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Coal bulls fight for relevance at Mining Indaba

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KevinFebruary 8, 2023

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After a year of energy market volatility lit a fire under demand for coal, lobbyists of the commodity were able to attend this year’s Mining Indaba a little more bullish. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, coal miners might not have been able to make the case for their survival, what with the green energy transition pushing them further into irrelevance.

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Sarah Smit is a general news reporter at the Mail & Guardian. She covers topics relating to labour, corruption and the law.

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