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Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, Democratic Republic of Congo – update
13th October 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

The complex produced a record 103 947 t of copper in concentrate during the third quarter ended September 2023. 


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Cariboo gold project, Canada – update
13th October 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

The project has received environmental approval. 


Neglect, mismanagement threaten S Africa's once-promising transport infrastructure, warns Cesa
13th October 2023 By: Nadine Ramdass

South Africa boasts extensive road and railway systems, along with well-equipped ports and airports, some of which are comparable to infrastructure in developed nations. However, a lack of... 


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Vodacom converts Midrand Campus into group’s largest on-site solar power generation system
12th October 2023 By: Tracy Hancock

More than 11 000 photovoltaic (PV) panels will be installed at telecommunications service provider Vodacom’s Midrand campus, in Gauteng, by year-end, converting the commercial office park into a... 


Steps to Achieving ISO 14001 Certification: A Guide for Eco-Conscious Companies
Steps to Achieving ISO 14001 Certification: A Guide for Eco-Conscious Companies
11th October 2023

(Virtual Showroom): In an era where environmental responsibility is at the forefront of business practices, achieving ISO 14001 certification has become a hallmark of commitment to sustainable... 


Elevating Sustainability: The Integrated ISO Management System Advantage for Your Industry
Elevating Sustainability: The Integrated ISO Management System Advantage for Your Industry
11th October 2023

(Virtual Showroom): In the ever-evolving landscape of industry, companies across sectors are navigating a complex terrain of environmental regulations, quality assurance, and workplace safety. As a... 


Steve Bartels
Navigating water as the new frontier in industry
10th October 2023

By Steve Bartels, SRK Consulting, partner and principal technologist and Jennifer Meneghelli, senior engineer, SRK Consulting and chairman of SAICE’s Environmental Engineering Division As South... 


Dhiren Vanmali
Opinion: Speedbumps, not roadblocks, beckon South African bakkie builders
10th October 2023

In this opinion article, Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa sales operations executive director Dhiren Vanmali writes that South Africa's hosting of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa)... 


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BCG promotes Lisa Ivers to head of African operations
9th October 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Strategy consultancy the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has promoted MD and senior partner Lisa Ivers to head of its African operations. She succeeds Patrick Dupoux, who joined BCG’s global... 


Approval nears for Paramount’s Grassy Mountain
9th October 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US-based precious metals explorer and developer Paramount Gold Nevada is moving closer to a green light for its Grassy Mountain project, in Oregon, with a technical review team (TRT) comprising... 


Sibanye-Stillwater Southern Africa chief regional officer Richard Stewart
Collaboration, unified approach key to unlocking commodity opportunities in South Africa
6th October 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

All South African mining stakeholders needs to come together to develop a coherent, comprehensive strategy for the country’s commodities, and then use this to present a united national front to... 


Winners of the SAB Beyond Awards for 2023, along with Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams
Woolworths lauded for its SDG successes at sustainability awards
6th October 2023 By: Darren Parker

Retailer Woolworths took home the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Champion award, which recognises the organisation with the most comprehensive and impactful overall contribution towards the... 


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Local sector facing pressures
6th October 2023 By: Sabrina Jardim

Amid power outages, poor service delivery, a depressed global economic environment and a declining domestic economy, the South African steel and engineering sector is described as a “sector in... 


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Hombre Muerto West project, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile – update
6th October 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

The Phase 2 DFS on the HMW lithium project has delivered robust financial outcomes. 


Vedanta solar panels
WSP helps Black Mountain Mining office achieve net-zero rating
3rd October 2023 By: Darren Parker

Mining company Vedanta Zinc International, which owns Black Mountain Mining (BMM) in South Africa, appointed consulting firm WSP in Africa’s sustainability specialist consultants to assist in... 


‘Wrongfully convicted’ South African engineer makes contact with family after seven months
3rd October 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

An engineer, Peter Huxham, who is being held unlawfully in a prison in Equatorial Guinea after being arrested at his hotel in Malabo, in February, on allegations of drug-related charges, has made... 


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Report outlines uses of AI in healthcare, education, financial systems and agriculture
2nd October 2023 By: Schalk Burger

A report, titled 'South Africa and Artificial Intelligence' published by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Business School and Microsoft South Africa has... 


Water Tap
Gauteng water supply recovering after emergency mitigation measures
29th September 2023 By: News24Wire

Although the water supply in Gauteng is critical in many areas, there has been an uptick in availability since Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu's visit this week.  After consulting Rand... 


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Court order hampers Scarborough development
29th September 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) this week said that it would review a Federal Court decision which found that an environmental plan for part... 


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Kusile power plant project, South Africa – update
29th September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has upheld the decision of the National Air Quality Officer to permit the temporary operation of the Kusile coal power station using... 


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Hombre Muerto West project, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile
29th September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

The definitive feasibility study on the project has been separated into two phases. 


Mixed rare earth sulphate
Rainbow Rare Earths issues 30m new shares to raise £4.5m
27th September 2023 By: Darren Parker

London-listed Rainbow Rare Earths has conditionally agreed to issue 30-million new ordinary shares in the company, each with no par value, at a price of 15p an ordinary share. This issuance is... 


