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Sustainability and business success – a link forged by people
Sustainability and business success – a link forged by people
Updated 3 hours ago

By: Devan Pillay - Cluster President, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric Business success and sustainability have become inextricably linked; however, the definition of the latter is not as... 


Parker Hannifin plays a critical but often unseen role in powering industries worldwide
Hidden champion of movement Parker Hannifin exhibits at bauma 2025
Updated 4 hours ago By: Shannon de Ryhove

A global leader in motion and control technologies, Parker Hannifin plays a critical but often unseen role in powering industries worldwide. From mobile hydraulics to clean energy solutions,... 


Iamgold's Côté receives C$1.48m from govt for green transition
Iamgold's Côté receives C$1.48m from govt for green transition
Updated 7 hours ago By: Mariaan Webb

The Côté gold mine in Sudbury, owned by precious metals miner Iamgold, is set to receive a boost toward reducing its environmental footprint, thanks to a C$1.48-million investment from the federal... 


The Boyne smelter in Queensland
Rio Tinto repowers Gladstone aluminium operations with renewables
Updated 7 hours ago By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified miner Rio Tinto and energy group Edify Energy have entered into two new solar and battery hybrid services agreements (HSAs) to enhance the supply of reliable, competitively priced... 


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Clearwater lithium project, Canada – update
14th March 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Canadian lithium brine developer E3 Lithium has secured conditional approval for a nonrepayable investment from the government of Canada’s Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund. 


4IR INTRODUCTION Baletsema has successfully introduced a range of 4IR solutions to Tier 1 mining companies
Tech, innovation driving 4IR adoption
14th March 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

As the mining industry moves towards adopting Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies through increased automation and data-driven decision-making, mining consulting company Baletsema... 


INDUSTRY ALIGNMENT
The expansion of MacLean battery electric fleets aligns with the industry’s push toward decarbonisation
Automation advances EV safety, efficiency
14th March 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

As the mining industry shifts towards reducing equipment operator exposure to high-risk environments, mining companies are increasingly looking for technologies that enhance both safety and... 


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Local supply chains crucial to promoting food security
14th March 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Strengthening local supply chains is critical to ensuring food security and economic resilience, and sourcing materials and services locally not only reduces supply chain disruptions but also... 


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Chemical development centre enhances innovation, customer service
14th March 2025

Germany-based specialty chemicals company LANXESS is making headway in enhancing its innovation and customer service capabilities, having inaugurated its India Application Development Centre (IADC)... 


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Innovative fuel alternatives benefit multiple industries
14th March 2025

As part of its long-term “Shape Tomorrow” strategy, petroleum company MOL Group has successfully produced and tested a diesel fuel containing hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and a sustainable... 


An image of a CBS-affected citrus fruit
Chemicals producer launches new product for citrus black spot control
14th March 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

Germany-based chemicals company BASF is leading the way in innovative agricultural solutions with its latest citrus black spot (CBS) control product, Revycare, which allows agricultural citrus... 


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Pollution threatens to overwhelm the country’s water supply systems
14th March 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

As many regions across South Africa, including the City of Johannesburg and eThekwini, continue to grapple with significant water supply challenges and extended outages, the growing threat of water... 


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Lubrication firm launches sustainable oil buy-back initiative
14th March 2025

Leader in lubrication solutions Atlas Oil in February announced the launch of its Sustainable Oil Buy-Back Program, in partnership with the nonprofit organisation Rose Foundation. This initiative... 


Location map of the Jaguar nickel project
Jaguar nickel sulphide project, Brazil – update
14th March 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

ASX-listed exploration company Centaurus Metals has identified significant opportunities for improvement to the feasibility study estimates. 


JA Engineering CEO Matimba Mahange, JA Engineering business development, sales and marketing director Mbulelo Nkasana, Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile and JA Engineering COO Danie Van Wyk
Gauteng heavy equipment manufacturing sector has not reached its full potential, Maile says
13th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

After visiting manufacturing and engineering company JA Engineering’s facilities in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, on March 13, Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile said he was upbeat... 


