjusted EPS Guidance to $1.16</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182344247</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 10:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  our range due to higher fuel and energy costs, which are mostly recoverable,&quot; said Paul  ...  (i) a mark-to-market derivative gain on a coal supply agreement at the Company&apos;s subsidiary in  ...  associated with this impairment. (3) Amount includes: South Africa peaker development cost write-off of $20 million  ...
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<title>Gas would add positive dimension to SA&apos;s energy economy if only more readily available</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182342839</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 10:47 GMT</pubDate>
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... South Africa is blessed with a variety of natural  ...  reference to introducing natural gas into the South African economy for thermal applications. Over the past  ...  primarily a coal-based economy, with abundant cheap coal reserves and other energy sources struggling to  ...
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<title>London Mining buys into South African coal miner</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182337787</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 10:05 GMT</pubDate>
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...  said on Friday it had agreed to buy up to 50.5 percent stake in South Africa&apos;s coal miner DMC Energy for $120 million. London Mining, which has a 2.36 billion tonne portfolio of iron  ...
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<title>Kangaroo farming would cut green gases</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182325080</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 07:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  person than China, due to use of coal for electricity. Transport and energy accounts for the largest amount of emissions,  ...  wildlife industries such as springbok farming in South Africa, red deer in Britain and bison in  ...
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<title>London Mining - STRATEGIC COAL EXPANSION - FIRST ACQUISITION; SOUTH AFRICA</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182319090</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 06:17 GMT</pubDate>
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Market data delayed per exchange rules. All quotes are in US Eastern Time (EST). (C) 2008 , a wholly owned subsidiary of Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE:  ...
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<title>Surge in iron ore limits mining decline</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182314768</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 05:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  production limited South Africas overall decline in mining output in June due to mines having to use less electricity than last  ...  products to show an annual volume growth. Coal production slipped 7% from the previous month,  ...
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<title>Crow Tribe strikes deal for US$7-billion coal project with Australian firm</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182309367</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 05:11 GMT</pubDate>
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... Crow Tribe strikes deal for US$7-billion coal project with Australian firm CROW AGENCY, Mont.  ...  ratified a 50-year development agreement with Australian-American Energy Co., a subsidiary of Australian Energy Co.  ...  declined further comment pending Friday&apos;s official announcement. South Africa is home to the only existing commercial-scale  ...
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<title>U.S. Energy Department official visits Brazil (08/05/2008)</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182306748</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 04:44 GMT</pubDate>
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... U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffrey Kupfer and Brazil&apos;s Mines and Energy  ...  projects; and Increase bilateral cooperation in clean coal technology, with special attention to the following  ...  tranche of target countries. Alongside with India, South Africa, China and the European Comission, both Brazil  ...
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<title>Crow Tribe strikes deal for $7B coal project</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182296526</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 03:14 GMT</pubDate>
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...  building a $7 billion plant to convert coal into liquid fuels, which would be among  ...  ratified a 50-year development agreement with Australian-American Energy Co., a subsidiary of Australian Energy Co.  ...  declined further comment pending Friday&apos;s official announcement. South Africa is home to the only existing commercial-scale  ...
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