South Africa Miners Back Gradual Move Away From Coal-Fired Power
- Power from coal is key for 60% of the national economy
- Minerals Council says transition must be done ‘judiciously’
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South Africa’s mining industry has given its backing to moving the continent’s most developed economy away from coal but said it must be done gradually and responsibly.
In a presentation to the country’s Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission late last week the main body representing the industry said that 60% of the country’s $302 billion economy is reliant on energy produced from coal.