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4 200 MW SAPP deficit underscores urgency of regional power integration – Graham-Maré
5th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

Although the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) faces a series of significant obstacles – such as insufficient transmission infrastructure; drought conditions affecting hydropower plants; theft and... 


Engen backs young entrepreneurs with disabilities in Cape Town
Engen backs young entrepreneurs with disabilities in Cape Town
5th September 2025

Fifteen young people living with disabilities from Cape Flats communities - including: Crossroads, Delft, Eerste River, Khayelitsha and Mitchell’s Plain - have taken their first steps towards... 


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Cranes installed in confined spaces
5th September 2025

An order for four cranes was recently filled by FL Smidth’s (FLS’s) sub-Saharan and West Africa procurement service. Three of the cranes were delivered to Accra, Ghana where they will be used for... 


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Smelter rebirth bodes well for local beneficiation
5th September 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The acquisition of Metalloys by Menar Capital and Ntiso Investment Holdings signifies a move towards revitalising the manganese alloy industry in South Africa, which has experienced a decline in... 


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Subscriptions-based power model helps shore up energy security
5th September 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

Solar energy solutions company GoSolr is giving schools and small- and medium-sized businesses access to subscription-based solar power, thereby reducing their reliance on the national grid for... 


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Tyre solution gains traction in Zim mines
5th September 2025 By: Lynne Davies

The growing problem of sending big volumes of waste to landfill and general waste issues associated with used tyres is intended to be addressed through tyre filling solutions provider Carlisle... 


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Solar trade bolsters supply, promotes cost-efficiency
5th September 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

The growing trade of solar power by independent power producers (IPPs) is playing a pivotal role in South Africa’s rapidly deregulating electricity market. By diversifying the energy mix and... 


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Naacam CEO on key priorities for preserving ‘critical source of industrial capacity’
5th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

The global automotive market is facing a shift as profound as the day the first mass-produced vehicle drove off the assembly line. From horse-and-carriage versus car, the conflict has now, more... 


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Miner undertakes smelter, solar expansion
5th September 2025 By: Lynne Davies

With the commissioning of a $360-million smelter expansion project and the first 35 MW phase of its $37-million solar PV power programme having been finalised, platinum mining company Zimplats has... 


Business-as-usual won’t solve water challenges – Mahlobo
5th September 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

South Africa’s water scarcity demands urgent action and cannot be treated as ‘business as usual’, says Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo, calling for bold innovation, cross-border... 


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South Africans must be laser focused on replacing markets we’ve lost
5th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Catalyse investment in South Africa’s industrial competitiveness, diversify South Africa’s export markets and build a South Africa that’s strong are three musts that South Africa must grasp with... 


NAACAM CEO Renai Moothilal
NAACAM CEO on key priorities for preserving ‘critical source of industrial capacity’
5th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

The global automotive market is facing a shift as profound as the day the first mass-produced vehicle drove off the assembly line. From horse-and-carriage versus car, the conflict has now, more... 


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Eland mine complex, South Africa – update
5th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The completion of a 4.5-m-diameter raise-bored ventilation shaft has markedly improved underground conditions, especially in deeper areas critical to the medium-term ramp-up. 


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Notable progress in engineering, but women still underrepresented in leadership roles
5th September 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

South African women in engineering and industry can become “more-than-competent” drivers of change and development, solidifying their positions within traditionally male-dominated environments,... 


Aussie juniors hail Côte d’Ivoire as 'premier' West African jurisdiction
4th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Côte d’Ivoire’s emergence as West Africa’s premier gold investment destination took centre stage on day two of the Africa Down Under conference in Perth, with several Australian companies... 


SMME Workshop: Your Compliance Roadmap: What SMMEs need to work with Corporates
SMME Workshop: Your Compliance Roadmap: What SMMEs need to work with Corporates
4th September 2025

As part of the Sustainability & ESG Africa Conference & Expo (SEACon), a high-impact SMME Workshop will guide businesses through what it really takes to become compliant and ready to do business... 


