The State-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has increased its shareholding in coal and renewable energy company Exxaro Resources to just over 15.13%.

Coal exploration and mining company Canyon Coal’s De Wittekrans greenfield project, in Mpumalanga, South Africa, will take place in two phases.

The lab in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, was jointly built by the Shanxi provincial government, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and two local enterprises.

The campaign will last until the end of March.

Provincial congress hails success in poverty alleviation, plans economic transformation.

It is expected that a new round of coal price rise will not appear until April or may.

"[Rail operator] Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) is cancelling many trains," said one supplier.

The increase took overall shipments for the last year to 407mn, slightly higher than a government-set target for the year of 400mn t.