Eswatini Railway (ERS) Chief Executive officer Nixon Dlamini says the Sidvokodvo Coal Operation, which is a project the company is working on in partnership with Grinrod, a Mozambican-based operator of coal, has major spill-overs.

In the Pacific, coal trade from eastern Russia to buyers was disrupted.

Research institute Coaltech’s Colloquium – to be held on May 27, 2022, at the Ridge Hotel and Casino in Emalahleni, in Mpumalanga – will showcase the most recent research topics and projects that the institute has been pursuing.

"We should make science-based decisions and avoid a one-size-fits-all approach," he said.

Fostering advanced manufacturing in Shanxi leads to province selling cutting-edge power equipment to Laos, delivered via new railway line.

Beijing authorities have released a plan for energy development from 2021 to 2025, emphasizing replacing coal with clean energy.

The growth rate was 3.1 percentage points higher than that of December 2021, the bureau said.

More heavy-haul freight trains will be put into operation to step up the country's capacity to transport coal from north to south, the company said.