Todd River takes major landholding in Canada
27th September 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Junior Todd River Resources has struck an agreement to acquire three lithium exploration projects in the Northwest Territories, in Canada, which could be transformative for the company. The... 


Cape Town crane manufacturer wins provincial orders
Cape Town crane manufacturer wins provincial orders
26th September 2023

(Virtual Showroom): A steadily increasing order intake from general industry and consulting engineers has led BB Cranes of Cape Town to step up production to meet demand. The upgrading of water and... 


Congo plans new copper-cobalt smelter to serve informal miners
26th September 2023 By: Bloomberg

Democratic Republic of Congo said it’s backing plans for a new domestically owned copper-cobalt plant to help formalize artisanal mining in the country, at a time when minerals crucial to electric... 


Ramaphosa directs SIU to probe R290m botched Tshwane water project
Ramaphosa directs SIU to probe R290m botched Tshwane water project
26th September 2023 By: News24Wire

Months after a deadly cholera outbreak killed people in Hammanskraal, President Cyril Ramaphosa has directed the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe a R290-million tender linked to... 


Artist's impression of the Msikaba bridge
N2 Wild Coast Toll Road megabridge project – Msikaba bridge, South Africa – update
22nd September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Msikaba project has created work for 137 unskilled local labourers and 372 jobs for skilled persons, so far. 


Embracing digital tools to improve efficiency
22nd September 2023 By: Nadine Ramdass

The South African mining industry is increasingly integrating digital tools to improve efficiency and control operation costs, representing a significant shift from previous years where digital... 


Artist's impression of the Hyphen Hydrogen Energy project
Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, Namibia – update
22nd September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

ILF Consulting Engineers has entered into a partnership agreement with Hyphen Hydrogen Energy. 


Image of proposed Mtentu bridge
N2 Wild Coast Toll Road (N2WCTR) megabridge project – Mtentu bridge, South Africa – update
22nd September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

The South African National Roads Agency Limited announced the restart of construction work on the Mtentu bridge contract in August 2023. 


Aerial view of the Platreef project
Platreef palladium/rhodium/nickel/platinum/copper/gold project, South Africa – update
22nd September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Ivanhoe is undertaking optimisation work to identify value-accretive options for installing hoisting capacity to Platreef's Shaft 3. 


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Steelpoortdrift vanadium project, South Africa – update
22nd September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Vanadium Resources has conducted an internal review of the project process flowsheets, equipment selection and designs for the concentrator and salt-roast leach plant. 


Location map of the Waterberg project
Waterberg platinum group metals project, South Africa – update
22nd September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Platinum Group Metals has reported the successful close of a nonbrokered private placement of common shares to raise $2.5-million. 


Location map of the Wicheeda project
Wicheeda rare earths project, Canada – update
22nd September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Defense Metals has upgraded the mineral resource estimate at the Wicheeda deposit. 


HYDROGEN DEMONSTRATION PLANT
An illustration of the proposed Cleanergy green hydrogen demonstration plant, in Walvis Bay
Company paves way with green hydrogen plant
22nd September 2023 By: Simone Liedtke

With increasing momentum in clean energy, and initiatives for a sustainable and low-carbon future, project developers are turning their attention to Namibia, a country rich in renewable-energy... 


Offshore wind webinar participants
Experts explore offshore wind’s potential in SA energy mix
21st September 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

With the World Bank estimating South Africa to have 901 GW of offshore wind generation potential, legal and consulting professionals are examining the promising opportunities and challenges... 


Complexity meets uncertainty in EIAs
Complexity meets uncertainty in EIAs
20th September 2023

Balancing environmental sustainability with economic and social demands is always challenging, and South Africa is grappling with an ever more complex regulatory framework as it tries to walk this... 


Two Rivers platinum mining operation.
Clean energy on way to platinum mines from R2.5bn solar project in North West
19th September 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum mines operated by Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) will be on the receiving end of clean power from a R2.5-billion solar plant... 


The South African Reserve Bank logo
African central banks set to hold rates as currency risks weigh
15th September 2023 By: Bloomberg

African central banks meeting in the next three weeks are mostly set to hold interest rates while leaving hikes on the table, amid risks to their currencies from higher borrowing costs in advanced... 


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Lake Maitland uranium/vanadium project, Australia – update
15th September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Toro Energy will raise A$4.5-million through a share placement to fund extensions to the Lake Maitland scoping study. 


Drill core from the Manono project
Manono lithium/tin project, Democratic Republic of Congo – update
15th September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Tantalex Lithium Resources Corporation has received and executed a term sheet from diversified miner Glencore International for a marketing offtake agreement involving lithium produced from the... 


Image of the Kusile power station
Kusile power plant project, South Africa – update
15th September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Nine people were arrested at the Kusile power station for theft of coal and fraud on September 7. 


Tsebo Solutions co-CEOs Dr Chris Jardine and Tim Walters
Tsebo highlights its sustainability achievements, offerings
13th September 2023 By: Darren Parker

On the back of the recent launch of workplace management solutions group Tsebo Solutions' inaugural sustainability report, the company has reiterated its efforts to drive environmental, social and... 


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