State-owned power utility Eskom’s ambitious plan to expand South Africa’s transmission network, which includes the roll-out of 14 000 km of new power lines over the next decade, is expected to... 

Industrial clean energy projects specialist Energy Group is focusing on the development of battery energy storage system (BESS) solutions to address grid instability and arbitrage opportunities in... 

As part of its partnership in Germany’s Economic Affairs and Climate Action Ministry-funded  ESCO research project, heat exchange solutions developer Kelvion will develop “cutting-edge” 3D printed... 

South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) and the growth of its commercial and industrial renewable energy space is a good blueprint for the... 

In efforts to help the African continent champion its green industrialisation, the newly formed Green Industrial Development Expert Panel (GIDEP) highlighted during its inaugural meeting last month... 

Volvo Trucks South Africa has delivered two battery electric FH 6x4 truck-tractors to cold-chain specialist Vector Logistics. These truck-tractors form part of the logistics company’s roll-out of... 

Platinum miner Tharisa has reported that infrastructure work at the project is ongoing. 

World Bank president Ajay Banga on Wednesday doubled down on his push to revamp the bank's energy strategy to end a ban on lending for nuclear power projects and enable more natural gas projects,... 

ASX-listed BCI Minerals has received a key commonwealth government approval, paving the way for full-scale operations at its Mardie solar salt and sulphate of potash project in Western Australia.... 

London-listed Caledonia Mining on April 11 completed the sale of its Zimbabwean subsidiary Caledonia Mining Services (CMS) to CrossBoundary Energy Holdings (CBE) for a pre-tax consideration of... 

JSE-listed coal and energy group Exxaro Resources and State-owned electricity producer Eskom have announced they will collaborate on research initiatives and projects to reduce carbon emissions and... 

Toronto- and New York-listed Lithium Argentina has announced a potential new joint venture (JV) with Ganfeng Lithium to jointly develop and consolidate the Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes (PPG) basins.... 

South African platinum group metals (PGM) companies have been invited to become part of a programme that is targeting an initial 1.7-million-ounce increase in demand for palladium, a PGM that... 

US President Donald Trump is advocating for increased coal production in the United States, however, reviving decommissioned coal plants to meet this goal makes "no economic sense", the Institute... 

Gold major Barrick is leveraging its $4.25-billion investment into the Tanzania-based Twiga Minerals Corporation – a joint venture (JV) between it and the Tanzanian government – to further progress... 

Despite reduced loadshedding, power reliability concerns in South Africa persist. Consequently, solar solutions company Blockpower seeks to address the need for reliable, sustainable power through... 

Canadian mining company Robex Resources is on track to deliver first gold in the fourth quarter of this calendar year. 

The Reko Diq joint venture shareholders have approved the project’s updated feasibility study.  

This week: Platinum-based PEM technology at heart of everything we do, says Plug Power of US; New sun-track system could uplift South Africa’s concentrated solar plant performance; and, Pan African... 

Three new green hydrogen qualifications are being registered with the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations to enable South Africa to seize the platinum group metals (PGMs)-linked green... 

Contrary to reputations as noisy and dirty, generators are a key part of modern energy supplies. There are clear signs when loadshedding resurfaces in South Africa. Complaints fill message groups,... 

Chile's Indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with two of the nation's biggest miners to gain more influence over plans to increase extraction of the battery metal,... 

JSE- and NYSE-listed Gold Fields has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Decarbonising Mining Awards 2025 category for ‘Excellence in Decarbonisation Strategy and Implementation by a Mining... 

Copper mining company Kamoa Copper has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with CrossBoundary Energy for the provision of baseload renewable energy to the Kamoa-Kakula Copper mining complex, in... 

By: Thabang Byl - Buildings Segment Lead at Schneider Electric  Buildings are by its very nature energy intensive.  Fortunately, there are well-known solutions that allow businesses and facility... 

Drip irrigation has long been a trusted sugarcane irrigation method, with the obvious advantages being reduced resource use and higher yields. However, sugarcane farmers in KwaZulu-Natal have... 

Governments in West Africa can promote long-term development in the mining and power sectors by adopting strategic approaches and strengthening fiscal regimes with transparent, stable policies,... 

Cape Town’s Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) will have 120 BYD electric buses on the road by the end of the year, says company engineer Gideon Neethling. GABS has already deployed the first 20... 

Although the announcement of a 30% tariff on all exports from South Africa to the US could have a serious impact on the platinum group metals (PGMs) sector, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister... 

In a Zoom video interview with Creamer Media’s Engineering News & Mining Weekly, Plug Power President and CEO Andy Marsh on Wednesday pointed out that platinum-based proton exchange membrane (PEM)... 

West African gold producer and developer Robex Resources says it is on track to deliver first gold at its Kiniero gold project, in Guinea, in the fourth quarter of this calendar year. TSX-V-listed... 

The world's coal-fired power fleet inched up by 18.8 GW in 2024, its lowest rise in two decades, but new additions in China and India continued to offset closures elsewhere, data from US think tank... 

A new sun-tracking system, which could uplift the performance of South Africa’s concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, is attracting attention. CSPs, which use mirrors to convert sunlight into... 

The 89 MW Castle Wind Farm, a facility dedicated to supplying renewable energy to multinational mining and metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater’s South African operations, has achieved... 

Government officials from Botswana will meet with South Africa’s electricity ministry this week after power-import costs more than doubled, worsening a supply crisis. Breakdowns at Botswana’s main... 

Oskar Lewnowski has a good claim to be the poster boy for private capital in mining. A former investment banker who quit the legendary London-based commodity hedge fund Red Kite to start out on... 

Brazilian miner Vale said on Monday it agreed to form a joint venture with US-based investment firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) through its Brazilian renewable energy business Alianca... 

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has granted Eskom air-pollution exemptions for eight power stations that would otherwise have been forced to close on April 1. He... 

By: Ben Selier - Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric The food industry represents a huge portion of the global economy, expected to reach $9.68 trillion in 2025... 

Johannesburg-based AngloGold Ashanti has advanced its decarbonisation strategy with the completion of the Tropicana renewables project, establishing the largest hybrid power system in Australia’s... 

Investors in the Pan African Resources gold mining company are not only exposed to what is an exceptionally high gold price but also to low-cost, low-risk, near-term production growth of... 

With a total resource estimate of 219-million tonnes of coal and a projected production target of 7.2-million tonnes a year, coal miner Canyon Coal – a subsidiary of diversified mining investment...