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Muga potash project, Spain – update
19th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Highfield Resources has terminated its senior secured project finance facility after the last lenders agreed to exit. 


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Orom-Cross graphite project, Uganda – update
19th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Blencowe Resources has completed an aggregate fundraise of £1.12-million. The funds will be used towards the completion of the definitive feasibility study.  


Vivo Energy launches VE-CEM: a breakthrough digital solution to keep Africa’s fleets and equipment moving
Vivo Energy launches VE-CEM: a breakthrough digital solution to keep Africa’s fleets and equipment moving
16th September 2025

Vivo Energy, the pan-African retailer and marketer of Shell and Engen-branded fuels and lubricants, today announced the launch of its new VE-CEM (Continuous Equipment Monitoring) solution, powered... 


United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell.
South Africa’s coal-to-clean funding support highlighted in UN Climate Change release
15th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa's just transition that protects workers and communities while scaling-up renewables to strengthen energy security is being held up as an example of climate mitigation advance by the UN... 


Decarbonisation and South Africa as we move further into the 21st Century
15th September 2025

By: Prof. Gordon Smith (Pr Eng, PhD) - Past President of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Advisor/Non Executive Director (Virtual Showroom) The SAIMM International PGM... 


Hive Hydrogen programme director Trevor Donian, AMDA Developments CEO Piero Granelli, Hive Hydrogen head of development Zander van der Walt, Hive Energy Africa CEO Colin Loubser, and Hive Hydrogen legal director Benji Mothibedi.
South Africa's R105bn hydrogen project advances to front-end engineering design stage
12th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Following go-ahead for the required renewable energy generation, South Africa’s R105-billion Coega Green Ammonia project in Nelson Mandela Bay has now advanced to front-end engineering design... 


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Association upbeat about liberalising airspace
12th September 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The Single Africa Air Transport Market (SAATM) is one of the African Union’s (AU’s) flagship projects under its Agenda 2063 and it aims to ensure the full implementation of the Yamoussoukro... 


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Worries persist despite recent moves to overhaul air traffic entity
12th September 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

South Africa’s aviation sector faces a critical test as recent systemic failures at State-owned Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) disrupt operations and cause delays, triggering safety... 


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Minas-Rio System mine, Brazil
12th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

An iron-ore mine in Conceição do Mato Dentro and Alvorada de Minas, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. 


Luanda to Host Heads of State-Level Infrastructure Financing Summit Under African Union Chairmanship
Luanda to Host Heads of State-Level Infrastructure Financing Summit Under African Union Chairmanship
11th September 2025

The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with Government of the Republic of Angola will host Africa’s biggest Infrastructure Financing... 


Nacala Corridor
Japan’s $7bn Nacala Corridor initiative boosts Sovereign Metals’ Kasiya project
11th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

ASX-listed Sovereign Metals has announced that the government of Japan has launched a dedicated investment initiative targeting the Nacala Corridor infrastructure, significantly strengthening the... 


Africa’s Biggest Mobility Stage Returns to Sandton — SMA Summit 2025
10th September 2025

Africa’s biggest stage for the future of transport is back! The Smarter Mobility Africa Summit (SMA) returns to the Sandton Convention Centre, 1–2 October 2025, bringing together the brightest... 


Early project works undertaken by Concor include establishing access roads, site offices and an on-site batching plant, in preparation for the large volumes of concrete needed for the turbine foundations
Concor progresses on Karreebosch Wind Farm
9th September 2025

Concor has become an important construction partner in South Africa’s wind energy landscape, and recently started work on the Cennergi Holdings and G7 Renewable Energies 140 MW Karreebosch Wind... 


 TOMRA Mining breaks new ground in underground rock salt sorting pilot project at K+S Zielitz mine
TOMRA Mining breaks new ground in underground rock salt sorting pilot project at K+S Zielitz mine
9th September 2025

The underground X-ray Transmission (XRT) sorting pilot plant at the Zielitz mine, developed by TOMRA in collaboration with K+S, sets a new benchmark for efficient, sustainable potash mining. The... 


