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TMS-Redec
5th May 2023

Industrial services company TMS-Redec offers turnkey solutions for shutdown and other large scale maintenance requirements. We also offer a basket of standalone services catering to clients in the... 


Solar panel-powered water pump
Solar-powered PUE systems unlock more revenue, lower costs for African farmers, SMEs
4th May 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Productive Use of Energy (PUE) applications powered by solar panels pose a massive opportunity for small businesses on the continent, particularly in the agricultural space, to increase revenue and... 


Enlit Africa: Shedding light
Enlit Africa: Shedding light
4th May 2023

May is National Energy Month and, from 16 - 18 May at Cape Town’s International Conference Centre, speakers at the Enlit Africa conference will ignite conversations between delegates, as innovators... 


Daimler Truck Southern Africa opens new head office in R200m investment
Daimler Truck Southern Africa opens new head office in R200m investment
4th May 2023 By: Irma Venter

Daimler Truck Southern Africa (DTSA) has officially opened its new head office in Centurion in a R200-million investment into the country. The group also spent R20-million on upgrading its truck... 


Tata Chemicals fails to have 40% antidumping duty on US soda ash axed
3rd May 2023 By: Darren Parker

The High Court has upheld the decision by the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) to increase the imposition of antidumping duties from 8% to 40% on Indian chemical company Tata... 


Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad.
Anglo to fund education initiative close to copper/cobalt exploration activities in Zambia
2nd May 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Diversified mining company Anglo American has announced that it will be funding an education initiative in Zambia close to where it is involved in exploration activities, where potential copper and... 


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Contractor secures new orders from diamond mine
28th April 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Following its successful expansion of the sewage treatment plant of diamond miner Lucara Diamond’s Karowe mine in Botswana, water management contractors WEC Projects has secured further orders from... 


Brazen and endemic
28th April 2023 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

Thabo Bester’s soapy-like prison escape in May last year and his equally dramatic capture in Tanzania this month are decidedly among the biggest talking points now – not only in South Africa but... 


Sandfire continues race towards copper glory
27th April 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Copper production for miner Sandfire Resources has continued to decline during the three months to March, as its DeGrussa mine, in Western Australia, transitioned from mining operations to the... 


Nigel Townshend.
Shaft-sinking boom-time stalwart Nigel Townshend returns as chair of mining services company
26th April 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Mining luminary of South Africa’s shaft-sinking boom period at the beginning of the millennium Nigel Townshend is back in action as the newly appointed nonexecutive chairperson of United Mining... 


XIF licence renewal legal judgment in Botswana expected in August, says Tsodilo
25th April 2023 By: Schalk Burger

International diamond and metals exploration company Tsodilo Resources, following oral argument in the High Court in Maun, Botswana, with respect to the Ministry of Minerals and Energy's (MME's)... 


Altron, NCR extend fulfilment date for ATM Hardware and Support Business disposal
25th April 2023 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed Altron and NCR Corporation have agreed to extend, by one month to May 31, the finalisation date for the fulfillment of the outstanding conditions precedent for the sale of the ATM... 


Anglo American CE Duncan Wanblad.
Copper drives up Anglo’s first-quarter production by 9%
25th April 2023 By: Martin Creamer

The production of the London- and Johannesburg-listed Anglo American group increased by 9% in the three months to March 31 compared with the same period in 2022, driven by the ramp-up of copper... 


An image of a Canvas and Tent camp
PVC fabric structures beneficial for accommodation
21st April 2023 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

The projects of specialists Canvas and Tent have demonstrated the beneficial and cost-effective use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) for mine-site accommodation, says Canvas and Tent group marketing... 


Absurd territorial claim
21st April 2023 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

A rather curious motion has been introduced in Lesotho’s Parliament. It seeks to reclaim all of South Africa’s Free State province, as well as parts of Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape... 


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Aqora investigating the viability of an Eastern Cape battery plant
20th April 2023 By: Irma Venter

South African energy company Aqora is investigating the possibility of opening a vertically integrated gigafactory in the country, able to produce anodes, cathodes and lithium-ion batteries for the... 


TMS Group, Redec merge to create strengthened industrial solutions provider
17th April 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Industrial service solutions providers TMS Group Industrial Services and industrial and engineering solutions provider Redec Services have merged. Both businesses are part of Sekta Group, a 51%... 


New research findings can help decrease water use for more sustainable beef production
14th April 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

A new report funded by the Water Research Commission (WRC), and undertaken by the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), Botswana University of Agriculture anf Natural Resources and the... 


Future of wild animals
14th April 2023 By: Terry Mackenzie-hoy

Jeremy Clarkson, as you should know, is an English journalist and British TV personality, who, for several years, presented a television programme which dealt with motor vehicles called Top Gear.... 


A.P. Moller acquires Vector Logistics
14th April 2023 By: Irma Venter

A.P. Moller Capital and South Africa’s RCL Foods have entered into an agreement for the Danish firm to acquire Vector Logistics, a division of RCL Foods. Vector Logistics is a South Africa-based... 


Drill rig at the Thorny River project
Thorny River diamond dyke project, South Africa – update
14th April 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Botswana Diamonds has confirmed that plans to start production are well advanced. 


AmaranthCX founder and director Paul Miller, when he listed Keaton Energy on the JSE many years ago, well before the delistings issue arose.
How South Africa could have 21 new mining listings
13th April 2023 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa could have 21 new mining listings if foreign mining companies that already operate in this country would also list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in... 


