As illegal mining spreads through abandoned shafts in South Africa, Catholic religious women risk their lives to rescue girls coerced into sex and early marriages in communities the state struggles to ...

Belt conveyors are critical pieces of equipment at coal-fired power plants. Trips, breakdowns, or other failures translate into lost capacity, increased maintenance costs, and missed revenue ...

Mpumalanga, which borders Mozambique, is the hub of South Africa's coal industry and boasts 12 coal-fired plants that supply the grid with 32 gigawatts. South Africas eastern Mpumalanga province has ...

South Africa could replace coal and power-plant jobs by investing in citrus and marijuana plantations to produce hemp in its coal belt as the nation, the world’s 15th-biggest producer of greenhouse ...

When a plant switches fuel, starts blending fuels, or changes transportation modes, big changes are needed in coal handling and receiving equipment. Although few new coal-fired plants have been built ...