Takeover target OZ Minerals has seen net profits after tax for the 2022 financial year fall by 323.4% to A$207.3-million, while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation fell... 

By Emma Day, Executive Associate at JG Afrika (Pty) Ltd Entrusted with the Pavement Management System for Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire, JG Afrika is helping to maintain the N1/N4 Toll... 

Fortune Minerals has invested more than C$135-million to advance the project from an in-house discovery to a near shovel-ready vertically integrated critical minerals asset. 

High inflation, high interest rates and supply chain disruption will persist throughout this year, as will poor local government service delivery and, of course, the energy crisis, says the Steel... 

The Competition Commission has published the final terms of reference for the Fresh Produce Market Inquiry (FPMI), which is aimed at assessing whether there are any features in the fresh produce... 

Demand for nuclear power is driving the “best fundamentals ever seen” for the nuclear fuel market, said Canadian uranium major Cameco president and CEO Tim Gitzel on Thursday. The geopolitical... 

State-owned oil and gas company PetroSA has published a request for proposals (RfP), calling on interested parties to submit conceptual proposals to partner with the national oil company in... 

Openpit mining operations have started at the Kathleen Valley lithium project, with the project still on track to produce its first product in mid-2024. ASX-listed Liontown Resources on Friday... 

With the private sector’s combined 9 GW of solar, wind, gas and battery storage projects in the pipeline, persistent loadshedding and an electricity tariff increase of 18.65% from April 1, it is... 

Kefi Gold and Copper has announced that all lead contracting and equity investment parties have agreed to the draft agreements for the financing of the project. 

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) announced on Tuesday that it was collaborating with the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) to build and demonstrate in... 

Gold exploration and development company Kefi Gold and Copper has announced that all lead contracting and equity investment parties have agreed to the draft agreements for the financing of the Tulu... 

State-owned Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to establish a partnership for the development, refurbishment, modification,... 

South Africa’s manufacturing production, on a seasonally adjusted basis, increased by 2% in November last year, compared with the preceding month. This followed month-on-month changes of -6.2% in... 

South Africa plans to offer additional Covid-19 booster vaccines to people at highest risk of complications associated with the disease. The government intends making top-up inoculations available... 

Copper developer Orion Minerals has appointed Peet van Coller as its new South Africa-based CFO, effective from April 1. Van Coller will succeed Orion’s long-serving CFO Martin Bouwmeester, who... 

JSE-listed metals exploration and development company Orion Minerals has announced that Peet van Coller has been appointed CFO, with effect from April 1, 2023. The appointment forms part of a... 

State-owned Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) says it is easing the requirements for emerging manganese miners to transport their ore and products to the ports of Gqeberha and Saldanha, starting with new... 

South Africa’s State-owned port and rail company Transnet proposed switching to diesel trains to avoid disruptions to coal exports caused by the theft of power cables that disable electric... 

Specialist engineering and contracting group Murray & Roberts’ (M&R’s) wholly-owned subsidiary M&R Limited (MRL) has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Intertoll International Holdings... 

The Canadian government has approved the environmental assessment of TSX-listed Generation PGM’s Marathon palladium/copper project. Generation will now proceed with obtaining any additional... 

Oil and gas major Woodside has expanded its liquified natural gas (LNG) trade to include Europe, with the ASX-listed company delivering gas from the North West Shelf to Uniper Global Commodities SE... 

Transformation in the world of underground mining – historically dominated by white males – is not easy to achieve but contractor and mine development service provider Murray & Roberts Cementation... 

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet says that is has concluded the evaluation of applications received for sale of rail slots on the Container and Cape corridors, following the initiation... 

Aim-listed Galileo Resources has completed a drilling programme at the Luansobe copper project, in Zambia, marking an important step towards the generation of a new mineral resource estimate for... 

Leading up to the promulgation of the Public Procurement Bill, which the National Treasury will soon submit to Cabinet and Parliament for approval, President Cyril Ramphosa has clarified the... 

ASX-listed Lycopodium has been awarded a A$22.7-million engineering procurement (EP) and associated project management (PM) services contract at the Goulamina lithium project, in Mali. A final... 

Following further engagements, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and technology solutions group EOH have reached agreement on a settlement amount,... 

Clinton Mphahlele, Associate, and Claire Tucker, Head of Public Law and Regulatory, Bowmans South Africa On 4 November 2022 the current Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana promulgated the new... 

The Master Builders Association (MBA) North has issued a practice note for its members aimed at helping them fight back against what it calls unethical contractual practices that have become... 

The first pounds of uranium ore from the McArthur River have been milled and packed at the Key Lake mill, marking the return of production from these operations that were idled four years ago due... 

ASX-listed Hastings Technology Materials has appointed form BCI Minerals boss Alwyn Vorster as interim CEO. Vorster, who was MD of BCI Minerals for more than six years, was also formerly MD of... 

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has dismissed suggestions that new preferential procurement regulations, published on November 4, have scrapped black economic empowerment (BEE) and local content... 

Construction, Engineering, and Infrastructure Law – Peter Barnard and Claudelle Pretorius INTRODUCTION 

Underground mining contractor Murray & Roberts (M&R) Cementation has appointed Japie du Plessis MD designate, effective March 1, 2023, following the retirement of incumbent Mike Wells, who will... 

South Africa's leading owner and operator of serviced logistics parks, Inospace, has acquired two last-mile logistics properties at Cape Town International Airport for a total cost of R35m from a... 

By Wayne Alcock, Managing Director at Quyn International Outsourcing  It can be challenging to assemble a reliable, skilled workforce to run large-scale construction projects in rural locations.... 

Outsourced solutions provider Programmed Process Outsourcing (PPO) moved more than 600 000 stock items to a new warehouse facility for a client in September while maintaining full sales capacity... 

In light of ongoing grid constraints, some wind industry practitioners are warning that only about 2 GW of the 3.2 GW wind allocation in Bid Window Six (BW6) of the Renewable Energy Independent... 

Mining and processing operations at the Brucejack mine, in British Columbia, remains suspended, pending an investigation into the death of a worker from contracting partner Procon. Mine owner... 

By Tennille Bell, General Manager: Sales at Programmed Process Outsourcing (PPO) Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) has been around for longer than most people would imagine. Established after... 

Skills development and training are key to the professionalisation and long-term sustainability of the South African roofing industry. So said Jeanine de Meyer, Chief Operations Officer of the...