SA leads the world with drop in coal use amid power woes
The country was one of only a few to record a decline in consumption in 2022, with a 5% drop
08 January 2023 - 19:56
SA recorded the biggest drop in coal use in the world in 2022 — one of only a handful of countries to do so — with consumption dropping 5% to 157-million tonnes.
The decrease is hardly surprising given that 2022 was the worst year of load-shedding on record...
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