Vehicle manufacturing
South Africa's GDP grew 0.8% in the second quarter
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South Africa’s GDP increased by 0.8% in the second quarter, following an increase of 0.1% in the first quarter of the year, Statistics South Africa has reported. The manufacturing industry... 


IPR has added the Atlas Copco PAC SH diesel-driven pump, delivering a powerful 250 m shut-off head for tough dewatering jobs, to its product lineup
IPR expands dewatering solutions with high-head Atlas Copco PAC SH pump
9th September 2025

IPR (Integrated Pump Rental) has strengthened its dewatering solutions portfolio with the addition of the high head Atlas Copco PAC SH dewatering pump. Capable of a 250 m shut-off head, this... 


Time to burn rubber on tyre recycling
8th September 2025

Vast tailings dams, giant-tyre burial grounds and leaky water stewardship will all be regulated out of mining’s future. Tyre Stewardship Australia’s Lina Goodman thinks one part of that future... 


The Centre of Excellence for Hydrogen Energy in Vanderbijlpark
VUT, Standard Bank to devise practical green hydrogen solutions through new research centre
5th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Standard Bank and the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) have officially launched the Centre of Excellence for Hydrogen Energy, on VUT’s campus in Vanderbijlpark. The partners aim to advance... 


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Smelter rebirth bodes well for local beneficiation
5th September 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The acquisition of Metalloys by Menar Capital and Ntiso Investment Holdings signifies a move towards revitalising the manganese alloy industry in South Africa, which has experienced a decline in... 


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Solar panel lifting product simplifies solar system installation
5th September 2025

The solar energy market is surging in South Africa – particularly in the commercial and industrial sectors – as businesses seek cost-effective, sustainable solutions to manage rising electricity... 


DHL, Unilever and Volvo in pilot study to test superlink electric truck
5th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

DHL Supply Chain has launched an electric vehicle (EV) pilot project in collaboration with Unilever and Volvo Trucks South Africa. The initiative involves deploying a fully electric Volvo FMX 6 x 4... 


CLEAN FUEL
Tanks which are used for fuel storage are fitted with BMG’s OMTEC spin-on filters that have been specially designed to clean diesel fuel to ISO 4406 standards
Solutions provider highlights bulk fuel filtration offering
5th September 2025

A growing area of industrial solutions provider BMG’s filtration services is bulk diesel fuel filtration. Tanks which are used for fuel storage are fitted with BMG’s OMTEC spin-on filters that have... 


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Cascabel copper/gold/silver project, Ecuador – update
5th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

SolGold is shifting its tax domicile to Switzerland as the company advances the Cascabel project into development. 


Aerial view of the Eland mine
Eland mine complex, South Africa – update
5th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The completion of a 4.5-m-diameter raise-bored ventilation shaft has markedly improved underground conditions, especially in deeper areas critical to the medium-term ramp-up. 


Kodal CEO Bernard Aylward
Kodal receives export permit for Bougouni lithium project
4th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Kodal Minerals has received the export permit for the spodumene concentrate produced at its Bougouni lithium project, in southern Mali, for an initial 125 000 t of spodumene concentrate,... 


Zimile unveils new brand identity, establishing innovation and energy business units
Zimile unveils new brand identity, establishing innovation and energy business units
4th September 2025

As part of its rebranding, multi-disciplinary consulting engineering and built environment firm Zimile has introduced two new business units – Innovation and Energy – that are central to the... 


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Breathing life into aquaculture
4th September 2025

Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing food production sectors worldwide, and Africa is no exception. From tilapia to trout and salmon, fish farming has become a critical contributor to food... 


Tshipi é Ntle CE Ezekiel Lotlhare and Transnet Group CE Michelle Phillips.
More long-term rail certainty through yet another public-private agreement
3rd September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

State-owned rail company Transnet on Wednesday reported yet another ten-year third-phase Manganese Export Capacity Allocation (MECA3) agreement, this time with the Tshipi é Ntle manganese mining... 