Simplicity, scalability, and sustainability – SaaS energy management for small business
Simplicity, scalability, and sustainability – SaaS energy management for small business
4th September 2025

By: Thabang Byl - Buildings Segment Lead at Schneider Electric Retail and franchising are fast paced; a world where margins are tight and expectations sky-high. For those small-format retail... 


Guinea Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ismael Nabe.
Guinea the 'most Australian' country in Africa
4th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

A new chapter in Guinea's economic future is finally unfolding, as the West African nation sees the world's largest undeveloped high-grade iron-ore deposit, Simandou, come to fruition. Guinea’s... 


Empowering the South African dream: unlocking the potential of SA Inc through affordable electricity
Empowering the South African dream: unlocking the potential of SA Inc through affordable electricity
4th September 2025

In this opinion article, Professor Vally Padayachee argues that a South African Incorporated (SA Inc.) perspective holds tremendous potential for shaping the future of South Africa, by providing a... 


Business confidence insufficient to accelerate investment for meaningful economic growth – index
3rd September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Business Confidence Index (BCI) again declined, by one point, to 39 for the third quarter. This follows a five-point decline in the... 


Electra wraps up early works programme, accelerating refinery construction restart
Electra wraps up early works programme, accelerating refinery construction restart
3rd September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Nasdaq- and TSX-V-listed Electra Battery Materials on Wednesday announced the completion of its early works programme at its cobalt refinery north of Toronto. This milestone strengthens Electra’s... 


Cashbuild grows revenue, operating profit, HEPS and dividend
3rd September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed building materials and products retailer Cashbuild has reported a 5% year-on-year increase in revenue for the financial year ended June 29 to R11.5-billion, while its operating profit... 


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ICMM launches Global Mining Dataset to support more robust data on mining, metals
3rd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Mining and metals advocacy group the ICMM has launched its ‘Global Mining Dataset’, to address the lack of reliable, standardised data for the mining and metals sector. The ICMM says the new... 


Eastcape Midlands College and the Schneider Electric Foundation launch electrical Centre of Excellence
Eastcape Midlands College and the Schneider Electric Foundation launch electrical Centre of Excellence
3rd September 2025

Eastcape Midlands TVET College (EMC) has, thanks to its partnership with the Schneider Electric Foundation and Schneider Electric, established a state-of-the-art electrical laboratory, and now... 


ASP Isotopes chairperson and CEO Paul Mann
ASPI ships first samples of ytterbium-176, silicon-28
3rd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Nasdaq- and JSE-listed ASP Isotopes (ASPI) has shipped the first samples of ytterbium-176 and silicon-28 to customers – a step the company describes as a major milestone that should allow it to... 


Australian High Commissioner to Ghana Berenice Owen-Jones
African governments push for local value-add as resource nationalism returns
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The resurgence of resource nationalism, particularly in West Africa, has emerged as one of the discussion points on the first day of the Africa Down Under (ADU) conference in Perth, with officials,... 


DA Spokesperson on Finance Dr Mark Burke
DA wants disbandment of GPAA, ActionSA calls for accountability
2nd September 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for the disbandment of the Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA), arguing that its work should be taken over by the Government Employees Pension... 


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SAICE launches GCC 2025 as updated framework for South Africa’s construction industry
2nd September 2025 By: Darren Parker

The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) has officially launched its ‘General Conditions of Contract (GCC) 2025’ publication, which has been in the works since early 2021. The... 


The Tata Tiago
Tata to seek volume in entry-level market, Motus to widen used-car focus
2nd September 2025 By: Irma Venter

Key to Tata’s reintroduction into the South African market will be “where it will play”, which will be more in the entry-level car segment, says Motus CEO Ockert Janse van Rensburg. “It’s an... 


Wits Mind Institute director Professor Benjamin Rosman
Google.org provides $1m for Wits Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery Institute
2nd September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery (Mind) Institute has been awarded core funding of $1-million by Internet services firm charity and philanthropy... 


