Bituminous and Lignite Coal Exploration, Beneficiation, and Extraction in Africa

African Rainbow Minerals, (ARM) - Chislehurston South Africa - ARM is a niche-diversified, South African mining company with excellent long life, low operating assets in key commodities. We own ferrous metals, nickel, platinum and coal operations and hold a significant interest in gold through our shareholding in Harmony.
CAMEC - CAMEC is an African mining, investment, development and trading company with offices in the UK and Africa. CAMEC has recognised that it is in a strong position to capitalise on opportunities within the coal sector. CAMEC's cobalt exploration, mining and processing activities are focused in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the world's richest cobalt region. CAMEC's activities in Copper are currently focused on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). CAMEC views gold exploration and production as a key element in its strategy. Although the current focus of exploration and production is in Mozambique, the DRC and Zimbabwe, the Company is looking at further projects across Africa. CAMEC aims to be a major low cost producer of tantalite, an important industrial commodity particularly for the electronics industry.

South Africa

Afriore Limited - A mining, mineral exploration, and mineral resource development, company focused in Southern Africa with coal, diamonds, gold, titanium, and base metals projects
Anglo American Coal Corporation Ltd/a> - Anglo Coal is a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American and is one of South Africa’s largest coal producers. Its operations are based in South Africa, Colombia and Australia. It produces thermal, PCI (pulverised coal injection) and metallurgical and coking coals to customers in the inland domestic markets as well as the export market of Europe, Indo Pacific and Far East.
BHP Billiton - Melbourne VIC, Australia/a> - BHP Billiton is the world's largest diversified resources company. BHP Billiton occupies industry leader or near industry leader positions in major commodity businesses, including aluminium, energy coal and metallurgical coal, copper, manganese, iron ore, uranium, nickel, silver and titanium minerals, and have substantial interests in oil, gas, liquefied natural gas and diamonds.
JCI Ltd - JCI Gold Limited is a mining investment company which is in the process of being focused on resource financing and development. Its principal holdings at present are a 43.1% interest in Western Areas Limited and a 44.9% interest in Free State Development and Investment Corporation Limited.
Xstrata Plc. - Zug, Switzerland - Xstrata is a major global diversified mining group, listed on the London and Swiss stock exchanges and based in Switzerland. Xstrata manages a diversified portfolio of metals and mining businesses with the single aim of delivering industry-leading returns for shareholders. The Group maintains a meaningful position in six major international commodity markets: copper, coking coal, thermal coal, ferrochrome, vanadium and zinc, with additional exposures to gold, lead and silver. Xstrata's operations span four continents and six countries: Australia, South Africa, Spain, Germany, Argentina and the U.K.