SA coal industry have a pipeline of 16 new projects with a combined capacity to produce more than 40-million tonnes a year, valued at R80bn, in a potential bet against the odds, in a world hooked on emission reductions.

The data from International Energy Agency (IEA) comes as the country’s coal industry is at a crossroads, with the government barred from building new coal-fired power stations...

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