Strategic Natural Resources Discussion Board http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion http://www.iii.co.uk/icons/logos/uk_logo.gif http://www.iii.co.uk tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9674404 Buy : 259917
Sell : 221021
No Change. Last week we saw this fall 1p to 2p at a time on very weak selling. IMHO the sp should have at least bounced back to 25/26p by now therafter making slow progress to 30p and onwards. No way should this been allowed to drop like a stone - anyone would have thought we had discovered peat - this is 200,000,000 tonnes of excellent quality coal and we can find millions more. The Allenby report valued this at 50.9p. So at the moment this price is a steal.
We are not an oil company trying to find oil we are a mining company and we have found shed load of coal!! By flatpackfitter ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9674404&action=detail Wed, 23 May 2012 19:14:00 GMT flatpackfitter tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9673922 http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9673922&action=detail Wed, 23 May 2012 15:52:00 GMT flatpackfitter tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9673889 By flatpackfitter ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9673889&action=detail Wed, 23 May 2012 15:46:00 GMT flatpackfitter tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9673208
"A means to an end"

To help better the lives of their people of South Africa. I'm impressed again.

Hats off again to Barry, Peta-Ann and of course their family and associates. By substp ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9673208&action=detail Wed, 23 May 2012 13:17:00 GMT substp tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9672542 http://za.linkedin.com/pub/pamela-manyonga/26/7a8/4a8 By substp ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9672542&action=detail Wed, 23 May 2012 10:38:00 GMT substp tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9672117 By: Sashnee Moodley
4th May 2012

Education training specialist Triple E Training will, in the next few weeks, start offering employees at selected mines a National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level 1 General Education and Training Certificate: Mining and Minerals Processes training course.

The company, which offers adult education and training (AET) and further education and training (FET) courses to mine- workers, has received approval from the Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) to offer the course.



Triple E is also currently providing training at the Elitheni Coal mine, in Indwe, in the Eastern Cape.

Elitheni Coal human resources manager Andriette Nel says safety and compliance are important factors in mining operations and investing in outcomes-based training not only increases productivity but also builds workers’ confidence in executing tasks.

She says this enables workers to act and take decisions timeously, which contributes to efficiency in the workplace. Workers become more proactive in problem solving and they take ownership of their self-development.

“As a start-up operation, we are faced with many challenges and opportunities as we gear up towards capacity building. A limited budget has taught us to plan and execute training with the person and the job in mind, as well as to meet stringent compliance targets.

“By focusing on our employees’ strengths, we developed and nurtured a competence and confidence in our employees. In return, we have seen employees taking ownership of their environ- ment and making a positive contribution, not just to the bottom-line, but also to the immediate community,” notes Nel.

Further, she states that learning and development should be a seamless and sustainable part of any operation. She says the goal of Elitheni is to instill an appreciation for education and self-development among its current workforce, which will be a catalyst for improving the lives of the youth and unemployed in the rural Eastern Cape.

http://www.miningweekly.com/article/training-specialist-provides-mine-workers-qualifications-opportunity-2012-05-04 By substp ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9672117&action=detail Wed, 23 May 2012 09:22:00 GMT substp tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9671672
David in town for the presentation......I expect board meetings and signing off on the results as well while he is here......:-) By substp ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9671672&action=detail Wed, 23 May 2012 07:46:00 GMT substp tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9670359 http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9670359&action=detail Tue, 22 May 2012 17:21:00 GMT IrishDee tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9670220
Roll on the Edinburgh presentation for some more good news. By SafeBreaker ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9670220&action=detail Tue, 22 May 2012 16:28:00 GMT SafeBreaker tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9670144 http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9670144&action=detail Tue, 22 May 2012 16:03:00 GMT flatpackfitter tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9669876
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http://www.energy.gov.za/files/RFI/RFI_2012.pdf By substp ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9669744&action=detail Tue, 22 May 2012 14:41:00 GMT substp tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9669736
“Section 34 of the Electricity Regulation Act empowers the minister of energy to determine who should build what in terms of energy infrastructure,” she said.

“That developer will determine where to source that technology and the broader EPC [engineering, procurement and construction].” By substp ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9669736&action=detail Tue, 22 May 2012 14:39:00 GMT substp tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9669695
And create many jobs in the poor rural area.... By substp ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9669695&action=detail Tue, 22 May 2012 14:29:00 GMT substp tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9669663 By: Terence Creamer
22nd May 2012
Updated 28 minutes ago

"The head of State-owned power utility Eskom has called for urgent “guidance” from Energy Minister Dipuo Peters on the implementation of South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity, including the role that Eskom will play in the execution of the plan, which runs from 2010 to 2030."

"The State-owned utility said greater certainty was required if South Africa was to avoid the “mistake” of the recent past, when it began adding new capacity “too late” to meet growing demand"

"“[But] it is the big base-load decisions that need to be made early,” Dames warned, noting that it took up to ten years to implement some base-load projects, such as nuclear energy projects."

"Eskom’s Kusile coal-fired power station project, Dames said, would be completed by around 2019. But future project implementation certainty was required soon “if the next power station needs to operational by 2020”."

"What is very important is that the decisions to implement this plan [the IRP] be made very soon, as the electricity industry is a long-term industry [and] you don’t just dream up power stations, or investments in power stations. It takes, sometimes, ten years to build new base-load power stations"

"The future mix would still embrace coal, but would have far more renewables and nuclear, with the addition of natural gas, or shale gas, as a possible “game changer”."

"Eskom, which had a mandate to supply 70% of future generation, had the “full intention” of remaining a “dominant” electricity supply industry participant and would expand its role in the African electricity supply sector.

But to play such a role, decisions around the selection of base-load projects and the allocation of those projects to developers was required."


http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/eskom-calls-for-urgent-guidance-on-its-role-in-energy-plan-2012-05-22 By substp ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:SNRP.L&display=discussion&id=9669663&action=detail Tue, 22 May 2012 14:21:00 GMT substp