South African power plants face 17 mln tonne coal shortfall
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African utility Eskom faces a 17 million tonne coal shortfall by 2017 at its coal-fired power plants, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday. The shortfall is anticipated in 2015 at Matla, Tutuka and Hendrina power stations and in 2016 at Kriel and Arnot Power Stations, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said in a written reply to questions in parliament.