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Barrick warns of escalation in Mali, slams govt over office closure
Barrick warns of escalation in Mali, slams govt over office closure
Updated 3 hours ago By: Mariaan Webb

Canada-headquartered Barrick Gold on Wednesday issued a sharp rebuke to the government of Mali as tensions over taxes escalated, warning that the viability of its flagship Loulo-Gounkoto mine is... 


Shawn Heyns appointed as Product Support Engineer to strengthen Kyocera’s tech support
Updated 4 hours ago

Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa (KDZA) is expanding its support capabilities with a stronger focus on technical excellence, customer-centric solutions, and production product innovation. As... 


PPS delivers highest-ever profit share of R5.33bn to members
15th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Financial services provider Professional Provident Society (PPS) has allocated an all-time high R5.33-billion in profit-share to members in South Africa with qualifying life-risk products’ notional... 


IFC Southern Africa regional director Cláudia Conceição and Balwin CEO Steve Brookes
R1bn IFC loan to support Balwin to build 14 500 affordable apartments in Tshwane
15th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Development finance institution the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is part of the World Bank Group, has made a R1-billion, or $58-million, facility available to JSE-listed... 


Image of National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (Naacam) executive director Renai Moothilal.
Beware dumping as Trump builds tariff wall; tariff impact to be felt in the US first – Naacam
15th April 2025 By: Irma Venter

The immediate impact of a raft of new import tariffs on direct component exports from South Africa to the US is most likely to be felt there first, rather than here, says National Association of... 


Sustainable Water Management at Simbithi: A blueprint for future-ready estates
15th April 2025

By: Nikilesh (Nicky) Misra - Technical Manager at Simbithi Eco-Estate As water security emerges as one of the most pressing global challenges, the need for innovative and sustainable water... 


Driving a new design: Addressing the cooling needs of the modern data centre
Driving a new design: Addressing the cooling needs of the modern data centre
15th April 2025

By: Ben Selier - VP of Secure Power for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric The rise in hardware density in data centres is gaining speed and is largely driven by the demands of Artificial... 


Vertiv Announces New Regional Structure for Africa to Enhance Market Presence and Boost Customer Engagement
Vertiv Announces New Regional Structure for Africa to Enhance Market Presence and Boost Customer Engagement
15th April 2025

Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, announced a strategic restructuring of its operations across Africa to enhance and expand its market presence... 


John Welborn
Fenix flags growth ambitions on record iron-ore shipments
15th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Iron-ore junior Fenix Resources is charging toward a transformative year, buoyed by record quarterly shipments and the rapid development of its third mine, Beebyn-W11. Executive chairperson John... 


PMI sub-Saharan Africa MD George Asamani
PMI, Green Project Management establish JV to advance sustainability in project management worldwide
14th April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Project management authority Project Management Institute (PMI) has signed an agreement to establish a new joint venture (JV) with Green Project Management (GPM), a pioneer in sustainable and... 


Databuild Project Lead Generation empowers construction companies with critical data
Databuild Project Lead Generation empowers construction companies with critical data
14th April 2025

With the construction industry’s reliance on timely and accurate project information, Databuild’s Project Lead Generation service is an indispensable solution. This flagship offering provides a... 


China to keep building coal plants through 2027
14th April 2025 By: Reuters

China plans to keep building coal-fired power plants through 2027 in regions where they are needed to meet peak power demand or stabilise the grid, according to government guidelines for upgrading... 


AET puts people first at Bimbo QSR
AET puts people first at Bimbo QSR
14th April 2025

Bimbo QSR in Waltloo, Gauteng, is one of international Grupo Bimbo’s many operations. With more than 200 bakeries worldwide, the group’s stellar performance is underpinned by a strong and loyal... 