Google.org backs the Wits Mind Institute with US$1M boost
2nd September 2025

Wits University’s Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery (MIND) Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa, has been awarded core funding of US$1 million by Google.org. Led by Professor Benjamin... 


Diamonds being sorted
Lab-grown gems are robbing Botswana of its diamond riches
2nd September 2025 By: Bloomberg

Across Botswana the lines of patients outside government clinics are lengthening, construction companies dependent on state jobs are firing workers and university students are threatening to... 


Metallium wins US defence contract to advance gallium recovery
2nd September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and OTCQX-listed Metallium has secured its first direct contract with the US Department of Defense (DoD), marking a formal entry into the Pentagon’s innovation and funding system. The... 


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Mavuso slams Eskom’s tariff system as ‘farcical’, calls for urgent electricity sector reform
1st September 2025 By: Darren Parker

There is no greater sign of the urgent need for reform of the electricity sector than the way State-owned utility Eskom’s electricity tariffs are set, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe... 


Specialised Exhibitions Transitions to New Name: Montgomery Group Africa
Specialised Exhibitions Transitions to New Name: Montgomery Group Africa
1st September 2025

As part of a strategic move to streamline operations, strengthen regional alignment, and support long-term growth, Specialised Exhibitions has transitioned to a new name: Montgomery Group Africa.... 


Integrated Pump Technology has been officially appointed the distributor for Grindex submersible pumps in West Africa, further expanding its African footprint
Integrated Pump Technology secures Grindex distribution deal for West Africa
1st September 2025

Integrated Pump Technology has been officially appointed as the distributor for Grindex submersible pumps in West Africa, building on its already strong presence in the region and marking another... 


Yellowcake being drummed at the Kayelekera mine.
Lotus produces first yellowcake at Kayelekera mine in Malawi
1st September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia’s Lotus Resources said on Monday it had produced the first batch of uranium oxide (U3O8) from its 85%-owned Kayelekera mine in Malawi. The milestone follows the successful commissioning... 


Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa & South African President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa attends Zimbabwe Agricultural Show to 'deepen ties', faces criticism from former DA spokesperson
29th August 2025 By: Sashnee Moodley

President Cyril Ramaphosa has undertaken a trip to Zimbabwe to attend the official opening of the neighbouring country’s Agricultural Show, in its 130th year, as a guest of honour. The Presidency... 


Exposure Limits for Diesel Particulate Matter in South Africa: A Guideline for South African Mines
Exposure Limits for Diesel Particulate Matter in South Africa: A Guideline for South African Mines
29th August 2025

(Virtual Showroom) Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM)—also known as black smoke or soot—is a toxic pollutant emitted from diesel engines. Comprising ultra-fine carbon-based particles, DPM can deeply... 


PLASTICS SA RESPONDS TO OUTCOME OF INC-5.2 NEGOTIATIONS IN GENEVA Industry united in advocating risk-based assessments and clear scope within plastics treaty
PLASTICS SA RESPONDS TO OUTCOME OF INC-5.2 NEGOTIATIONS IN GENEVA Industry united in advocating risk-based assessments and clear scope within plastics treaty
29th August 2025

Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the local plastics industry, has expressed concern over the failure of governments to reach agreement at last week’s Intergovernmental Negotiating... 


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Innovative energy chains gain popularity
29th August 2025

Widely used in manufacturing, automation, packaging, mining, robotics and machine tool industries, energy chains are said to be fast replacing traditional festoon and cable reel systems. Polymer... 


Trafo Power Solutions
Trafo Power Solutions evolves to offer range of electrical power solutions
29th August 2025

Having rapidly carved a niche in dry-type transformer applications in Africa, Trafo Power Solutions has steadily grown its offerings – and now sees a future as a leading provider of electrical... 


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Metal packaging increases circularity
29th August 2025

As metal packaging continues to be one of the most sustainable and recyclable forms of packaging on the plant, producer responsibility organisation for metal packaging MetPac-SA continues to... 


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