Absa hosted made in Africa event to ignite African business by connecting the continent's buyers and sellers
13th April 2023

“It is time for Africa. It is time for Africa to harness its people, its resources, and its resilience for the betterment of all. It is time for large corporates and public sector entities to open... 


IFAT Africa is back! Diarise and book your stand now
12th April 2023

IFAT Africa, the leading trade fair for water, sewage, refuse and recycling in Southern Africa, will return to Gallagher Estate this year after a two-year hiatus. The key industry event, postponed... 


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Celebrating 50 years of excellence
7th April 2023

Local manufacturer and mineral processing expert Multotec will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary in April 2023. Multotec Group CEO Thomas Holtz says the company’s success over half a century... 


Beating Heart diamond
De Beers names diamond containing another diamond the ‘Beating Heart’
5th April 2023 By: Donna Slater

Diamond grading and analysis company the De Beers Institute of Diamonds, part of De Beers Group, reports that it has formally named an unusual diamond containing another diamond the “Beating Heart”... 


Company MD Terry Pappas with a Bat Hawk aircraft
South African aeroplane company credits Brics with helping it win export orders
5th April 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African light sports aircraft manufacturer Bat Hawk Aircraft has credited South Africa’s membership of the Brics group as helping it win a major export order. Brics is the acronym for Brazil,... 


Giyani Metals president and CEO Danny Keating
Giyani appoints new CEO
3rd April 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals Corp, which is developing the integrated K.Hill battery-grade manganese project, in Botswana, has appointed Danny Keating president and CEO. He has almost 30 years of... 


An image depicting mine workers on site
New coal mine starting production in Botswana
31st March 2023 By: Sabrina Jardim

Geological consultancy Gemecs has embarked on a project for the development of Botswana’s third coal mine, expected to start production by year end, with the project in the mine planning phase, and... 


a vertical view of the shaft at the Lucara Diamond Karowe mine in Botsawana with a man in a elevator bucket looking down at the camera man
Diamond miner releases underground expansion update
31st March 2023 By: Halima Frost

Diamond exploration and mining company Lucara Diamond in February released its results for the year and quarter ended December 31, 2022, in which it updated stakeholders on the progress of the... 


SA not so happy a place
31st March 2023 By: Riaan de Lange

Aristotle contends that there are things we want for their own sake, while everything else we do is for us to be happy. Happiness is by no mean a simple concept; the ancient Greek philosopher... 


A truck at the Damtshaa openpit mine in Botswana
Rare pink diamond goes to auction for more than $35m
30th March 2023 By: Bloomberg

An extremely rare diamond called The Eternal Pink is expected to fetch more than $35-million at a Sotheby’s auction, potentially breaking records as the most expensive price per carat ever to come... 


A.P. Moller Capital to acquire Vector Logistics
29th March 2023 By: Irma Venter

A.P. Moller Capital and South Africa’s RCL Foods have entered into an agreement for the Danish firm to acquire Vector Logistics, a division of RCL Foods. Vector Logistics is a South Africa-based... 


Flagship Thorny River project to start operating later this year
29th March 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

After having experienced teething issues, plant delivery delays and adverse weather, Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds (BOD) has finally started producing diamonds from the Marsfontein project, in South... 


SME funding in a Pan-African banking environment: Science and an art
28th March 2023

By Jan De Kock, Head: CFM Origination, Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) The SME funding landscape is changing, and we are seeing several new players and new products emerging in the... 


Paratus selects Infinera’s ICE6 800G Solution for the Equiano cable System
28th March 2023

As the connectivity speed needs of our clients increase, Paratus accommodates this market evolution, deploying infrastructure capable of responding to the demand, and for this reason, we have... 


Botswana to take stake in HB, challenging De Beers' dominance
27th March 2023 By: Bloomberg

Botswana will take a 24% stake in Belgian diamond trader HB Antwerp in a challenge to a decades old arrangement with De Beers, the world’s biggest diamond company. The country’s state gem trader... 


An image of the Torsa Global collision avoidance system
2023 ‘perfect’ to expand to Africa
24th March 2023 By: Nadine James

Speaking on the sidelines of the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba, Spanish mining technology company Torsa Global’s business development director Gabino de Diego told Mining Weekly that 2023 is... 


Madame Prez-in-Waiting
24th March 2023 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

Namibia is something of a rarity in Southern Africa. I mean ‘southern’ as defined in the dictionary, not as the word is understood by the fellows at SADC House, in Gaborone, Botswana, to whom... 


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Can SA address deficiencies in securing global exploration spend?
17th March 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Although global exploration spend in mining is increasing, South Africa, despite boasting a plethora of mineral resources, is not capitalising on this, especially compared with similarly... 


Botswana’s Debswana installs eLTE solution at Jwaneng diamond mine
17th March 2023 By: Natasha Odendaal

Botswana’s Debswana Diamond Company and information and communications technology (ICT) giant Huawei have unveiled its fifth-generation- (5G-) orientated smart diamond mine project. Debswana’s... 


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Can SA address deficiencies in securing global exploration spend?
17th March 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Although global exploration spend in mining is increasing, South Africa, despite boasting a plethora of mineral resources, is not capitalising on this, especially compared with similarly... 


PPC reports tough conditions for full year
16th March 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed PPC says the 12 months ending March 31 have been characterised by different market conditions in each of the markets in which PPC operates, being South Africa and Botswana, Zimbabwe and... 


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