By Brandon Scholtz from Aon South Africa’s Risk Consulting Division On Friday 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck just off the East coast of Japan, causing a tsunami that claimed... 

Green energy developer Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has announced plans to progress the further investigation into the development of a green hydrogen manufacturing facility at Marsden Point,... 

Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the first part of the Energy Action Plan’s (EAP’s) two-part goal of reducing the intensity of loadshedding has been largely achieved as the plan... 

Construction of the solar farm portion of the solar hybrid power plant at NextSource Materials' Molo graphite mine, in Madagascar, has been completed. The solar hybrid plant is owned and operated... 

Nitrogen is a key part of the production process of many industries such as oil and gas, electronics, and pharmaceuticals as well as applications including chemical manufacturing, food and beverage... 

Wacker Neuson South Africa has recently announced that it now offers ENAR products to the local market through a dedicated sales channel. ENAR is a Spain-based manufacturer of light construction... 

As South Africa’s ongoing energy challenges unveils opportunities for innovations and solutions, small businesses have a major role to play in South Africa’s transition to renewable energy and... 

Despite all efforts, Rand Water remains challenged by the nonpayment of municipalities for water provided and the ongoing power outages and loadshedding. While South Africa's national grid is... 

For six decades, Delba has been at the forefront of the repair of rotating electrical machines, earning the reputation as one of the industry's most trusted and reliable service providers. As the... 

South African food producers, among the biggest on the continent, are spending hundreds of millions of rand mitigating prolonged rolling power blackouts, water supply issues and crumbling... 

Water outages in Johannesburg and Tshwane are a result of loadshedding, says Teboho Joala, Rand Water's chief shared services officer and acting managing director. On Sunday, the municipalities... 

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport: South Africa (CILTSA), a leading international organisation for industry professionals, is thrilled to announce an outstanding roster of... 

A gold/copper mine in Salta, Argentina. 

South Africa's consumer confidence fell further in the second quarter, according to a survey released on Thursday, as the country struggled with soaring fuel and food prices and higher interest... 

Stagflation will inevitably detract from investor and business sentiment, says assurance, advisory and tax services company PwC South Africa in its June 2023 South Africa Economic Outlook. However,... 

Metropolitan water utility Joburg Water has announced it will expand the capacity of the Driefontein wastewater treatment plant, in Krugersdorp, from 55 Ml to 80 Ml to account for a growing... 

By Lance Dickerson, MD at REVOV South Africans are no longer discussing whether they should have a backup solution to deal with Eskom’s inability to provide enough electricity to power the country.... 

Telecommunications giant MTN South Africa is deploying multiple generation technologies, including solar, gas and battery energy systems, in one plant at its head office in Fairlands, Johannesburg,... 

Eskom is expecting demand for the rest of South Africa’s winter months to remain below levels initially assumed when the utility finalised its base case for the high-demand season (see graphic... 

Any reduction in loadshedding is welcome, but South Africa must not let it lull the country into complacency, stresses business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso... 

Toronto-listed miner B2Gold has earmarked an additional C$90-million for the construction of its first mine in Canada, bringing the Goose project’s total capital expenditure to C$890-million. The... 

Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa confirmed that the National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom) was considering a public–private partnership model to accelerate the building of the... 

Regulator-licensed South African electricity trader Enpower Trading is promoting wheeling and trading over municipal networks as a way of combatting the trend of “off-grid flight”, which poses a... 

CIOs and IT leaders are under pressure to prepare their organisations for the possibility of extended load shedding or a complete grid failure, however few would be able to sustain business as... 

By Hennie Colyn, direct sales executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric  The establishment of solar farms continue to grow in South Africa, with Eskom’s renewable statistics page... 

Comprehensive energy audits and advanced lithium-ion batteries have enabled renewable energy company Blockpower to ensure a stable and high-quality power supply for The Emerald development, in... 

Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced that 15 commercial electricity suppliers will start wheeling electricity through Cape Town’s grid in July.  The city’s Mayoral Committee has... 

In Africa more than 600 million people lack access to electricity. At the current pace of electrification millions of Africans are still expected to be without electricity in 2030 unless the pace... 

Up to 64% of small businesses in South Africa's townships stop operating when there is loadshedding, about 60% have had to reduce employee numbers to survive and about 7% have permanently shut... 

Whether companies need power to survive loadshedding or to raise their production output, the trend is for these power generating systems to get bigger. According to Bernard Mitton, Business... 

State-owned electricity utility Eskom is preparing to issue updated grid queuing rules that will outline how it plans to manage scarce grid connection capacity in a way that avoids “hogging” of... 

South Africa has started to mine its tax records in a bid to produce highly localised spatial economic data that will offer city and municipal policy makers far greater visibility of the geographic... 

The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (Appea) said this week that the test for the government’s newly introduced Mandatory Code of Conduct would be if it could support the... 

The federal government has completed the design of the Mandatory Gas Code of Conduct (Gas Code), placing emphasis on securing additional domestic supply in the short term, and facilitating... 

Confidence levels in the manufacturing sector remain near the low levels reached during previous business cycles, as loadshedding weighs on sentiment, financial services firm Absa's Manufacturing... 

Cape Town’s energy strategy, which has been released for public comment, envisages the addition of 650 MW of new independent generation within five years in line with the city’s stated goal of... 

By Bhavtik Vallabhjee, Head: Power & Renewables, Absa CIB With the African minerals and energy sector flourishing with possibility, one can’t help but draw parallels with the late 1880’s when the... 

Atlas Copco Power Technique supports its portable range of generators, air compressors, light towers, pumps and hand-held tools with several online solutions that enable customers, with the click... 

GE Vernova’s Gas Power business hosted a Sub-Saharan Africa Aeroderivative Users Conference in Tanzania with the theme, “Building capacity and supporting energy security with Aeroderivative gas... 

JSE-listed Vukile Property Fund says it achieved a good set of operating results for the financial year ended March 31, adding that it is in a strong financial position. Vukile has reported a 6.2%... 

The flexibility, reliability and efficiency of the Atlas Copco QAC 1100 TwinPower™, which is essentially two QAC generators housed side-by-side in a 20-foot container, prompted the customer to... 

Creating nonwoven fabrics requires using roller cards to process staple fibre, with the rollers first warmed using steam. With boilers operating to create this steam 24 hours a day, boiler...