Diesel price in South Africa for mining: September 2026
South Africa's wholesale 0.05% diesel price from 2 September 2026: 2,911.11 c/l in Gauteng, 2,823.91 c/l at the coast, up 293.90 c/l. 2026 history.
Pay Dirt: the operations desk for surface mining
Safety & compliance United States
MSHA rules for surface mining contractors
Fuel & diesel United States
Off-highway diesel tax credit for US mining
Diesel price this month
Wholesale list price, cents a litre · As at 2 Sep 2026
- Gauteng 0.05% sulphur2,911.11c/lup293.90 c/l on last month
- Coast 0.05% sulphur2,823.91c/lup293.90 c/l on last month
- Gauteng 0.005% sulphur2,955.51c/lup314.90 c/l on last month
- Coast 0.005% sulphur2,868.31c/lup314.90 c/l on last month
In this section What site data systems record and what they miss.
36 South African surface mining contractors and service companies, each checked against its own website or a dated public source.
Nobody pays to be listed and we do not rank entries.
Register for our free weekly newsletter
The new pieces each week and, once a month, the diesel price for mining contractors with its source.
Sign up
Double opt-in. See the privacy notice.
Load, haul & blast Glossary
Spacing in blasting: the distance between holes in a row
Spacing is the distance between neighbouring blastholes in a row. It is usually 1 to 2 times the burden. How to set it and what it does to drilling.
Load, haul & blast Glossary
Stemming in blasting: length, material and why it matters
Stemming is inert material packed into the top of a blasthole to hold the explosive gases in. Rules of thumb put its length at about 0.7 times the burden.
Load, haul & blast Glossary
Tonne-kilometre: measuring haulage work
A tonne-kilometre is one tonne moved one kilometre. Multiply tonnes by haul distance to see haulage work that tonnes alone hide; tyres use it per hour.
Load, haul & blast Glossary
Grade resistance: what a ramp costs a haul truck
Grade resistance is the force to climb a slope: 10 kg per tonne of gross weight for each 1% of grade. Formula, degrees to percent, a pit ramp example.
Load, haul & blast Glossary
Match factor: sizing trucks to loaders
Match factor = trucks × loading time per truck ÷ (loaders × truck cycle time). Below 1 the loader waits; above 1 trucks queue. Worked excavator example.
Fuel & diesel Glossary
Wet stock: counting the diesel you actually hold
Wet stock is the fuel physically in your tanks and bowsers, measured by dip. Compare it with book stock each period; the gap is your stock variance.