Monthly Archives: February 2014

Did you know that about 21 percent of the run-of-mine coal produced in South Africa is exported, and 21 percent is used locally (excluding power-station coal). The rest is not saleable and is discarded. The remainder of South Africa’s coal production feeds the various local industries: . 62 percent is used for electricity generation; . Continue Reading

Innovative technology that uses algae to convert waste coal dust into a clean, high-quality coal which can readily be processed into biofuel was publicly demonstrated at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth on Monday. “If you mix coal dust and algae biomass, the algae adsorps [collects] onto the surface of the coal and Continue Reading