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... 

Rand Water is battling water supply challenges amid power failures and high water consumption during Gauteng’s heatwave. On January 29, water pumping from Rand Water’s Eikenhof booster station was... 

Rare earths miner Lynas has seen both production and sales revenue recover in the three months to December, as water supply disruptions which plagued the company in the first quarter of the 2023... 

Electric motor repair service provider Marthinusen & Coutts finalised the manufacture and delivery of four new replacement field coils and poles for a 25 MVA 36-pole generator at a hydroelectric... 

Zest WEG, a subsidiary of leading Brazilian motor and controls manufacturer WEG, is committed to the development of the African region, and has been servicing the continent for over 40 years.... 

Eskom has said it will approach the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment for an exemption to temporarily bypass the flue gas desulphurisation units at the Kusile power station. 

Tanzania Airports Authority is building an airport in Msalato with a capacity of about 1.75-million passengers a year. 

On the cusp of harvesting this season's first fruit, South African deciduous farmer Heinie du Toit frets as the worst power cuts on record threaten to take the shine off his apple and pear crop... 

Diversified major BHP has struck a deal to hunt for copper in Serbia, where it now has a right to earn into three exploration areas in the Timok region. BHP, which is homing in its strategy around... 

The Koeberg nuclear power plant has entered a critical phase of its project and needs it to run according to plan to avoid deepening power cuts. 

UK-based global major power and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce has announced that its Germany-based Power Systems business unit has successfully tested an mtu-brand generator set (genset)... 

An international team of researchers have developed a method to store kinetic energy, which can later be converted to electrical energy, using decommissioned underground mines. The Underground... 

Junior miner Diamcor Mining notes in an operations and corporate update for its Krone-Endora at Venetia project, in South Africa’s Limpopo province, that various operational upgrades were advanced... 

“The National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill was assented to President Cyril Ramaphosa on 24 June 2022, marking this a significant milestone for environmental justice in South... 

With the world population recently crossing the 8 billion mark and Africa expected to contribute more than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050, now more than ever,... 

State-owned power utility Eskom will implement Stage 6 loadshedding from 16:00 on January 11, until further notice. The entity cites severe capacity constraints as the reason behind the more... 

By 2050, it’s expected that Africa will be home to 2 billion people. To secure the necessary socio-economic development of such a large population, the focus of the next few decades must be... 

Platinum jewellery demand had a mixed performance in the third quarter, with the Platinum Jewellery Business Review showing year-on-year declines in demand in the US and China and increases in... 

For the South African National Space Agency’s (SANSA’s) Hermanus facility, 2022 has been the year of space weather – in August, its new Space Weather Centre (SWC) began operations, although its... 

A steady roll-out of renewable energy projects has seen Hyundai Automotive South Africa (HASA) run its head office and several of its Gauteng dealerships on solar power when loadshedding kicks in.... 

For the South African National Space Agency’s (SANSA’s) Hermanus facility, 2022 has been the year of space weather – in August, its new Space Weather Centre (SWC) began operations, although its... 

Hundreds of thousands of KwaZulu-Natal residents and holidaymakers are likely to celebrate Christmas without running water as electricity-powered engines are unable to pump water due to load... 

The rush to install standby power supply in South Africa amid the country’s energy crisis has led to an influx of service providers, which are misinforming the public on the legal requirements that... 

Location, location, location Located in scenic Constantia Kloof in Roodepoort, Constantia Kloof 3 is one of five free-standing office buildings that make up Constantia Valley Office Park. If you’re... 

In order to commission the process plant and supporting utilities, emerging natural gas and helium producer Renergen’s Virginia gas project, in South Africa’s Free State province, requires an... 

One of Africa’s largest infrastructure-focused private equity fund managers African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) has agreed to provide initial equity funding of up to R1.6-billion to... 

Shares in Astral Foods rose more than 4% in morning trade after it reported full year revenue growth of over a fifth, and it more than doubled its profits. The strong performance came as the... 

A steady roll-out of renewable energy projects has seen Hyundai Automotive South Africa (HASA) run its head office and several of its Gauteng dealerships on solar power when loadshedding kicks in.... 

South Korean engineering firm Doosan Enerbility has been awarded a contract to build the turbine islands of the project. 

Mining major Anglo American has struck a deal with Queensland-owned energy generator Stanwell to power its steelmaking coal business solely through the use of renewable energy from 2025 onward, as... 

Electricity utility Eskom has outlined a plan to deliver 6 000 MW of much-needed capacity over the coming two years from its own fleet, primarily by recovering production at six underperforming... 

As world leaders fete President Cyril Ramaphosa for his green agenda in Egypt, his minister of mineral resources and energy insisted this week that coal will continue to play a critical part in... 

Recent events confirm that, while South Africa’s energy transition is firmly under way, political obstacles persist – ones that are undermining not only ensuring speedy resolution to the country’s... 

Eskom has reported severe damage to a chimney at Kusile in the latest blow to the beleaguered power station. 

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has rejected the notion that coal prices were contributing to higher electricity prices in Australia, noting that coal share of electricity generated had... 

The Space Science division of the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has officially inaugurated its ‘24/7’ space weather forecasting capability, at its facility in Hermanus (south east of... 

A top-end location for a top-end workforce is how founder and executive chairperson of Rewardsco Investments, Michael Steenfeldt-Kristensen, described the new R300-million operations centre at 2... 

Eskom has said it will meet the deadline to get a steam generator that suffered minor damage when it was dropped at a Chinese factory to Koeberg Unit 1 by December this year. An Eskom delegation... 

ASX-listed Argosy Minerals is targeting continuous lithium carbonate production from its Rincon operation, in Argentina, during the next quarter. The company on Tuesday told shareholders that... 

Eskom has announced that the final unit at the Komati power station in Mpumalanga was shut at midday October 31, officially signalling the end of the station’s operating life as a coal-fired... 

Information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and services company NTT, represented in South Africa by ICT company Dimension Data, has officially opened a new data centre in... 

While loadshedding is driving the uptake of embedded electricity solutions, it is also deemed obstructive by renewable-energy solutions company Solareff, owing to the financial implications for...