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Terence Creamer

Terence Creamer

Terence Creamer is the Editor of Engineering News and a Deputy Editor for Mining Weekly. He also has editorial responsibility for Polity.org.za and Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa.

By Terence Creamer

Mulilo CEO Jan Fourie

Mulilo gears up for big year of execution as it accelerates transition to integrated IPP

7th February 2025

With several new renewables and battery storage projects under construction or being advanced to financial close, 2025 is poised to be a significant year in Mulilo’s ongoing transition from an... 


Gas markets set to stay tight in 2025 – IEA

Gas markets set to stay tight in 2025 – IEA

7th February 2025

Global natural gas markets reached an all-time high last year and are set to remain tight in 2025 despite an ongoing rebalancing following the supply shock of 2022/23, the International Energy... 


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Transition momentum

7th February 2025

Recent developments in South Africa’s electricity market point to there being growing, albeit still nascent, momentum behind the country’s energy transition. They also suggest that the transition... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa says South Africa won’t ‘be bullied’ in SoNA overshadowed by tensions with US

6th February 2025

In a State of the Nation Address (SoNA) overshadowed by diplomatic tensions between South Africa and  the US over land, social inclusion and climate policies, President Cyril Ramaphosa said South... 


AMSA postpones longs wind down by month amid intense rescue talks with government

AMSA postpones longs wind down by month amid intense rescue talks with government

6th February 2025

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has postponed the wind down of its longs business by a month to allow talks with government on possible ways to prevent the closure to progress, as... 


Rail network

Closing date for rail-slot bids extended to Feb 27 after updates are made to Network Statement

6th February 2025

The Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) has announced an extension, from February 7 to February 27, to the closing date for slot applications under the recently published Network Statement,... 


Joanne Bate

Bate still expects to play role in green transition following IDC departure

5th February 2025

Former Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) COO Joanne Bate, who departed the development financier at the end of January, expects to continue to play some role in South Africa’s green energy... 


US President Donald Trump

Ramaphosa responds to Trump’s land-confiscation claims, says he looks forward to bilateral engagement

3rd February 2025

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has issued a swift response to US President Donald Trump’s threat that aid from that country could be withdrawn, owing to his view that South Africa’s... 


Coal station

Eskom falls painfully short of going 365 days loadshedding-free

31st January 2025

After having operated South Africa’s electricity system without resorting to rotational power cuts for 310 days, Eskom declared Stage 3 loadshedding at 17:00 on January 31, after the loss of 3 600... 


Eskom CEO Dan Marokane

Eskom forecasting full-year profit of R10bn, as it digests Nersa decision

31st January 2025

Eskom has confirmed that it is forecasting to make a full-year profit of more that R10-billion for 2024/25, having reported a R17-billion profit for the interim period, up from the R1.6-billion... 


Steel pipes

Much at stake as Itac moves on ‘flagship’ review of South Africa’s steel tariff structure

31st January 2025

The review of South Africa’s steel tariff structure set to be undertaken by the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has been described as the largest ever and is,... 


MIPA chairperson Warwick Lord

Inland port body dubs publication of Network Statement as ‘transformative moment’

31st January 2025

The Multi-Modal Inland Port Association (MIPA), which represents six inland ports in South Africa and one in Namibia, has added its voice to a growing chorus of support for the newly released rail... 


Scrap processing

Itac expects to finalise review of scrap export regulations during first half of 2025

31st January 2025

International Trade Administration of South Africa (Itac) chief commissioner Ayabonga Cawe reports that a summary report relating to the commission’s review of the Price Preference System (PPS) for... 


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How should SA respond?

31st January 2025

Be it apartheid, State capture or even the government of national unity, South Africans know firsthand the importance and influence of politics on all aspects of life. There is a strong... 


Powerlines

Nersa approves 12.74% tariff hike for April 1, as Eskom reports R16bn interim profit

30th January 2025

The Energy Regulator, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) highest decision-making body, has granted Eskom a 12.74% tariff increase for implementation on April 1. The... 


Powerlines

Hikes alone won’t guarantee Eskom’s viability, warns AGSA as it releases alarming audit findings

29th January 2025

On the eve of the highly-anticipated announcement of Eskom’s tariffs for the coming three years, the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) has warned that tariff increases will fail to improve the... 


Discovery Green head Andre Nepgen

Discovery Green concludes five wheeling deals across the resources, property and hospitality sectors

28th January 2025

South African electricity trader Discovery Green has confirmed that it has signed supply agreements for wheeled electricity with five companies in the mining, property and hospitality sectors,... 


Impala Refineries in Springs on Gauteng's East Rand

Implats signs deal with Discovery Green for supply of wheeled electricity to Springs refinery

27th January 2025

JSE-listed Impala Platinum (Implats) has signed a five-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Discovery Green for the supply of wheeled renewable electricity to its refinery operations in... 


Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager interim CE Moshe Motlohi

Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager gears up to allocate first rail slots to private operators

24th January 2025

South Africa’s recently established Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) is gearing up for the allocation of the first route slots to private train operating companies (TOCs) in line with... 


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Perfect storm?

24th January 2025

There is every reason to expect that 2025 will be a year of disruption. It’s an expectation informed largely by the reality of widespread national political rupture, epitomised by the return of... 


Eskom group executive for generation Bheki Nxumalo

Eskom now targeting full year loadshedding-free milestone as it breaches 300-day mark

21st January 2025

Eskom group executive for generation Bheki Nxumalo says the utility is focussed on ensuring that South Africa achieves a full year without loadshedding at midnight on March 26, after the 300-day... 


