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Can a Business Rescue Practitioner and a Curator Bonis hold …

The first application sought to preserve all the shares in Optimum Coal Mine (Pty) Ltd (" OCM "); the business of OCM; and all shares held in Optimum Coal Terminal (Pty) Ltd (" OCT "). Both OCM and OCT have been in business rescue since 2018.

Optimum coal mine rehabilitation case set down for trial in …

The Johannesburg high court set down the matter for February 5 to March 8 2024. Former deputy director-general in the department of mineral resources & energy and energy, Joel Raphela, former Tegeta exploration and resources director Ronica Ragavan and former trustee of Optimum Coal Mine Pushpaveni Govender are the accused in the …

High court to hear preservation application against Optimum in …

The high court in Johannesburg has set down 8 March next year as the hearing date for the Investigative Directorate's (ID's) application to forfeit the Optimum coal mine, the shares the Gupta...

Optimum coal mine

Optimum coal mine NPA heads to court for permission to sell Optimum Coal Mine By Buhle Mbhele This comes after it filed a forfeiture application with the Pretoria High Court seeking permission...

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Optimum is a large complex located in the Witbank Coalfield, incorporating both surface and underground mining areas. The mine area covers the Pullenshope …

Optimum Coal Mine Middelburg | Phone 013 297 7... | Email …

Optimum Coal Mine, located at 1 Farm, Rietkuil 491js, Middelburg. Phone 013 297 7... send Email... Think Local

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Business rescue practitioners accuse NDPP of 'infringing' …

The preservation order over Gupta-owned Optimum Coal Mine (OCM) sought by the national director of public prosecutions (NDPP) is, according to the business rescue practitioners (BRPs), infringing...

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NPA interference in Optimum Mine's affairs irks …

11th Mar 2022. coal mine. The mining communities surrounding Optimum Coal Mine (OCM) in Mpumalanga on Friday shut down the mine citing the interference of the National Prosecuting …

High court thwarts sale of Gupta-owned Optimum …

The Pretoria High Court has frozen the assets of the Optimum Coal Mine. They were on the verge of being sold by the business rescue practitioners to Liberty …

OPTIMUM COAL MINE (PTY) LTD

OPTIMUM COAL MINE (PTY) LTD's headquarters is located at EQUITY PARK BLOCK B, 257 BROOKLYN RD GAUTENG PRETORIA, Gauteng, 0181 South Africa. What is …

Glencore's sale of Optimum Coal Mine was meant to …

An entrance to the Optimum Kwagga coal mine owned by Glencore is seen near Hendrina in Mpumalanga province, in this September 8, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/Files.

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Optimum Collieries, located in the Witbank coalfield region of Mpumalanga, have a relatively long history of coal production. Opened in 1968 by BHP Billiton, the collieries' …

Former Gupta associate profiting off Optimum's coal | Business

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Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine season off to active start

The Exhibition Coal Mine takes visitors underground into a coal mine and then on a tour of a historically accurate coal camp at New River Park. It draws about 50,000 visitors per year. The ...

Tegeta acquired Optimum Coal Mine 'through …

The NPA lodged an application on Friday seeking a preservation order for the attachment of all of Tegeta's shares in Optimum Coal Mine (OCM) and Optimum Coal Terminal (OCT).

'Industrial-strength money laundering' at …

The case constitutes an epilogue to the long-running saga of the Optimum Coal Mine, and pits the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) against the mine's business rescue practitioners in an...

Corporate governance in Eskom – How Optimum coal mine was purchased …

Mr Marsden and Mr Petrus van den Steen were appointed as business rescue practitioners on the 4 August 2015 for Optimum Coal Holdings (OCH), as well as Optimum Coal Mine (OCM). Before and during the business rescue process, unsolicited approaches to purchase OCM were received from Tegeta via their auditors, KPMG.

OPTIMUM COAL MINE (PTY) LTD

Doing Business As: OPTIMUM COAL HOLDINGS Company Description: Industry: Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying, Support Activities for Mining, Mining (except Oil and Gas), Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction, Miscellaneous nonMetallic minerals, except fuels See All Industries

Glencore's sale of Optimum Coal Mine was meant to …

Optimum had been supplying coal to South Africa's power utility, Eskom, since the 1970s. Glencore initially refused Oakbay's offers. Negotiations then reopened in September later that year,...

How State Capture business was conducted – former Optimum Coal …

CAPE TOWN — Cynical government intervention in dealings between Eskom and its financially vulnerable coal supplier, Optimum, wore it down, making it ripe for the plucking by the Gupta's Oakbay company, dramatic testimony by Glencore director and former CEO of Optimum Coal Holdings, Clinton Ephron reveals.

The Guptas and coal: how state capture hobbled Alexkor, part 2

Centaur and Optimum A dubious Centaur "loan" to the Guptas enabled their infamous takeover of the Optimum coal mine — one of their prized South African assets. Centaur's role in the Optimum scandal was first detailed in the Public Protector's State of …

Optimum Coal Mine Middelburg | Phone 013 297 7... | Email …

Optimum Coal Mine, located at 1 Farm, Rietkuil 491js, Middelburg. Phone 013 297 7... send Email... Think Local Optimum Coal Mine Middelburg | Phone 013 297 7... | Email | …

RBCT's termination of the Optimum Coal …

This follows a letter received by the Business Rescue Practitioners (BRPs) of OCT alleging that Optimum Coal Mine (OCM) is not currently meeting alleged coal exporter requirements pertaining to …

How State Capture business was conducted – former Optimum Coal …

Testifying before the State Capture commission on Wednesday, Glencore director and formerly CEO of Optimum Coal Holdings (OCH), Clinton Ephron, painted a picture of the seven-month campaign that ended in January 2016, when Glencore finally agreed to sell OCH to the Guptas for R2.15bn. Former Optimum Coal mine CEO, …

NPA steps in as Optimum Coal Terminal interdict …

The Optimum Coal Terminal is a coal export facility, and its rescue is linked to that of the Optimum Coal Mine. The drawn-out rescue of the mine, which is finally …

Optimum and Koornfontein coal mines up for …

Optimum Coal Mine together with Optimum Coal Terminal and the independent Koornfontein Mines, in Mpumalanga are now up for sale within strict parameters as governed by the provisions regulating …

Eating the state capture elephant one bite at a time | SAnews

The Gauteng High Court granted preservation orders to the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the NPA against those who, in 2016, were involved in "financing" the purchase of Optimum Coal Mine (OCM) for R2.1-billion by the Gupta-owned Tegeta Resources.

South Africa's NUM union marches on Gupta-owned Optimum Coal mine

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hundreds of members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) marched on Wednesday at the Optimum Coal mine, owned by the controversial Gupta family, to express their...