{"id":"south-africa-july-coal-output-sales-data-september-2026","canonicalSlug":"south-africa-july-coal-output-sales-data-september-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/south-africa-july-coal-output-sales-data-september-2026","language":"en","title":"South Africa’s July coal output and sales move in different directions","summary":"The September statistical release separates lower production volume from higher coal sales at current prices.","body":["Statistics South Africa’s preliminary July mining release, published on 10 September 2026, reports coal production down 7.5% from July 2025. Coal contributed minus 2.0 percentage points to the overall mining production decline of 7.5%. These are national mineral-sector measures, not results for an individual mine.","Coal sales at current prices rose 5.0% year-on-year and contributed plus 1.0 percentage point to the change in total mineral sales. Total mineral sales fell 5.6%. Sales value and production volume measure different things: higher nominal coal sales do not establish higher physical output, and the release does not attribute the difference to a single cause.","Seasonally adjusted total mining production fell 1.9% from June and 5.5% over the three months ending July compared with the preceding three months. Those aggregate comparisons should remain separate from the unadjusted annual coal change. July is the measurement month; September is the release month, rather than a new September production result."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"South Africa’s July coal output and sales move in different directions\n\nThe September statistical release separates lower production volume from higher coal sales at current prices.\n\nStatistics South Africa’s preliminary July mining release, published on 10 September 2026, reports coal production down 7.5% from July 2025. Coal contributed minus 2.0 percentage points to the overall mining production decline of 7.5%. These are national mineral-sector measures, not results for an individual mine.\n\nCoal sales at current prices rose 5.0% year-on-year and contributed plus 1.0 percentage point to the change in total mineral sales. Total mineral sales fell 5.6%. Sales value and production volume measure different things: higher nominal coal sales do not establish higher physical output, and the release does not attribute the difference to a single cause.\n\nSeasonally adjusted total mining production fell 1.9% from June and 5.5% over the three months ending July compared with the preceding three months. Those aggregate comparisons should remain separate from the unadjusted annual coal change. July is the measurement month; September is the release month, rather than a new September production result.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["south-africa","mining","coal","production-data"],"eventDate":"2026-09-10","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T15:04:42Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-08T15:04:42Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-08T14:13:54Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-10","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"Statistics South Africa","url":"https://www.statssa.gov.za/?PPN=P2041&SCH=74338&page_id=1856","publishedAt":"2026-09-10","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/south-africa-july-coal-output-sales-data-september-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/south-africa-july-coal-output-sales-data-september-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/south-africa-july-coal-output-sales-data-september-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/south-africa-july-coal-output-sales-data-september-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/south-africa-july-coal-output-sales-data-september-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/south-africa-july-coal-output-sales-data-september-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/south-africa-july-coal-output-sales-data-september-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"country-za","type":"country","countryCode":"ZA","name":{"en":"South Africa","tr":"Güney Afrika","ar":"جنوب أفريقيا","fr":"Afrique du Sud","es":"Sudáfrica","ru":"ЮАР","pt":"África do Sul"},"context":{"en":"Country identified in the primary source; no site coordinates asserted.","tr":"Birincil kaynakta belirtilen ülke; saha koordinatı iddiası yok.","ar":"البلد المحدد في المصدر الأصلي؛ لا ندعي إحداثيات موقع.","fr":"Pays identifié dans la source primaire; aucune coordonnée de site affirmée.","es":"País identificado en la fuente primaria; no se afirman coordenadas del sitio.","ru":"Страна указана в первоисточнике; координаты площадки не заявлены.","pt":"País identificado na fonte primária; não se afirmam coordenadas do local."},"source":{"name":"Statistics South Africa","url":"https://www.statssa.gov.za/?PPN=P2041&SCH=74338&page_id=1856","publishedAt":"2026-09-10","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}}]}