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With the gold price expected to be stronger for longer, hopes are high that South Africa’s five main remaining gold mining companies will maximise gold production and avoid repeating the gold...
ASX-listed Sandfire Resources says it delivered robust operating results in the quarter ended March 31, as its teams responded well to unprecedented rainfall at both Motheo, in Botswana, and its...
By: Nontu Mkhize - Offer Marketing Manager: Power Services and Industry - Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric As businesses experience growing pressure to enhance operational efficiency and...
A flurry of meetings between Saudi Arabia and South Africa over the past year has culminated in discussions about or signed deals worth billions of dollars into Africa’s most industrialized country...
Toronto-listed Agnico Eagle Mines has kicked off 2025 with a strong first-quarter performance, underpinned by solid gold production, robust financial results, and continued progress across its key...
Since the completion of the R2-billion upgrade of the Zandvliet wastewater treatment works (WWTW) in October last year, municipality City of Cape Town (CoCT) reports a significant improvement in...
This week we profile Katherine Persson, MD: assets at SOLA Group, a fully South African vertically integrated renewable-energy infrastructure, generation and storage company
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The time for action in South Africa on the engineering front is now. The way needs to be opened for urgent and more extensive upgrading of water, transport and particularly renewable energy...
As construction of the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) progresses, several socioeconomic programmes are under way to mitigate the impact of the physical and economic...
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced a record infrastructure investment of R39.7-billion over three years as part of the metro’s proposed ‘Invested in Hope’ Budget 2025/26. He says the...
Seven years ago, Cape Town made global headlines for all the wrong reasons. The city faced the very real possibility that its municipal water supply would run dry amid a severe, multiyear drought,...
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Aging infrastructure continues to affect water quality in South Africa. To address this, Tecroveer recently completed the refurbishment of the Matwabeng Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) in...
Canyon Coal’s Khanye Colliery will implement a robust Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) in the coming four years as part of the Bettercoal programme, enhancing the mine’s sustainability efforts....
In the first three months of this year, Anglo American Platinum achieved a 36% higher price for its ruthenium, a relatively low-profile platinum group metal (PGM) that was placed on a new high...
Africa’s trusted leader in industrial asset disposal WH Auctions is proud to announce a major two day webcast auction on behalf of globally respected mining operation Base Titanium in Kwale, Kenya....
Blue ammonia production company Suiso’s R31.5-billion coal-to-fertiliser project, the Hiryo plant, in Kriel, Mpumalanga, continues to gain momentum with the recent achievement of critical...
( Virtual Showroom ) When Anglo American Platinum’s Mogalakwena mine in South Africa’s Limpopo province wanted to extend the wear life of shaft sleeves in its Warman® pumps, Weir suggested the...
Uranium developer and producer Deep Yellow has, in its latest quarterly activities report, published on April 22, reiterated that it has deferred a final investment decision on its Tumas project,...
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...
This week we profile Charl du Plessis, a director at Good Hope Imports, which develops and sources lighting and lithium-related equipment for the mining industry
While mining companies try to capitalise on the increased demand for critical minerals, such as lithium and nickel, needed to enable the global energy transition and advance digitalisation, finding...
Aachen High Shear Reactor technology, predominantly used in the gold extraction process, has grown in popularity, as evidenced by commercial minerals processing and metallurgical testwork company...
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...
Heavy-duty slurry pump manufacturer Schurco Slurry has developed its presence in South Africa’s tailings transfer/retreatment and storage facilities (TSFs) sector owing to its expert engineering,...
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...
The mining industry relies on precise, durable equipment to extract resources from challenging environments. Unexpected equipment failures can lead to downtime, safety risks and increased costs. To...
The public consultations for the Department of Water and Sanitation’s (DWS’s) proposed Water and Sanitation Services Infrastructure Grants Management Policy (WSSIGM) have now been concluded. The...
Mineral exploration and development company New Murchison Gold plans to develop the Crown Prince deposit over a 30-year life-of-mine.
Canada based gold and silver explorer Ascot Resources has closed the second and final tranche of a private placement to support the advancement of its Premier gold project towards production.
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In an interview with Shantelle Alberts, Fire Specialist at Integrated Fire Technology (IFT) for fixed applications, we explore the steps the company is taking to enhance fire safety on mining...
ASX- and TSX-listed Paladin Energy has been served with a class action lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Victoria, with the plaintiffs alleging the uranium producer misled investors and breached its...
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 Harena Resources says metallurgical test results have confirmed that ionic clay-hosted rare earth elements (REEs) can be efficiently recovered from its 75%-owned Ampasindava project,...
ASX-listed Sovereign Metals says several geotechnical drilling programmes are now under way at its Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in Malawi. The results of the programmes will be used to support...
Diversified miner BHP has teamed up with renewable energy and infrastructure company ACCIONA Energía to study the feasibility of transforming its Mt Arthur Coal mine in New South Wales into a...
Scandinavian gold producer Akobo Minerals, which owns gold operations in Ethiopia, progressed mining operations in March, starting with lower-grade ore and reaching higher-grade material toward...
Copper producer First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has announced a strategic investment in Australia-based battery and electrification metals developer Prospect Resources. Prospect’s principal focus is...
By: Ben Selier - VP of Secure Power for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric The rise in hardware density in data centres is gaining speed and is largely driven by the demands of Artificial...
TSX- and NYSE-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM) says its near-term objective remains advancing the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project, in South Africa, to a development and construction...
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