edenville energy plc said tuesday that performance at its rukwa coal project in tanzania improved in the second half of march and it now has the potential to achieve its initial base case production target the londonlisted energy company said it washed a total of 594 tons of coal in march at rukwa of which 5125 tons were washed between march 20 and march 31 this reflects improvements in weather conditions and operational performance of the wash plant the company said edenville had cautioned on march 28 that it expects production to be reduced at the site as long as seasonal rains continue given its stockpile of runofmine coal proved difficult to wash due to its moisture content the company said that while it expects production figures to remain volatile in april it is encouraged by the results and evidence suggests following the end of the rainy seasontypically mayit will be able to deliver its initial production targets the company said on feb 9 that it has agreed terms to supply 2000 tons of washed coal a month at a pretransport price of 98 a ton edenville said it has also identified an additional accessible coal seam at rukwa which could increase the projects potential