Coaltech has merged its Mining research portfolio, including Geosciences, and its Coal Processing portfolio into a single structure: the Integrated Mining and Processing Research Focus Area.
For the members, host institutions and researchers who fund and deliver the work, the change means one coordinated research pipeline across the full coal value chain, from run of mine through to processed product, and a clearer line of sight from every rand of research spend to the result it is meant to produce.
South Africa’s coal producers are working against a tougher cost base than most of their global peers, with rising energy and logistics costs, safety stoppages that halt production, and growing liabilities tied to fine coal and discard dumps.