essentiaially, the big majors, the big players s wo were all involved in the south afafrican coal-m-mining industre getttting out as fast as they c, selling off f their assets, splitting them up into tiny parcels, and a corresponding upsurge in small, fly-by-night littttle companies with vevery little accouountability doing wt they will. thehere's no managemement, so the richest s s are being minened out, and everything elslse is being abandoned.d. i mean, optimum isa perfecect example,e, one of thte biggggest coal p producers i ine country for years. announcer: welcome to optimum coal, a company ththat combinens productivity... spoor: captured by gangsters, they looted the rehabilitation fans a and walked away. you u k, the minenes closed, , thousandsf people lost their jobs... announcer: we e believe inin enriching the lives of our employees and enhancing values... spoor: and we're left with thehe gaping holes in the eartrth... announuncer: ...over 3,000 employees... spoor: a and no resources to f x them, so we've got a toxic mess of an environmental disaster, social decay, a collapsing