When crude oil is above $26 a barrel, it makes economic sense to convert coal.

Producers are going to be supplying more to the domestic market, where demand is surging because three new power plants are starting up this year. Local consumption may reach 35 percent of total output next year compared with 30 percent this year.

Investment in exploration is almost non-existent. Meanwhile, all the discovered deposits will be depleted in time.

The tax will reduce our competitiveness against producers such as Australia, South Africa and newcomers such as Vietnam. It will add further to our costs after a sharp rise in fuel prices.

We'll get there on the back of rising oil prices.

a fraud through and through, a real snake-oil salesman.