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Terence Creamer is the Editor of Engineering News and a Deputy Editor for Mining Weekly. He also has editorial responsibility for Polity.org.za and Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa.
Rise in planned maintenance, spike in breakdowns trigger ‘unwelcome’ Stage 6 return
Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has attributed the “unwelcome” resumption of Stage 6 loadshedding, during which business and residential areas experience rotational cuts for as much...
Creecy calls for non-debt instruments to help Africa build climate resiliency
South Africa’s Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has again called for new financial instruments, particularly non-debt instruments, to be pioneered in Africa to assist the continent in overcoming...
TPT moves to lease key port equipment amid spares crunch at DCT Pier 2
Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) is seeking to lease straddle carriers and ship-to-shore cranes at the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2 for the coming 12 months, in light of the flagship...
Ramokgopa working with DMRE to have updated IRP released for consultation soon
Although persisting with his position that he has the powers to determine the sources of new generation, Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says because the Department of Mineral...
New Transnet chair hints at possible equity injection as group slumps to R5.7bn loss
New Transnet chairperson Andile Sangqu has indicated that the troubled State-owned freight logistics group, which has hitherto prided itself on being financially self-sufficient, may require and...
South Africa now taking an average of 25 months to complete tariff investigations, report shows
It is currently taking an average of 25 months for government to complete import duty investigations and to provide the necessary Ministerial approvals for the South African Revenue Service to...
Participants in consortia vying for Boegoebaai project confirmed
The Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has released details of the companies participating in the three consortia shortlisted to participate in an upcoming bidding process to design, fund and...
M&R 'still in race’ to regain RUC as it seeks to rebuild from 2023 shock
Downscaled engineering and contracting group Murray & Roberts (M&R) is continuing with efforts to regain control of RUC, the Australian mining services business it lost when its Australian holding...
Two more risk mitigation hybrid projects take steps toward financial close
Two more preferred bidders selected as part of the much-delayed Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP), which was launched as an emergency procurement round in...
Contract with preferred mining cadastre bidder could be signed within months – DMRE
Amid renewed calls for a functional online mining cadastre to help turnaround South Africa’s declining exploration performance, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) reports that a...
Mantashe aiming to secure Cabinet approval for ‘IRP 2023’ in Sept
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is aiming to seek Cabinet approval to publish an updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for public consultation during an upcoming Cabinet...
Just Share wants Sasol’s appeal for alternative measurement of Secunda’s air pollution rejected
Sasol’s appeal of the National Air Quality Officer’s (NAQO’s) July 11 refusal to approve an alternative approach for measuring the sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions from the 17 coal boilers at the...
Draft Freight Logistics Roadmap promised by year-end
A new ‘Freight Logistics Roadmap’ is currently undergoing an internal government consultative process for publication before the end of the year, the latest Operation Vulindlela progress update...
Eskom mulling new curtailment approach to unlocking grid capacity as it pursues 47 priority projects
State-owned utility Eskom has confirmed that it is prioritising 47 grid-related projects within its larger R210-billion Transmission Development Plan (TDP) that it believes could collectively add...
DMRE aims to unveil battery storage preferred projects in two months after receiving 17 bids
A total of 17 bids have been received in response to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s (DMRE’s) inaugural public procurement for battery energy storage system (BESS) projects. The...
Sasol produced first green hydrogen from Sasolburg electrolyser in June
JSE-listed energy group Sasol reports that it produced its first green hydrogen in Sasolburg in June, during the commissioning phase of a project to repurpose an operational electrolyser to use...
Secunda refinery’s post-2030 output cut as Sasol struggles to pin down gas supply
Energy and chemicals group Sasol says it is continuing to assess several technology and feedstock solutions to bolster post-2030 liquid fuels and chemicals volumes at its Secunda refinery, in...
Xi says China ready to import more from ‘strategic partner' South Africa
Chinese President Xi Jinping says China stands ready to import more quality products from South Africa, while also encouraging Chinese enterprises to invest in the country, which he described as a...
Bank of China, IDC sign agreement on R10bn funding package
South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Bank of China (BoC) have signed a framework agreement that could unlock a R10-billion funding package over the next five years to...
R30bn distribution backlog poses risk to supply beyond current generation shortfall – Ramokgopa
Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has acknowledged that South African cities and towns face the real prospect of ongoing power interruptions even if the balance between supply and...
Brics energy ministers agree to cooperate to improve access, reduce emissions
Energy Ministers and officials from the Brics bloc met in Sandton on Friday to discuss potential areas of collaboration for improving access to secure and affordable energy, while transitioning to...
Presidency, business call for expedited passage of Bill overhauling electricity market
The Presidency and organised business have called for the passage of the Electricity Regulation Amendment (ERA) Bill to be expedited within the sixth Parliament, following a meeting on August 1 to...
In appeal against air-quality decision, Sasol again makes case for load-based emission limit
Energy and chemicals group Sasol has moved to formally appeal a decision of the National Air Quality Officer (NAQO) to decline its application to have its Secunda boilers regulated using a...
Eskom making virtual wheeling strides but says national framework still required
Eskom reports that it has made material advances in developing what it calls a ‘virtual wheeling product’ that will allow one or more generators to transact with multiple offtakers, including those...
South Africa taking an average of 25 months to complete tariff investigations, report shows
It is currently taking an average of 25 months for government to complete import duty investigations and to provide the necessary Ministerial approvals for the South African Revenue Service to...
DCT Pier 2 partnership to be ‘catalyst for change’, TPT chief asserts
Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) CEO Jabu Mdaki is optimistic that the joint venture (JV) with International Container Terminal Services Incorporated (ICTSI) will be implemented from the start of the...
TNPA confirms participants in consortia vying for Boegoebaai project
The Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has released details of the companies participating in the three consortia shortlisted to participate in an upcoming bidding process to design, fund and...
Engineering consultancy appointed at big Namibian green hydrogen project
Independent international engineering and consulting firm ILF Consulting Engineers (ILF) has entered into a partnership agreement with Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, which is preparing to build a...
Godongwana provided PFMA consent for unbundling of Eskom’s distribution unit in 2022
Government has again moved to dismiss suggestions that the unbundling of the Eskom generation, transmission and distribution businesses into three separate entities can be regarded as...
With R9.2bn spent since April, govt insists Eskom is not exceeding diesel budget
Government reports that Eskom has spent R9.2-billion on diesel since the start of the State-owned utility’s financial year on April 1, which it claims to be marginally below an initial budget for...
Eskom unbundling, ERA promulgation will demonstrate electricity reform ‘political will’
Energy Council of South Africa CEO James Mackay believes an expedited promulgation of the Electricity Regulation Amendment (ERA) Bill together with the unbundling of Eskom will send a clear signal...
IFC ready to support private grid investment in SA
The World Bank’s private sector financier, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), has indicated a willingness to fund public–private partnerships (PPPs) aimed at expanding and strengthening...
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