South Africa's Thungela half-year profit plunges 80% on weak coal prices
Aug 18 (Reuters) - South African thermal coal exporter Thungela Resources' TGAJ.J half-year profit fell 80% due to weaker prices for the fossil fuel, it said on Monday. Thungela posted headline earnings per share of 1.92 rand ($0.1093) rand in the six months to June 30, compared to 9.52 rand during the same period last year. ($1 = 17.5707 rand) (Reporting by Nelson Banya; Editing by Joe Bavier) ((Nelson.Banya@thomsonreuters.com;))