article: https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/south-africas-exxaro-gets-numerous-european-requests-coal-2022-04-07\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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After Europe announced that they will be introducing sanctions on Russian coal that will be taking effect late in the summer of 2022. This means that European countries are having to look for other sources to get their energy from. One of these other sources is the South African company Exxaro Resources. They reported that they had received a number of requests from European countries to export coal after it was announced that the EU would impose sanctions on Russia. However, the company has stated that although their coal reserves are large enough to supply the EU, the South African infrastructure would not be able to support the increased capacity that would come from such a large increase of coal exports. As a result the South African government has added an additional 40 locomotive units to the South African railways which has increased its capacity by 10 million metric tonnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is an interesting article because it shows how the sanctions placed on Russia following their invasion of Ukraine are affecting the EU. This also is an example of how countries in the EU that are placing sanctions on Russia are solving the gaps in their energy that have been created by sanctioning Russian energy exports by going to other countries like South Africa to fulfill their energy needs. It is also interesting to see how new interest in possible export customers has spurred an increase in infrastructure development in South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This article relates to class because it shows how the sanctions placed on Russia affect the EU. It especially highlights the issues that have arisen with the global supply chain and how EU countries are trying to fix the gap that was created by the sanctions on Russian energy. This has also been an issue with other products like sunflower oil and grain of which Russia and Ukraine are two of the world\u2019s largest producers. This has impacted some middle eastern and african countries quite heavily and has lowered food security in western african countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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