Sonjica and business meet over emission reductions

Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica on Friday met representatives from Business Unity South Africa (Busa) to clarify the government's greenhouse gas reduction undertaking made to the United Nations Framework Convention on...

Competition Tribunal dismisses complaint against DME

The Competition Tribunal on Monday dismissed the complaint brought forward by mining industry electronics equipment supplier AEC Electronics against the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME). "We neither have the competence to instruct a state...

Transshipments starting to drive volumes at Ngqura – TPT

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) on Monday reported that transshipment volumes from the Far East, South America and the rest of Africa had started to arrive at the Ngqura container terminal, in Port Elizabeth, during January. Vessel...

World Energy Council’s Schock to address SA conference

London-based World Energy Council (WEC) director of studies Dr Robert Schock would be in South Africa to address delegates at the Energy Indaba in Johannesburg in February. Schock would facilitate a conference session focused on technology where...

Internet services revenue could grow to R28bn over 5 years – study

Local Internet services revenue would likely grow to R28-billion a year by 2014, information communication technology consultancy BMI-TechKnowledge (BMI-T) forecast on Monday. A recent study had revealed that Internet services revenue grew at a...

Global steel output fell 8% last year

Global steel production decreased by 8% in 2009, when compared with 2008, reaching only 1,2-billion tons, the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) reported on Friday.

Comair to expand African route

JSE-listed aviation company Comair has been granted two new African routes by the South African Air Licensing Council and will start with scheduled flights from Johannesburg to Dar Es Salaam, in Tanzania, and to Walvis Bay, in Namibia, soon, it...

Chinese firm becomes World Cup’s first green energy sponsor

New York-listed renewable energy company Yingli Green Energy has become the first-ever renewable energy company to be a sponsor of the FIFA World Cup, as well as being the first Chinese company to seal a global sponsorship deal with the football...

Mobile operators’ interconnect fee proposal ‘unfair’ – Minister

Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda on Wednesday supported the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (Icasa’s) decision not to review the interconnection amendment agreements submitted to it by cell phone operators MTN,...

Sanral raises R1bn for freeway expansion

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has raised R1-billion in its first auction for 2010, under its domestic medium-term note programme by tapping into its two bonds with maturities in 2020 and 2034. The R1-billion raising...