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    September 18, 2019

    Former Gupta-linked Optimum Coal Mine goes up in flames

    Commodities Optimum Coal, South Africa, Thermal Coal

    Optimum Coal Mine in Middelburg, Mpumalanga went up in flames after a fire set the mine’s conveyor belts alight on Sunday.

    The Middleburg Observer reports that while it is unclear what caused the fire, it is believed that it may be sabotage.

    Initial reports suggest that the fire started next to the conveyor belts and then spread onto the mine grounds.

    The former Gupta-linked mine, which supplied coal to Eskom, had gone under business rescue in February 2018.

    Gupta-owned Tegeta bought Optimum from Glencore in 2016 for R2.15bn in a deal shrouded in mystery, Fin24 previously reported.

    Business rescue practitioner, Louis Klopper told News24 on Monday he did not want to speculate on the circumstances surrounding the incident.

    “One of the overhead transmission cables fell down into the dry grass and set it alight, simple as that…Full Story

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