South Africa's coal industry expands

Journal Article · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1978 · World Coal; (United States)

OSTI ID:6409676

Granville, A; Venter, A J

High growth rates are predicted for the next three years (10 percent annually compounded) and for the next decade (7 percent per year), settling down to an annual average of 5 percent for the period 1977 to 2000, because of slower growth of exports than in the early period. The expansion of the South African coal industry in the late 1970s was based on the initiation of large-scale coal exports in 1976. The port and rail facilities of Richards Bay reached the initial design capacity of 12,000,000 tons per year in 1977, and the next phase (Stage II) to 20,000,000 tons, is planned for 1979. A further stage of expansion, (Stage III) to allow for total coal exports of 40,000,000 tons a year, is envisaged by the mid-1980s. Coal export facilities at Durban and by overland routes to neighboring countries handle over 2,000,000 tons a year. Although the initial decision to develop the Richards Bay facilities was based on the supply of low-ash metallurgical coal to Japan, future growth, both for export and local sales, will depend mainly on the market for steam coal. In the long term, coal conversion could use large amounts of coal on a world scale.

• OSTI ID: 6409676
• Journal Information: World Coal; (United States), Journal Name: World Coal; (United States) Vol. 4:11; ISSN WOCOD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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