S tr a t egy and s tructur e VIEW S FROM C OMMODITY SECT OR LEADERSHIP FORUMS L edjadja C oal Boik ar abelo As the lar ges t c omponent of mining b y sales v alue c oal is a critically important sour c e of primary ener gy tha t driv es the South A frican ec onom y C OA L LEADERSHIP FORUM Ov ervie w and appr oach T otal sales f or c oal in 20 19 r eached R13 9 3 billion with an o v er all pr oduction of 2589Mt T he c oal indus try emplo y ed 9 2230 people dir ectly who c ollectiv ely earned R2 7 9 billion T he C oal L eadership F orum CLF member c ompanies ar e Anglo American C oal Exx ar o Glenc or e C oal K angr a C oal K uy asa Mining Mbuy elo Gr oup MC Mining Sasol Mining Seriti and South32 Challenges and opportunities Clima t e Change T he Int erna tional C on v ention on Clima t e Change s C onf er enc e of the P arties C OP25 t ook plac e in Madrid Spain fr om 2 13 Dec ember 20 19 C oal as a f os sil fuel w as in the spotlight and came under se v er e pr es sur e fr om the NGO c ommunity and some de v eloped c ountries which ar e pr omoting decarbonisa tion of the w orld T he go v ernment of South A frica is c ommitt ed t o gr eenhouse gas GHG emis sion r eduction within the c ont e xt of its ec onomic and social r equir ements Ho w e v er e v en in South A frica itself ther e ar e or ganisa tions tha t ar e v ehemently opposed t o c oalr ela t ed pr ojects and ar e e v en discus sing the c onc ept of s tr anded as sets L egisla tiv e fr ame w ork T he South A frican Go v ernment is in the pr oc es s of initia ting v arious piec es of legisla tion r egar ding the management of GHGs T he Na tional T r easury is implementing the Carbon T ax A ct as w ell as en vir onmental and diesel le vies T he Department of En vir onment Fisheries and F or es try DEFF is implementing the Gr eenhouse G as In v ent ory r egula tions and has also s tart ed discus sions on the Clima t e Change Bill En vir onmental and Social P erf ormanc e and Out c omes Civil society or ganisa tions ha v e W e ha v e es tablished leadership f orums thr oughout our indus try in an ef ort t o s tr eamline and pr omot e c ollabor a tion T hese f orums pr o vide a pla tf orm f or engagement with our members and f or our members t o engage with go v ernment on sect or specifc ma tt ers T his section deals with the appr oach of the f orums along with their major challenges and opportunities activities and f ocus Glenc or e C oal Goedge v onden C olliery P age 40