Supplying coal to Eskom power stations in the 1980s with Amcoal, the emphasis was on cost containment.
At cost-plus collieries like Arnot and Kriel the coal was delivered to the power stations via conveyor belt. Even the giant Terex trucks moving raw coal from Arnot’s opencast operations to the feeder breakers were electrically powered from overhead cables to save diesel...
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