South African renewable energy developer MetroWind plans to invest ZAR 550mn (EUR 54.7mn) in the construction of a 27MW wind power park near to Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, Engineering News reported. The construction of the wind farm is expected to start in the third quarter of 2012 and to be completed by October 2013. The wind farm is projected to supply about 80 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually to national power utility Eskom. |
South African company Exxaro Resources said one of the options it currently considers is dismissing striking coal mine workers who fail to return to work in the week of March 25, fin24 reported ... more
South Africas telecommunication operator Telkom said that it has not made a decision on retrenching 13,000 employees, or more than half of its staff, TechCentral reported quoting a company ... more
Oryx Energies, a major independent provider of oil and gas products and services in Africa, has agreed to buy the South African liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distribution businesses of BP and ... more