European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is right about South Africa’s superior sun, prime wind, platinum group metals (PGMs) abundance, and the PGM relationship with green hydrogen... 

The time for action in South Africa on the engineering front is now. The way needs to be opened for urgent and more extensive upgrading of water, transport and particularly renewable energy... 

Unnecessary bureaucracy must be removed from South Africa’s investment framework and across-the-board investment must be encouraged smartly and swiftly. The red tape must go and the red carpet must... 

Now is the time for South Africans to collectively keep their eyes on the prize of elevating economic growth to the highest possible level in the shortest possible time. Looking forward and working... 

The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen last month encouraged South Africa to harness its superior sun, prime wind and overwhelming platinum group metals endowment by becoming a... 

Last month's EU-South Africa Summit in Cape Town was a real eye-opener. It showed the depth of insight that Europe has in South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGMs) endowment, the ability of our... 

Strong public-private collaboration is needed to help South Africa to win back its top position in ferrochrome, ferromanganese, ferroalloys and even some other metals. The restart know-how is... 

Never has it been more important for South Africans to collaborate in very committed fashion on all things that keep businesses afloat and enable new business opportunities to materialise.... 

When it comes to enabling economic growth, South Africans must set aside all ideological differences and pull together smartly, particularly in the fields of energy, digitisation, and the business... 

All South Africans need to do everything they can to help to grow their economy collaboratively as the new global era unfolds. Let’s display all the strength, flexibility, single-mindedness,... 

To offset the current global disruption, all South Africans must focus on seizing every economic opportunity that pops up, as we enter a new economic era. All prospects must be communicated like... 

At last week’s the Investing in African Mining Indaba, African presenters spoke intently of adding value to metals and minerals on the continent. Roundly condemned was the approach of digging... 

The torching of buses, the theft of rail cable and the disruption of key infrastructure must be declared acts of sabotage and punished accordingly. Deliberately destroying services that people need... 

Up to now, it has been only thermal coal that has come the attack from climate change fighters, but now metallurgical coal is also coming under the microscope of a group of ten organisations that... 

Things are happening regularly that point to climate change abatement being far more urgent than many global leaders seem prepared to acknowledge. In several places, investors in insurance... 

Year 2025 must be used to win back at least some of the huge market share that South Africa has lost in the ferrochrome and ferromanganese businesses. The smelters that turned ore into alloy in the... 

As we enter the New Year, our thoughts and actions should be directed towards making this country a better place. All South Africans, in whatever circumstance they find themselves, need to do... 

South Africa’s private sector a world-leading ferroalloy producer until the public sector performed so badly on the energy front that China took over that leadership using South African-mined raw... 

South Africa’s private sector once ruled the ferrochrome industry very convincingly, and rightly so, given this country’s chrome endowment and the major success it achieved in adding much value to... 

South Africa makes the purest manganese metal in the world. Not even China is able to South Africa's 99.9%-pure outcome. Moreover, South Africa’s way of turning that ultra-pure metal into battery... 

South Africa continues to have an enviable metals and minerals endowment but very slow reform and communication at regulatory level is not allowing the return to match the endowment. Good policy is... 

A call on policymakers to advance fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) alongside battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is a must in South Africa. European policymakers are being alerted to the urgent... 

The high electricity tariff scenario should prompt underground miners to make full use of every bit of self-generation potential that is available to them. For decades attention has been drawn to... 

Once again, we are hearing government request more local value-addition to local minerals and metals. In fact, Africa, as a continent, seems to be singing from the same hymn sheet on continental... 

Recycle like there’s no tomorrow, were the words emblazoned across the screen at last week’s Oppenheimer Research Conference, where 450 scientists were putting their heads together to solve the... 

The advance of Manganese Metal Company in the field of manganese sulphate is remarkable. Here is a company in Mpumalanga beating the West to capture a first-mover slice of the fast-developing... 

Mining, agriculture, manufacturing and everything that uplifts local business must be encouraged by government and wealth consumption kept in proper check. The long wait for exploration and mining... 

When demand for a commodity is good, the price of that commodity is generally good – but not in the case of platinum. Every platinum mining company you speak to reports robust demand but pricing... 

Representatives of development finance institutions, private sector banks, mining companies, automotive manufacturers, and energy development organisations are increasingly urging South Africa Inc... 

Properly implemented infrastructure development is a major economic enlarger that rewards an economy long after the roads, rail, bridge, energy, water, communication, aviation, health and many... 

The gold price has seemingly rebased beyond previous expected levels amid ongoing geopolitical and central bank demand for the precious metal. The record highs reached by gold appear to be the... 

For a South African company to build a ferromanganese smelter in another country is a clear reflection of how the country’s power became so expensive that it was better to beneficiate our manganese...