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Six Atana women engineers share what drives them and how they're shaping the future of engineering. Not long ago, walking into a project meeting and spotting more women than men was unusual. That...
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The official handover of a suite of transformative social and labour plan (SLP) projects in June, by Impala Rustenburg, the subsidiary of Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats), marks a significant...
Guided by its environmental, social and governance (ESG) mission, coal producer Kangra has undertaken various levels of corporate social investment (CSI), and social and labour plan initiatives, to...
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State-owned electricity utility Eskom’s Koeberg nuclear power station was recently licensed to operate its Unit 1 for another 20 years, with global consultancy SRK Consulting South Africa playing a...
Although environmental, social and governance- (ESG-) related standards initially emerged in the mining sector in response to external pressures, conformance with such metrics has also contributed...
Embarking on a career as a geoscientist at a time when many of the stereotypes associated with women in mining were only starting to be dispelled, Council for Geoscience (CGS) Knowledge Management...
The organisers of the upcoming Carbon Markets Africa Summit have announced the diamond sponsorship of TASC, the award-winning and pioneering carbon finance project developer with a proven track...
GIBB’s Bursary Programme was life-changing for bursary recipient and Resident Engineer, Mary Moja, who joined the business permanently in 2023 after completing her studies at the University of...
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As South Africa celebrates National Women’s Month, recently rebranded engineering consultancy Atana has been named a Top Gender-Empowered Company by Standard Bank Top Women Leaders - an independent...
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