The uptrend in demand for metals such as copper used in electric vehicles is intact despite doubts raised by the slowdown in EV sales, but estimating numbers is difficult as the market is evolving,... 

TotalEnergies Angola MD Martin Deffontaines has reported that the company is driving new upstream programmes in the country, ranging from offshore exploration, to infill drilling, and greenfield... 

An interactive website about the challenges and opportunities that South Africa faces in the country’s transition to cleaner energy is now available at this link - The Road to a Just Energy... 

As government continues to drive structural reforms through Operation Vulindlela, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso says in her latest newsletter that private sector participation... 

At an unlicensed gold mine in Ghana, men in t-shirts, shorts and rubber boots wade through pools of muddy water laced with mercury, pull out rocks with bare hands and operate a rickety sluice as... 

To achieve reindustrialisation in South Africa, collaboration across industries is crucial, Kearney metals and mining global lead Igor Hulak said during the second day of the Joburg Indaba, in... 

ASX-listed Queensland Pacific Metals (QPM) has announced plans to change its name to QPM Energy, pending shareholder approval at the upcoming AGM. The rebranding follows the company’s acquisition... 

The R400-million fund for exploration in South Africa established by the Industrial Development Corporation and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (which is being split into the... 

Steel and Engineering Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) president Elias Monage has described the establishment of the Government of National Unity (GNU) as an opportunity to revive the metals... 

Leadership must foster a culture of innovation across all levels of the workforce and clearly communicate the strategic rationale for the successful adoption of modern mining technologies, enabling... 

Concrete performance underpins any country’s essential services and economic activities. Even the best designed and built reinforced concrete structures need to be proactively maintained and... 

Metair is set to acquire the entire issued share capital of AutoZone Holdings. The JSE-listed Metair is a manufacturer, distributor and retailer of automotive components and energy storage solutions. 

South Africa mines less than 2% of global manganese and the mineral is abundant, but processed and beneficiated manganese products are critical and in demand, especially as most of the world's... 

South Africa is far behind in its work to transition to a carbon-neutral energy system by 2050, and the significant proposed electricity tariff increases being sought by State-owned Eskom could... 

By: Tunde Macaulay - Head of Africa Regions and Offshore at Standard Bank Business and Commercial Banking Africa’s AfCFTA trade agreement is the world’s largest free trade bloc. It opens access to... 

By Msizi Khoza: Head of ESG, Absa CIB and Shirley Webber: Coverage Head - Resources and Energy, Absa CIB The global shift to cleaner energy technologies provides Africa with a unique opportunity to... 

Compressed air is a key component of many manufacturing or processing operations and it is also recognised as one of the largest consumers of a plant’s energy, contributing to overall costs and... 

A business Chat application programming interface (API) that is designed to build connections between customers and organisations aims to enable seamless interactions with quick responses. Two... 

Metals traders arriving in London for LME Week were in for a surprise as they caught up with friends and customers from China. For the last couple of years, the biggest consumer and producer has... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the partnership previously formed between government and business to tackle loadshedding and other crises; the launch of a second phase of this... 

Rio Tinto has launched its 2024 ‘Beyond Rare’ tender, the second in its Art Series offering, showcasing 48 lots of extraordinarily rare masterpieces of nature from its diamonds business. Titled... 

Anglo American will not be an "inevitable" takeover target after its unbundles its diamond, platinum, nickel and coal assets, CEO Duncan Wanblad said on Thursday. The mining giant is restructuring... 

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 

Committed to ensuring optimum safety standards in all sectors, mining and industrial equipment supplier BMG encourages and assists customers in adhering to stringent safety legislation during bulk... 

This week we profile Raisibe Morathi, CFO and executive director of telecoms and fintech group Vodacom  

With the aim of driving sustainable value and supporting strategic transformation for the future, integrated energy and chemicals company Sasol appointed Walt Bruns as CFO and an executive director... 

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has invited the public to comment on its 2040 local spatial development framework (LSDF) for the central business district (CBD). The LSDF will guide decisions about... 

Crushing is hard. It is hard on the crushers it is hard on businesses trying to make money out of crushing. And because crushing is so hard you cannot buy the cheapest crushers and hope they will... 

Leading electronic components distributor Altron Arrow is offering the first service of its kind in South Africa through the launch of its Inventory Management as a Service (IMaaS) solution. This... 

Welcome to the newest addition to the OLI family of products, the mechanical exciter. The MVM series of unidirectional mechanical oscillators has been designed for large-scale vibrating... 

Mining, agriculture, manufacturing and everything that uplifts local business must be encouraged by government and wealth consumption kept in proper check. The long wait for exploration and mining... 

Businesses’ investment in artificial intelligence (AI), leveraging its use in existing operations to deliver better products and services, is expected to have a cumulative global economic impact of... 

The biggest takeaway from the hugely profitable Mogale tailings retreatment (MTR) operation, which was commissioned west of Johannesburg by Pan African Resources on Thursday, is that one can make a... 

Business Unity South Africa (Busa) expressed concern over the planned October 7 nationwide protest by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), saying recurring protests, using... 

While environmental, social and governance (ESG) has risen in prominence globally, the concept has become too broad, opening it up to uncertainty and criticism, Genesis Analytics partner Ryan Short... 

Anticorruption nonprofit organisation Corruption Watch (CW) has launched the Best Practice Guideline on Community Consultation in the South African Extractives Industry 2024 (BPG), as part of the... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is confident that government will be able to positively intervene on Eskom’s tariff-hike application for the 2025/26 financial year at the... 

‘Curiosity has no gender’: a pertinent observation from Palesa (Ntuku) Mokwena, a fourth year Bachelor of Science (civil engineering) student from the University of the Witwatersrand. Raised in a... 

By: John Botha - Joint-CEO Global Business Solutions The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has formally notified the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) of its... 

The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) sees the just energy transition (JET) as one of the turning points in South African history. So affirmed PCC employment strategy head Devan Pillay. He was... 

The Orion Engineered Carbons (OEC) tank farm project, in Zone 7 of the Coega Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, has officially been unveiled. Trade, Industry and... 

Second Annual Global Study Finds Workers Who Use AI Are 11-Points Happier with Their Relationship with Work Compared to Non-Users News Highlights