Pictured from left to right at the Dalwes substation:  Herman Rossouw, Senior Engineering Technician, Jaco Bence, Senior Superintendent, Leon Laing, Manager: Planning and Customer Services at the Electro-Technical Engineering division at Drakenstein Municipality, and Jacques Visser, Development Manager, Utility Business at Schneider Electric
Drakenstein Municipality Receives Schneider Electric Sustainability Impact Award in South Africa
13th March 2025

Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced Drakenstein Municipality as a winner of the Schneider Electric Sustainability Impact... 


Acting Exxaro CEO Riaan Koppeschaar.
Exxaro boosting small business, education, post-mining economies, farming ventures
13th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

As at the end of December, the social investments of Exxaro Resources amounted to R2.1-billion amid the bettering of lives and livelihoods being declared core by this black-controlled Johannesburg... 


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Amplats’ Mogalakwena mine achieves IRMA 50 on responsible mining standard
13th March 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Platinum group metals (PGM) miner Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats’) Mogalakwena mine complex, in Limpopo, has achieved an Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) 50 measurement.... 


 Balancing Energy Demands and Sustainability: South Africa’s Hydrogen Revolution
Balancing Energy Demands and Sustainability: South Africa’s Hydrogen Revolution
13th March 2025

(Virtual Showroom ) By: Dr Darija Susac, 2nd Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Conference Committee Member and Acting Director of HySA Catalysis Centre of Competence Economic growth and socioeconomic... 


European Lithium announces maiden resource for Tanbreez
European Lithium announces maiden resource for Tanbreez
13th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed European Lithium on Thursday announced a maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE) of 45-million tonnes at 0.4% rare-earth oxide from the Tanbreez project, in Greenland. The MRE was... 


Accidents at giant Rio Tinto project kill more than a dozen workers, prompting inquiry
Accidents at giant Rio Tinto project kill more than a dozen workers, prompting inquiry
12th March 2025 By: Reuters

A routine night shift ended in tragedy for Alseny Camara. The 32-year-old was working for a Chinese subcontractor building a railway to reach Simandou - the world's largest new iron mining... 


Victory delivers economic case for North Stanmore rare earths project
Victory delivers economic case for North Stanmore rare earths project
12th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Victory Metals has completed a scoping study for the North Stanmore rare earths project in Western Australia, confirming the project is a world-class opportunity for the critical... 


Buildings in Africa’s urban evolution
Buildings in Africa’s urban evolution
11th March 2025

By: Mark Freeman - Offer Manager, Digital Buildings, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric  Africa is now an urban continent.  In fact, it’s urbanisation is being heralded a global megatrend,... 


DMRE denies allegations that it is ignoring claims of illegal sugilite mining
10th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has denied allegations from PP Gemstones that it is ignoring illegal sugilite mining by Black Rock mine and failing to respond to legal... 


Integrals Power CEO and founder Behnam Hormozi
Integrals Power LMFP battery cathode validated by QinetiQ
7th March 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

A new lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) cathode active material developed by battery material company Integrals Power could increase the real-world range of electric vehicles (EVs) by... 


Drilling under way by Arrow Minerals in the Northwest Territories.
Ottawa injects C$420 000 into Northern mining investment push
7th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The federal government is committing up to C$420 000 to bolster mining investment across Canada’s North, aiming to attract domestic and international interest to the region’s resource sector.... 


TANGIBLE RESULTS
The Maric flow control valve range has demonstrated tangible results in reducing water wastage
Advanced valve solutions enhance water, air consumption efficiency
7th March 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

Amid growing concerns over resource conservation and operational efficiency, the mining sector is increasingly turning to advanced valve solutions to optimise water and air consumption, says... 


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Association embraces Network Statement
7th March 2025

Professional body for inland ports Multimodal Inland Port Association (MIPA) has embraced State-owned freight company Transnet’s Network Statement, which it describes as a “landmark development”... 