Agrément CEO Richard Somanje and SHRA acting CEO Lebowa Letsoalo
Alternative building technology the way to go for quicker housing delivery
14th April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As Gauteng’s housing backlog continues to widen beyond the current 1.2-million units and amid lacking security of tender, which impacts on economic empowerment and employment, human settlements... 


i-80 Gold searches for new COO as Gili steps down
14th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Dual-listed i-80 Gold on Friday announced that president and COO Matthew Gili would step down from his roles once a successor is appointed. Gili has served as president and COO since the... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa tours CSIR on its eightieth anniversary
11th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

President Cyril Ramaphosa has praised the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, for its commitment to excellence... 


Centre for Palladium Technologies head Dmitry Izotov.
South Africa invited to help uplift palladium demand by 1.7-million ounces a year
11th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South African platinum group metals (PGM) companies have been invited to become part of a programme that is targeting an initial 1.7-million-ounce increase in demand for palladium, a PGM that... 


CGS junior scientist seismologist Tamara Makhateng
Council for Geoscience launches multifunctional National Data Centre that fulfils nuclear monitoring obligations
11th April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Council for Geoscience (CGS) has launched a National Data Centre (NDC), which incorporates a capacity-building system installed by the Provisional Technical Secretariat of the Comprehensive... 


Clean technology fund secures initial R2.4bn
11th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Investment firm New GX Capital has announced the first close of Airnergize Capital, which aims to R4-billion by final close to accelerate clean technology solutions in renewable energy, gas and... 


An image of the Haib copper project
Koryx lists on the Namibia Securities Exchange
11th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Canadian copper company Koryx Copper has met all the requirements for a dual-listing on the Namibia Securities Exchange (NSX), with trading having started on April 10. There will be no change to... 


Premium launches new strategic direction at Botswana projects
11th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Exploration company Premium Resources has unveiled an aggressive six-month strategy to accelerate development of its critical metals projects in Botswana, as it targets rapid growth through deep... 


Hudbay strikes deal with US trade unions for Copper World mine construction
Hudbay strikes deal with US trade unions for Copper World mine construction
11th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto- and New York-listed Hudbay Minerals has reached an agreement with a coalition of union building trades to support the construction of its Copper World mine in Arizona. The agreement,... 


IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa
IFP, ANC meeting highlights VAT increase as 'most viable' short-term solution
11th April 2025 By: Sashnee Moodley

Government of National Unity (GNU) partners the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC) held Budget impasse discussions on Thursday, and affirmed their commitment to the... 


BOOSTING PRODUCTION
DELKOR is undertaking a capacity-expansion upgrade to a Tanzania gold miner's 12-m-diameter gold concentrate thickener to double its output volumes
Gold plant undergoes doubling-of-capacity upgrade
11th April 2025 By: Donna Slater

A 12-m-diameter gold concentrate thickener for an East Africa-focused gold producer, developer and explorer is currently undergoing a capacity-expansion upgrade by the plant’s original-equipment... 


Summit adopts resolutions to reverse South Africa’s water-sector decline
11th April 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Several resolutions emerged from the National Water and Sanitation Indaba, held from March 27 to 28, to reverse the significant deterioration in South Africa’s water sector over the past few years.... 


Magazine cover image
Belated moves under way to halt slide in water infrastructure
11th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

South Africa’s water and sanitation infrastructure (WSI) is in a poor state, and stakeholders recognise the urgent need to address this to prevent a supply crisis, with various partnership and... 


Magazine cover image
Belated moves under way to halt slide in water infrastructure
11th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

South Africa’s water and sanitation infrastructure (WSI) is in a poor state, and stakeholders recognise the urgent need to address this to prevent a supply crisis, with various partnership and... 


Image of Maydon Wharf
Maydon Wharf multipurpose terminal, South Africa
11th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

South African freight utility Transnet National Ports Authority released a request for proposal in March 2025. 


Image of steel rebar
Scrap metals recycling steel rebar mill, US
11th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Scrap metal recycling company Hybar is building a technologically advanced, environmentally sustainable scrap metals recycling steel rebar mill. 


