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Pensana highlights Lobito Corridor’s potential as critical minerals railway
13th February 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have taken major steps to create a trade corridor that could transform how the region’s resources are shipped, mineral exploration company... 


Measuring flow rates without any obstacles: the SU Puresonic ultrasonic sensor
13th February 2023

Accurate measurement data even with ultrapure water The SU Puresonic detects water flow rates with high precision at volumes up to 1000 l/min. Thanks to ultrasound technology, this also applies to... 


Mining loans forecast to pass $1bn at Congo’s biggest bank
10th February 2023 By: Bloomberg

Rawbank forecasts its lending to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining industry will jump more than 20% to over $1-billion this year, buoyed by rising demand and strong prices for the country’s... 


African Mining Indaba 2023 – Schneider Electric emphasises industry partnership in meeting critical minerals and metals demand
10th February 2023

The Mining, Minerals, and Metals (MMM) industries’ clean energy transition will require the quadrupling of mineral requirements for (clean energy) technologies by 2040, says a report by the IEA.... 


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AID Renewables
10th February 2023

Established in 2004, AID Renewables provides expert training, services, and equipment for wind turbines, including work-at-height courses and personal protective equipment. 


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Can SA finally turn the switch on its power crisis in 2023?
10th February 2023 By: Darren Parker

Stage 4 to 6 loadshedding has become more commonplace over the past few months, with many analysts expecting it to continue and possibly worsen before South Africa’s energy crisis has abated.... 


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Can SA finally turn the switch on its power crisis in 2023?
10th February 2023 By: Darren Parker

Stage 4 to 6 loadshedding has become more commonplace over the past few months, with many analysts expecting it to continue and possibly worsen before South Africa’s energy crisis has abated.... 


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World Coal Association adds Menar to its ranks
7th February 2023 By: Donna Slater

Coal industry member advocacy and think tank the World Coal Association (WCA) welcomed South African coal miner Menar to its roster of progressive coal members on February 7. On the sidelines of... 


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Steenkampskraal appoints Swanepoel, Mundell; aims for 2024 start
7th February 2023 By: Irma Venter

Steenkampskraal Holdings Limited (SHL) has appointed Mitford Mundell as its new CEO, with mining veteran Bernard Swanepoel to take up the position of chairperson. Mundell is the former CEO at... 


Eskom's Ankerlig OCGT plant
Rapid renewables roll-out key to tackling loadshedding, but OCGTs ‘only short-term defence'
6th February 2023 By: Terence Creamer

An increased use of the diesel-fuelled open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) represents South Africa’s only short-term defence against higher levels of economically damaging loadshedding, a new analysis... 


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Lack of functioning mining cadastre also posing risk to renewables projects
6th February 2023 By: Terence Creamer

The absence of a functional mining cadastre in South Africa, which has been undermining the sector for years, is now having potentially negative knock-on effects for developers of renewable-energy... 


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Seriti Green raises need for Africa to appraise vanadium as electricity storage battery metal
3rd February 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Wind farm builder Seriti Green, which is planning substantial electricity storage capacity at its big renewable energy project in Mpumalanga, has raised the need for vanadium to be appraised as a... 


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Consultants offer energy efficiency planning, implementation
3rd February 2023

Making a mine energy efficient requires plenty of planning, which ideally means proactively designing for efficiency from an early stage in a project, says consulting engineers and scientists SRK... 


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Linkou thermal power plant ammonia cofiring project, Taiwan
3rd February 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

The project will assess the introduction of ammonia cofiring at the plant.  


Power pylons near Eskom's Koeberg nuclear stations
Eskom confirms diesel funding, outlines nuclear fuel options
2nd February 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Struggling power utility Eskom has confirmed that it has secured funding to pay for its diesel requirements for the remainder of the current financial year, which ends on March 31, but has not yet... 


Mkango and CoTec sign loan and equity investment agreements
1st February 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Dual-listed rare earths developer Mkango Resources said on Tuesday that it had signed definitive agreements with Canada-based mining issuer CoTec Holdings for a £2-million convertible loan, a... 


Pushing the boundaries of desalination efficiency
1st February 2023

The role of advanced pump technology in the evolution of the desalination industry Over the past two decades, desalination plants have become bigger, more cost-effective and twice as energy... 


Kusile recovery central to 2023 NECOM plan to add supply
NECOM outlines plan for adding and recovering 8 800 MW in 2023
31st January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Initiatives being coordinated under the aegis of the National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM) will seek to add about 8 800 MW of capacity to the South Africa’s electricity supply during the course... 


Arafura selects GHG pathway for Nolans
31st January 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Rare earths developer Arafura has chosen a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction pathway for its Nolans neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) project in the Northern Territory. The chosen pathway... 


New Century hopeful review bears fruit
31st January 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Base metals miner New Century Resources is hoping that an organisational review, which was undertaken during the December quarter, would realise benefits from the March quarter onwards. The... 


Scholz visits South America in a race with China to get lithium
30th January 2023 By: Bloomberg

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is hoping his trip to Latin America this weekend will help Germany secure additional supplies of the lithium that car giants like Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Volkswagen need... 


Norway finds 'substantial' mineral resources on its seabed
27th January 2023 By: Reuters

 A Norwegian study has found a "substantial" amount metals and minerals ranging from copper to rare earth metals on the seabed of its extended continental shelf, authorities said on Friday in their... 