New IDC CEO Mmakgoshi Lekhethe

Senior National Treasury official Lekhethe to lead IDC

17th January 2025

Cabinet has approved the appointment of Mmakgoshi Lekhethe, a senior official from the National Treasury, as the first woman CEO of the State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC).... 


Eskom Group CEO Dan Marokane

Eskom outlines ‘aspirational’ generation vision in meeting with lawmakers

17th January 2025

Eskom Group CEO Dan Marokane has outlined an “aspirational” and largely unfunded new generation project pipeline to progressively replace its aged and polluting coal fleet. Having previously... 


Pele Green Energy CEO Gqi Raoleka

100 MW Free State solar project represents IPP empowerment landmark

17th January 2025

The selection of Pele Green Energy (PGE) to supply renewable energy to the South African ferrochrome smelters operated by the Glencore Merafe Venture represents an important milestone in the steady... 


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Unsurprising yet painful

17th January 2025

News that the struggling Newcastle Works will close at the end of this month is yet another painful reminder of South Africa’s ongoing deindustrialisation. The development itself is not surprising,... 


Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager interim CE Moshe Motlohi

Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager gears up to allocate first rail slots to private operators

10th January 2025

South Africa’s recently established Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) is gearing up for the allocation of the first route slots to private train operating companies (TOCs) in line with... 


ArcelorMittal Rail and Structural, pictured, will also be shut when Newcastle closes

No reprieve likely this time after talks on Newcastle mill’s survival fail

6th January 2025

The failure of a task team established to chart a survival strategy for ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s) Newcastle Works, in KwaZulu-Natal, culminated in the JSE-listed steel group notifying... 


ArcelorMittal South Africa CEO Kobus Verster

AMSA confirms closure of Newcastle Works as it issues profit warning

6th January 2025

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has announced that it will close its long-products business in a move that will affect 3 500 direct and indirect jobs and which is likely to have... 


South African National Energy Development Institute CEO Dr Titus Mathe

Updated IRP report to be released ahead of Cabinet approval, Mathe confirms

13th December 2024

South African National Energy Development Institute CEO Dr Titus Mathe has confirmed that a report containing a remodelled Integrated Resource Plan for 2024 (IRP2024) and incorporating stakeholder... 


Trading blows

Trading blows

13th December 2024

Trade and industrial policy will play a more prominent and potentially more destabilising role given that President-elect Donald Trump has signalled his intention to leverage tariffs as part of his... 


Pele Green Energy CEO Gqi Raoleka

100 MW Free State solar project represents IPP empowerment landmark

12th December 2024

The selection of Pele Green Energy (PGE) to supply renewable energy to the South African ferrochrome smelters operated by the Glencore Merafe Venture represents an important milestone in the steady... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

Ramokgopa seeks to catalyse Japanese finance for green hydrogen projects

10th December 2024

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is in Japan this week in a bid to secure financial backing for flagship South African green-hydrogen projects in the Eastern and Northern... 


Eskom Generation GM Eric Shunmagum

Eskom provides update on coal plants where decommissioning has been delayed to 2030

10th December 2024

State-owned electricity utility Eskom has provided some additional detail regarding the decision to continue operating 17 coal units across five power stations beyond their original decommissioning... 


NTCSA interim CEO Segomoco Scheppers

NTCSA says independent transmission projects must not reflect as balance-sheet liability

6th December 2024

The head of the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has confirmed that the entity’s board will insist that any independent transmission projects (ITPs) procured in the coming years... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

Ramokgopa again proposes relief from Eskom hike

6th December 2024

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who is Eskom’s shareholder Minister, has reiterated his opposition to the utility receiving a 36.15% tariff hike next year, while also... 


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Time to make IRP updating routine

6th December 2024

After the false start of January when the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023 (IRP2023) was released to much criticism and even incredulity, an effort is now under way to have a revamped IRP2024... 


Eskom Group CEO Dan Marokane

Eskom outlines ‘aspirational’ generation vision in meeting with lawmakers

4th December 2024

Eskom Group CEO Dan Marokane has outlined an “aspirational” and largely unfunded new generation project pipeline to progressively replace its aged and polluting coal fleet. Having previously... 


Energy Council of South Africa CEO James Mackay

Energy council calls for overhaul of public IPP procurement model

29th November 2024

The Energy Council of South Africa has called for an overhaul of the way government procures new electricity generation and storage capacity from independent power producers (IPPs), describing the... 


The first of what Barnes Group CEO Doron Barnes says will be many hot-rolled coils produced at Scaw Metals’ Union Junction complex

First hot-rolled coil produced at Scaw’s new R5bn mill

29th November 2024

The first hot-rolled coil (HRC) has been produced at Scaw Metals’ Union Junction complex in Ekurhuleni, heralding the reintroduction of competition into South Africa’s flat-steel market. The... 


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From crisis to . . .

29th November 2024

It was fascinating to listen to Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati outline, in a recent exchange with the Centre for Development and Enterprises’ Ann Bernstein, why he believed the latest turnaround... 


South African National Energy Development Institute CEO Dr Titus Mathe

Updated IRP report to be released ahead of Cabinet approval, Mathe confirms

28th November 2024

South African National Energy Development Institute CEO Dr Titus Mathe has confirmed that a report containing a remodelled Integrated Resource Plan for 2024 (IRP2024) and incorporating stakeholder... 


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