Akkuyu feedwater reserve tank
Akkuyu nuclear power plant project, Türkiye – update
11th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The rigging operation for supplying the first large-sized equipment inside the building has been completed in the turbine hall of Akkuyu nuclear power plant Unit 3. 


Image of Qala Shallows project
Witwatersrand Basin Project – Qala Shallows, South Africa – update
11th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Precious and base metals explorer, developer and producer West Wits Mining has announced the launch of a comprehensive strategic review of the project. 


Rising water scarcity and food insecurity challenges require more sustainable solutions       
Rising water scarcity and food insecurity challenges require more sustainable solutions       
10th April 2025

By: Kevin O’Brien - SPAR Group Sustainability and Risk Executive Water is the lifeblood of agriculture, a major socio-economic driver for billions of people, and integral to South Africa’s economy... 


Truck Driver Safety & Wellness Symposium Unveils Robust Programme for May Event
Truck Driver Safety & Wellness Symposium Unveils Robust Programme for May Event
10th April 2025

The SaferStops Association, in collaboration with 23 private and public sector partners, is excited to announce an extensive and comprehensive programme for the upcoming Truck Driver Safety &... 


An image of the Bakubung mine
Wesizwe continues to pursue data recovery following breach
10th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum, which owns the Bakubung platinum mine, says data recovery experts are making significant progress with recovery and restoration efforts to reinstate all essential... 


SAICE highlights repercussions of inaction in South Africa’s water infrastructure crisis
10th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South Africa stands at a critical juncture in its infrastructure development, with water infrastructure at the forefront of this. The imperative to fix and renew aged and defective water... 


Mark Carney
Carney pledges to speed permits, make Canada ‘energy superpower’
10th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged to make Canada the world’s “leading energy superpower” through a plan that includes establishing a single office that would decide on major projects within two... 


Minerals Council CEO Mzila Mthenjane, senior policy analyst, public affairs and transformation Fundiswa Ndaba, and senior executive, public affairs and transformation Tebello Chabana.
Minerals Council scoring big on South Africa’s socioeconomic transformation front
9th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Minerals Council South Africa has been scoring big on the transformation front, going well beyond compliance, and hopes are now high that the upcoming Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development... 


Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane
George building collapse revealed to be a result of ‘systematic failures across multiple levels of oversight’
9th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

An independent forensic investigation into the building that collapsed in George, in the Western Cape, last year, has found that systematic failures across multiple levels of oversight,... 


Inside the Robertson and Caine assembly plant in Cape Town
Robertson and Caine celebrates building its 3 000th boat in Cape Town
9th April 2025 By: Irma Venter

Cape Town-based sailing and power catamaran manufacturer Robertson and Caine has completed its 3 000th boat. The hand-crafted vessel is a Leopard 40 Powercat, which is also the 2024 European Power... 


Lynas rare earths site in Australia
Ionic eager to start building Makuutu rare earths project amid China’s latest restrictions
9th April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Ionic Rare Earths says it is advancing discussions on the development of its Makuutu rare earths project, in Uganda, as China’s latest rare earth export restrictions increase focus on... 


Image of MTN president and CEO Ralph Mupita
Africa needs its own tech champions, says MTN CEO
9th April 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Africa needs its own technology champions to enable the continent to be more deliberate about the kind of evolution and digital ecosystem that it needs. The continent’s needs differ from other... 


Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau
Govt launches Spaza Shop Support Fund to support township businesses
8th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau and Small Business Development Minister Stella Tembisa Ndabeni have launched a R500-million Spaza Shop Support Fund, which was initially announced... 


Three law firms, Solidarity lodge objections to new legal sector BEE codes
8th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Law firms Bowmans, Webber Wentzel and Werksmans are concerned that the current version of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Legal Sector Code of Good Practice (LSC) is not workable... 


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