Containers being transported by ship
Unctad reports that trade policy uncertainty has 'become the new tariff'
2nd September 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The unpredictability of particularly US trade policy has become a major factor in global trade, UN Trade and Development (Unctad) has highlighted in its latest 'Global Trade Update'. This was on... 


Platinum group metals support every step of the vitally necessary energy transition.
IDC, KfW funding green hydrogen, green ammonia project in solar-rich Northern Cape
2nd September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Project development funding for the Prieska Power Reserve Project is being partly sourced from the German Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development... 


Reimagining Supply Chains for a Disrupted World
Reimagining Supply Chains for a Disrupted World
1st September 2025

It is time to reimagine how we build, manage and leverage supply chains - not just to survive disruption, but to grow stronger because of it. This was the key message in an insightful SAPICS... 


Victor Guo, President of Huawei Enterprise Business in Sub-Saharan Africa
Huawei partners with SARA to accelerate the digital transformation of railways in Southern Africa
1st September 2025

Collaboration advances railway intelligence, driving innovation, efficiency, and smarter transport systems across the region The Huawei Railway Summit 2025 was held in Johannesburg, South Africa,... 


Fenix Resources executive chairperson John Welborn.
Fenix secures right to 290Mt iron-ore Weld Range iron-ore project
1st September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Fenix Resources has signed a binding 30-year right-to-mine agreement with Sinosteel Midwest Corporation (SMC), a subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group, giving Fenix exclusive rights to... 


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Projects in Progress 2025
1st September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media’s ‘Projects in Progress 2025’ report provides an overview of South Africa’s economic development as reflected through major infrastructure projects across energy, transport, water and... 


MICHELIN Connected Fleet Reinforces Support for Transport Operators and Industry Standards
MICHELIN Connected Fleet Reinforces Support for Transport Operators and Industry Standards
29th August 2025

Last week, stakeholders from across South Africa’s transport and logistics sector gathered for an RTMS awareness Workshop, a platform dedicated to sharing knowledge and advancing industry... 


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On-The-Air (29/08/2025)
29th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks a logistics deal, continuous excavation tech and Harmony's results in focus  


IE3 motor, red, shop floor
Motor, drive efficiency gains unlock greater energy availability in Africa
29th August 2025 By: Tracy Klückow

Energy efficiency is a growing concern in the mining industry, especially in Africa, where power supplies are often limited and intermittent, owing to substandard generation, transmission and... 


The above image depicts MetPac-SA CEO Kishan Singh
Metal packaging increases circularity
29th August 2025

As metal packaging continues to be one of the most sustainable and recyclable forms of packaging on the plant, producer responsibility organisation for metal packaging MetPac-SA continues to... 


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Summit to address minerals beneficiation, trade
29th August 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Fostering collaboration and development strategies for the sustainable extraction, beneficiation and trade of critical minerals, such as ferrochrome and ferromanganese, will be addressed at this... 


Dry-type transformer in modular container
Dry-type transformers gaining traction amid renewables integration
29th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

With mining companies increasingly opting for on-site renewable-energy installations to ensure reliable power, and improve their environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials, electrical... 


Why Astron Energy Refinery is critical To SA economy
Why Astron Energy Refinery is critical To SA economy
27th August 2025

Since 2020, South Africa has lost around 50% of its crude oil refining capacity due to refineries having been decommissioned or converted into storage facilities. South Africa currently has only... 


Menar gains critical rail access
Menar gains critical rail access
26th August 2025

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy announced the granting of rail network access to 11 private companies as part of the government’s reforms to improve economic efficiencies and increase rail... 


South Africa’s journey to smart, greener transport
26th August 2025

By: Andrés Diaz - Vice President, Power Systems, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric South Africa like it peers across the globe is making some noteworthy stride in establishing an economy... 


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