Alfred Challis, CEO at MANZI Water, a retailer of purified water
Alfred Challis
7th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This week we profile Alfred Challis, CEO at MANZI Water, a retailer of purified water 


Provisional inquiry report outlines measures to reshape South Africa’s digital platforms market
7th March 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Competition Commission has published the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) provisional report, outlining several key provisional remedies aimed at reshaping the digital... 


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New defence review needed to tackle widening SANDF funding and capacity gaps
7th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

In late January, in fighting in the city of Goma and surrounding districts, in North Kivu province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 14 South African soldiers were killed. The... 


African Association of Automotive Manufacturers appoints new CEO
7th March 2025 By: Irma Venter

The African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) has appointed Victoria Backhaus-Jerling as its new CEO, effective March 1. Backhaus-Jerling succeeds Dave Coffey, who is retiring, having... 


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Eva copper mine project, Australia – update
7th March 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Work on the feasibility study update is progressing well. 


Location map of the Minim Martap project
Minim Martap bauxite project, Cameroon – update
7th March 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

ASX-listed exploration and development company Canyon Resources remains on schedule to complete a definitive feasibility study during the third quarter of the year. 


Watch expert speakers discuss sustainable practices in the transportation and logistics industry in this webinar hosted on behalf of dmg events Transport Evolution Africa
Panellists urge sustainable practices in the transportation, logistics industry
6th March 2025 By: Shannon de Ryhove

The transportation and logistics industry in Africa is at a pivotal crossroads. As global sustainability efforts intensify, companies across the continent must adapt to greener practices despite... 


Lithium Americas lands $250m Orion investment to fund Thacker Pass
Lithium Americas lands $250m Orion investment to fund Thacker Pass
6th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Lithium Americas announced on Thursday a $250-million investment from Orion Resource Partners, a private equity firm focused on metals and materials, to fund the development of the first phase of... 


Join the conversation on fixing fragile infrastructure, securing SA’s water future
Join the conversation on fixing fragile infrastructure, securing SA’s water future
6th March 2025

South Africa’s water crisis is deepening, with aging infrastructure, financial challenges, and governance issues threatening supply to businesses and communities. How can we fix crumbling water... 


The role of Gauteng-based SEZs in driving mining beneficiation
The role of Gauteng-based SEZs in driving mining beneficiation
6th March 2025

Exploring investment opportunities in industrial zones: Incentivising manufacturing and boosting exports Gauteng, South Africa’s economic powerhouse, is at the forefront of industrialisation.... 


Before and after pilot mining and land rehabilitation at the Kasiya rutile/graphite project
Rehabilitation efforts at Sovereign Metals’ Kasiya progressing well
5th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

The rehabilitation of the land at the test pit site mined during triple-listed Sovereign Metals’ pilot mining and land rehabilitation programme at its Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in Malawi, has... 


C$4.7m in federal funding for E3's Clearwater project
5th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed E3 Lithium has secured conditional approval for a non-repayable investment of up to C$4.7-million from the government of Canada’s Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund (CMIF). The... 


Kiboko Group has announced a game-changing partnership with the world’s third-largest mining machinery manufacturer XCMG
Kiboko Group, XCMG forge strategic partnership to drive innovation, sustainability in S Africa’s mining industry
5th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

A new player in South Africa’s mining equipment sector, Kiboko Group, has announced a game-changing partnership with the world’s third-largest mining machinery manufacturer XCMG. This... 


Concept design of a lithium conversion facility on Mission Island
Governments signal support for Frontier Lithium’s Thunder Bay conversion facility
5th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada's Frontier Lithium has secured the intent of both the federal and Ontario governments to support the development of a lithium conversion facility in Thunder Bay, in a move which is aligned... 


Pele Energy Group Secures R575 Million Investment Backed by Nedbank and Norfund to Accelerate Renewable Energy Growth
5th March 2025

Pele Energy Group (PEG) has announced the completion of a R575 million capital raise that will significantly bolster its renewable energy and impact ambitions. This investment, backed by Nedbank... 


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