Momentum in the hydrogen economy is continuing to build, Implats group executive refining and marketing Sifiso Sibiya reported when he presented an Implats slide outlining global market trends for... 

This week: Shell driven to powering progress in mining; Venetia Underground Project will achieve operational readiness, first production in 2023; And, Multotec focusing on improving African mining... 

Foundry and engineering company Thos Begbie is now wholly South African-owned after 15 years of offshore ownership. Thos Begbie’s top four senior management, together with four other South African... 

Petroleum business company Shell is recommitting itself to the African mining industry with its solutions and products geared towards sustaining the mining industry through the provision of... 

The multi-award winning Moladi Building System is enabling houses and other structures of a superior quality to be built in record time and at a fraction of the cost of conventional building... 

Shanta Gold has expanded the mineral resources at the project. 

Kropz has completed its first shipment of phosphate concentrate from the project. 

A newly launched emission-reducing ship has loaded its first cargo of iron-ore from Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore operations in South Africa. The vessel is the first of ten liquefied natural gas... 

Canadian miner Iamgold has confirmed the expansion potential of the Nelligan joint venture (JV) project, in Quebec, executive VP for growth, Craig MacDougall reported on Thursday, announcing an... 

Japan will send a delegation to meet with Canadian battery and mining companies early this year, while Canada is planning a trade mission to Japan later in October, the leaders of both countries... 

Kropz has announced an increase in the total phosphate resources at the Elandsfontein phosphate project. 

ASX-listed Woodside and the North West Shelf (NWS) partners have struck a non-binding agreement with fellow-listed Western Gas to potentially process some two-million to three-million tonnes a year... 

ioneer has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shell Canada Energy for the supply of sulphur to ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project. 

Dual-listed Horizonte Minerals is making good progress on the construction of its Araguaia nickel project, in Brazil, which is on schedule to start production in the first quarter of 2024. When... 

Junior Ioneer has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shell Canada Energy for the supply of sulphur to Ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project, in Nevada. The MoU builds of a 2019... 

BP chief executive Bernard Looney is betting on hydrogen to power future low-carbon businesses as the governments of major economies stump up cash to develop the fuel to decarbonise. Low-carbon... 

Dimple Tube technology – developed and patented by Bosch Projects, part of the Bosch Holdings group of engineering, construction and operations management companies – is set to transform the... 

Proudly South African hydrogen technology, which has the potential to slash the cost of green hydrogen, has just won top recognition in Monaco at the principality's inaugural hydrogen forum. The... 

This week we profile Cathleen Bayne, MD of Nuvo Consulting, a project, cost and construction management firm 

Kropz has entered into a new conditional convertible equity facility to advance the ramp-up of operations at the project. 

Drilling results have confirmed high-grade results at the project. 

Kropz has remodelled its Elandsfontein mine resource. 

This week: Harmony Gold says exciting part of Eva Copper is near-term production and, Shell consortium accelerating electrification of mine haul trucks 

Nasdaq-listed The Metals Company (TMC) on Wednesday announced that it had successfully collected an initial batch of seafloor polymetallic nodules and transported them up a 4 km-long riser system... 

Transitioning oil, gas, fuels and lubricants company Shell has established a nine-member consortium to create electrification solutions for mining sites. The electrification offers a shift away... 

Institutional investor EIG, through its liquefied natural gas (LNG) company MidOcean Energy has finally landed in Australia, striking a $2.15-billion deal with Tokyo Gas to acquire that company’s... 

The evolution of technologies in various sectors require “more than a few” modern fuel and lubrication solutions, which means that the evolution of solutions needs to be aligned to the technologies... 

Green hydrogen and fuel cells will be a very important part of any future energy system, says Switzerland-based energy and sustainability consultancy strategist Dr David Hart. Among the... 

ASX-listed Vulcan Energy has appointed Cris Moreno, an energy and chemicals industry executive based in Europe, as its deputy CEO with effect from November 1. Moreno has more than 20 years’... 

Energy major Woodside has become the first Australian company to join the Aiming for Zero Methane Emissions Initiative. By signing the initiative Woodside is committing to striving to reach... 

The 40-page judgment delivered earlier this month by High Court Judge President Selby Mbenenge in relation to the granting and renewal of an oil and gas exploration right to Shell and partners off... 

Energy major Shell has inked two new gas supply agreements with the Mareenie joint venture (JV) participants to supply gas to the Australian east coast. ASX-listed Cue Energy on Thursday reported... 

Sometimes, a pandemic is not the worst thing that can happen to a company. When Covid-19 hit, the pandemic did interrupt MellowVans’ global rollout plans, but it also prompted the... 

With South Africa’s deep gold mines in mind, support-solution company Fabchem Mining has designed a new yielding tendon, which can be used underground to support areas prone to seismic activity.... 

More than half of FTSE 100 companies now have a board-level committee focusing on ESG issues, a sign of their desire to become more sustainable. A dedicated ESG committee can help a company speed... 

A joint venture (JV) between energy majors Woodside Energy, BP, Shell Australia, Chevron Australia, and Japan Australia LNG (MIMI), which is owned equally by Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsui & Co,... 

In the more than a quarter century since Shell left Ogoniland in southern Nigeria, oil has continued to ooze from dormant wellheads and active pipelines, leaving the 386-square mile kingdom’s... 

ASX-listed European energy business Hartshead Resources has completed an A$11-million capital raise to study work on the development of its Anning and Somerville gas fields, in the UK. The company... 

Thos Begbie & Co was established in 1887 by Scottish marine engineer and pioneer Thomas Begbie, in the newly proclaimed gold-rush town of Johannesburg.  A management buyout in 1989 further boosted... 

Automakers racing to make more electric vehicles have a problem: climate change is catching up with the industry. On Monday, authorities in China’s Sichuan province — the source of about a fifth of... 

Kropz has reported a delay in the ramp-up of operations at the Elandsfontein phosphate mine. 

Coal mining and exporting company Thungela, which generated R8.9-billion free cash in the first six months to June 30, is sharing R500-million of it with employees and communities, setting out to...