South Africa is not alone in seeking to raise funding for its transition from coal to renewables. Indonesia’s State wealth fund signed an agreement this month to help fund the early retirement of a... 

University of Pretoria macroecologist Dr Luis Pertierra, who took this photograph, has co-authored, with Prof Steven Chown of Monash University, a paper outlining policy proposals to protect the... 

Toyota Motor Corporation warned earlier this month that the shortage of semiconductors and auto parts, as well as supply-chain disruptions, continued to bedevil the industry. Underscoring the chip... 

Newly manufactured mainline railway sections are stockpiled at the end of the production line of ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s) newly acquired ArcelorMittal Rail and Structures facility 

Researchers at the Australian Institute of Marine Science observed record coral regrowth this year along two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef’s expanse.  

The Waterfall Management Company has rebranded its 2 200-ha Waterfall precinct in Midrand as Waterfall City. The rebranding is part of the mix-use development’s ongoing evolution from halfway house... 

The world’s largest coffee company Nestle reports that it will invest more than $1-billion by 2030 to encourage farmers supplying its Nescafe brand to employ more sustainable farming methods as... 

Special forces from the South African Police Service and South African Defence Force (SANDF) move towards a H125 helicopter during an antiaircraft-hijacking demonstration at the Waterkloof Air... 

The European Union’s (EU’s) ban on Russian fuel imports is likely to increase the world’s need for oil tankers, vessel owner Torm forecasts. The EU ban on Russian oil products from February 2023... 

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube and President Cyril Ramaphosa cut the ribbon at the official opening earlier this month of the R7.7-billion Sappi Saiccor upgrade and expansion project.... 

China’s special climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, reports that the country will need nearly $19-trillion of investment to ensure a peak in the country’s emissions by 2030 and to reduce them to net-zero... 

Russia’s squeeze on gas shipments in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is hurting industries across Europe. But Bloomberg reports that fertiliser companies are being particularly hard hit,... 

Toyota South Africa Motors is implementing various climate-resilience measures at its Prospecton plant (pictured), in KwaZulu-Natal, which was badly affected by severe flooding in April. The flood... 

Extreme heat across Europe has reportedly revealed everything from shipwrecks and corpses, to ornamental gardens and ancient cities. In Spain, a drought in Galicia has led to the re-exposure of a... 

Besides the threat posed to food insecurity in Africa by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, parts of the continent are also experiencing drought and conflict. In parts of northern Nigeria, for instance,... 

The National Energy Crisis Committee held its inaugural report back on how it will go about implementing the interventions announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on July 25 to tackle load-shedding.... 

Global resources group Rio Tinto, which producers a range of commodities including copper (pictured in the form of crushed ore) announced last week that it would pay a smaller dividend – a move... 

The European Union (EU) is pursuing emergency plans to shore up gas supplies ahead of winter amid fears that Russia will limit supply. Activities to save and store more gas accelerated after Russia... 

On July 11, US President Joe Biden unveiled the debut photo from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, the image is of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. It reveals thousands... 

A little-known Singapore airport, Seletar, may well be poised to become a global model for the future of mobility. Bloomberg reports that Singapore has already signed two agreements with advanced... 

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has warned of a "real risk" of multiple famines this year. "We face an unprecedented global hunger crisis," Guterres told a meeting in Berlin last... 

Ukraine was among the biggest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil before the Russian invasion, which has sent shockwaves through global agriculture markets and has raised the risk of hunger... 

Eskom reports that it has made progress in addressing major boiler defects at the Kusile (pictured) and Medupi power stations. This, after encountering issues with load losses associated with the... 

The shift to electric vehicles has spurred a global rush for lithium. This scramble was demonstrated during a recent auction for a controlling stake in a Chinese lithium mine, which garnered 3 448... 

French utility Engie will begin using an Artificial Intelligence-based technology from Google Cloud to optimise the value of its wind portfolio in Germany. The key objective of the pilot project is... 

Recent incidents of sabotage at Eskom power stations, including Tutuka pictured here, have exacerbated the country’s load-shedding crisis. CEO André de Ruyter has alleged that some of the... 

COPPER COMEBACK: Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema says he wants to triple copper output in the next decade, an ambitious target that would require $30-billion of investment, according to... 

A prototype zero-emission hydrogen-powered mine haul truck was unveiled by Anglo American at the Mogalakwena platinum mine, in Limpopo, this month. The truck is capable of carrying a 290 t payload... 

Egypt’s Suez Canal recorded its highest monthly revenue to date in April, when ship-transit fees surged to $629-million as traffic rebounded from the impact of Covid. The total number of ships... 

After a break of more than three years for maintenance and upgrading, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) began operating again late last month, when two beams of protons circulated in opposite... 

DARK DAYS: South Africa’s electricity crisis has its roots in poor policy decisions that span nearly three decades, starting with the failure to implement the 1998 White Paper. Administration after... 

Serious questions are being asked about the design of Transnet’s slot-sale process. The State-owned utility recently launched a bidding process for 16 rail slots, which will be sold ‘voetstoots’ to...