South
Africa-based coal producer Coal of
Africa Limited (CoAL) has announced that it expects South
Africa's Exxaro Coal Proprietary Limited (Exxaro) to make its formal decision about its 30 percent buy-in option in the Makhado
coking coal project in Limpopo, South
Africa by September 30 this year.
Until that date, both parties have agreed to continue negotiations and the assessment process to finalize the valuation of the Makhado project. "The development of high quality metallurgical coal assets is fully in line with Exxaro's strategic growth objectives," said Exxaro chief executive Sipho Nkosi.