US bans mining in parts of Minnesota, dealing latest blow to Antofagasta's copper project
US bans mining in parts of Minnesota, dealing latest blow to Antofagasta's copper project
27th January 2023 By: Reuters

The US Interior Department on Thursday blocked mining in part of northeast Minnesota for 20 years, the latest blow to Antofagasta's Twin Metals copper and nickel mining project but a step officials... 


An image of the TOMRA PRO Secondary Laser sorter at Galaxy Resources’ Mt Cattlin mine, in Western Australia
Mining vital in net-zero transition
27th January 2023

Modern society is heavily reliant on metals and minerals and the demand is growing, driven by a combination of global trends, says materials handling solutions provider TOMRA Mining. “Rising... 


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Muddling problems and solutions
27th January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s power crisis is effectively death by a thousand cuts. It’s the consequence of decades of poor policy choices and inappropriate regulation, pitiable governance at Eskom, which enabled... 


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Sasol and Air Liquide large-scale renewable-energy project, South Africa – update
27th January 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Enel Green Power has been selected by Air Liquide and Sasol to build 200 MW of wind capacity to supply Sasol’s Secunda complex. 


Europe wind and steel industries urge EU to diversify critical minerals list
26th January 2023 By: Reuters

The European steel and wind industries on Thursday urged the European Union to use upcoming legislation to ensure there is enough access to critical materials for green energy, including those that... 


Eskom CFO Calib Cassim
As diesel funding model is mooted, Eskom confirms diesel spend of R18bn and climbing
24th January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom CFO Calib Cassim told lawmakers on Tuesday that the State-owned utility had spent R18-billion on diesel for its current financial year-to-date, which began in April last year, and that it... 


The roadmap indicates that 6 000 MW could be introduced over the coming two years as a result of an improved performance from Eskom’s coal fleet
Glimpse into NECOM’s proposed ‘roadmap to end loadshedding’
20th January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

The National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM), which is overseeing the implementation of the National Energy Plan announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in July, presented a ‘Roadmap to end... 


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Substitute will not dampen cobalt demand
20th January 2023 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

Cobalt is vital for the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries, but research shows that cobalt can result in oxygen release at high voltage, which damages the batteries. Moreover, the vast majority... 


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Singrobo-Ahouaty hydroelectric development, Côte d'Ivoire – update
20th January 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Infrastructure development funds the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund and the Private Infrastructure Development Group, have announced a €25-million finance facility to Ivoire Hydro Energy for... 


Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe
'I don't build power stations': Mantashe doubles down on claim he's not to blame for loadshedding
19th January 2023 By: News24Wire

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is adamant that he is not to blame for continued loadshedding – even though his department oversees the procurement of generation capacity and... 


EDF Renewables in South Africa CEO Tristan de Drouas
Construction of third 140 MW EDF Renewables wind project begins
19th January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

EDF Renewables in South Africa reports that construction of its third wind project selected during the much-delayed fifth bid window (BW5) of government’s Renewable Energy Independent Power... 


SKF prediction model development successfully audited by DNV
18th January 2023

The SKF Generalized Bearing Life Model (GBLM) concept and the process leading to extensions of its applicability to special bearing design features and materials has been successfully audited by... 


Industry bodies warn Germany that they need support to fulfil offshore wind power plans
17th January 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The VDMA, the largest association for machinery and equipment manufacturers in Europe, has joined other industry associations to warn European countries in general and Germany in particular that... 


Eskom's Ankerlig plant
Eskom, Treasury at odds over diesel funds as loadshedding crisis deepens
17th January 2023 By: News24Wire

As chronic loadshedding continues indefinitely, a behind-the-scenes dispute has broken out between National Treasury and Eskom over where the money should come from to buy more diesel.  The only... 


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Kathleen Valley lithium/tantalum project, Australia – update
13th January 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Liontown Resources has struck a binding power purchase agreement with independent power producer Zenith Energy to supply electricity to the Kathleen Valley project. 


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Jadar lithium-borates project, Serbia – update
13th January 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Rio Tinto has not given up on its Jadar lithium project, after the country's prime minister ruled out a way forward for the project in January 2022. 


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Nersa approves 18.65% Eskom hike as it holds back on big diesel request
12th January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has granted Eskom an 18.65% tariff increase for implementation on April 1, below the 32% hike that was being sought by the loss-making utility... 


Sweden's LKAB finds Europe's biggest deposit of rare earth metals
12th January 2023 By: Reuters

Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB said on Thursday it had identified mineral resources of more than one million tonnes of rare earth oxides in the Kiruna area, the largest known such deposit... 


Trafigura CEO Jeremy Weir
Metals prices could spike with markets so tight, Trafigura says
12th January 2023 By: Bloomberg

Geopolitical shocks could trigger a surge in metals prices because the market has never been tighter, according to Trafigura Group. “We could be pushed into extreme price levels,” Jeremy Weir, the... 


A solar farm
Big ‘new industrial age’ dividends possible with clean-energy market poised to grow to $650bn by 2030
12th January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

A new International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis estimates that the global market for key mass-manufactured clean-energy technologies will grow by more than three times to $650-billion a year by... 


Liontown strikes power deal for Kathleen Valley
20th December 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Lithium developer Liontown Resources has struck a binding power purchase agreement with independent power producer Zenith Energy to supply electricity to the Kathleen Valley project, in Western... 


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