According to Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu, South African coal miners must do something more tangible and inclusive to assist new black owned entrants to the industry.

Ms Shabangu said that small producers and aspirant exporters still find it difficult to get access to export markets through the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, which is owned and operated by shareholders including Anglo American Plc and BHP Billiton Plc.

She added that “There are certain elements who seem determined to keep competition out by either denying junior miners allocations or charging them exorbitant prices for access to the facility.”

(Sourced from Bloomberg)