Coal-fired electricity generation has gone political the world over, though the reasons differ.
In Australia and Germany the motivation is global warming. In SA it appears to be a serious case of factional infighting. But when commercial banks and private equity companies like BlackRock refuse to further invest in thermal coal assets, the industry globally is already a dead man walking...
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