Legal services provider Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa (NRFSA) has appointed its Disputes Practice group leader Brent Botha as the firm's new CEO, effective October 1. He brings a wealth of... 

An innovative range of dust suppressants available from CHRYSO Southern Africa, continues to be a gamechanger in the mining and quarrying sectors, providing substantial benefits and enhancing... 

South32 has warned of a noncash impairment expense with regard to the Taylor zinc/silver/lead deposit at the project. 

ClickToGo, launched by AfriSam, South Africa’s leading construction materials company, is a gamechanger. This remarkable digital platform is a first of its kind in the construction industry and... 

Canada will likely publish the final regulations of a plan to cap and cut greenhouse gases from the oil and gas sector by mid-2024, its Environment Minister told Reuters on Thursday. The Canadian... 

Diversified miner South32 on Monday warned of a near $1.3-billion non-cash impairment expense in relation to the Taylor zinc/silver/lead deposit, at its Hermosa project in Arizona, in its 2023... 

South Africa’s plan to raise $1-billion to kickstart the country’s hydrogen economy in partnership with Denmark and the Netherlands bodes well for a new energy future, posits the South African... 

Bolivia's lithium resources are now estimated at 23 million metric tons, its president said on Thursday after government studies that further cement the South American country's position as the... 

If fuel cell electric vehicles can capture 10% of the global car market, demand will be created for five-million to six-million ounces of incremental platinum group metals (PGMs) a year, this... 

The Western Cape represents a rich tapestry of industrial activity in South Africa. It is home to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the car, truck and bus and agricultural equipment... 

Green energy developer Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has been tapped as one of the beneficiaries of the European Commission’s €3.6-billion in funding for clean tech projects. The Commission... 

Integrated Air Solutions is a specialist compressed air solutions provider dedicated to delivering air reliably and efficiently, helping companies achieve their productivity targets by keeping the... 

14Trees, a joint venture (JV) between construction materials company Holcim and UK governmental development finance institution British International Investment (BII), has launched its new... 

SKF South Africa is proud to announce that they have awarded Mechanic Artisan Certificates to the first group of 20 artisans who have successfully passed the Lubrication Equipment Qualification.... 

The construction sector is seeing an increasing trend towards environmental responsibility and ‘green buildings’. Construction materials supplier AfriSam says that its products can help customers... 

By Pule Pule – Sector Specialist: Manufacturing at the PIC South Africa (SA) needs solutions to pervasive unemployment, inequality and poverty. Regrettably, these have become our triple problem.... 

African-born network operator the Paratus Group is celebrating 20 years in Africa by announcing that it will build Angola’s first tier-four data centre, in Luanda. This complements the existing two... 

Africa’s industrial and mining sectors continue to benefit as Nokia and Sedna Industrial IT Solutions ramp up their 2022 LTE private wireless partnership which includes the deployment of the... 

Combating climate change is a process. We are all in it together. We need to work together, and we need to be strategic about how we do it, how we report it, and how we talk about it. 

The City of Cape Town is on track to complete the full 28 km of pipeline rehabilitation, under the R715-million Cape Flats Bulk Sewer upgrade, by 2025. The rehabilitation will benefit 300 000... 

JSE-listed Sephaku Holdings achieved a mixed performance for the financial year ended March 31, with its Métier subsidiary having delivered strong growth in revenue and profit, but SepCem having... 

The dampened macroeconomic environment and its effect on construction projects has again hampered the profitability of cement manufacturer PPC in the financial year ended March 31. Although the... 

South Africa’s analytical and scientific instruments sector is facing significant challenges due to rising costs, exchange rate fluctuations, load shedding and specialised skills shortages.... 

As developed economies seek to diversify their sources of critical minerals away from China and Russia, South Africa has the “clear potential” to strengthen its position as a key supplier of... 

Green hydrogen is presenting South Africa with a good target point at a time when the African continent is on the cusp of a massive revolution in the energy space. “For South Africa in particular,... 

The share price of mining and materials company Afrimat rose by more than 12% on June 20 after it announced the planned acquisition of Lafarge South Africa (LSA), including all its subsidiaries,... 

Corporate and investment bank RMB has partnered with independent power producer (IPP) Sturdee Energy to help it grow its business in the Southern African renewable energy sector. RMB says its... 

Industry organisation Cement and Concrete South Africa (CCSA) has been recognised as a voluntary association by statutory body the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). Category B... 

For a company with “gold” in its name, Barrick Gold Corp. has become noticeably fixated on copper. The world’s second-largest bullion producer recently approached First Quantum Minerals to discuss... 

First Quantum Minerals recently rebuffed an informal takeover approach from Barrick Gold, the world’s second-largest producer of the precious metal, as miners scour the globe for deals, people with... 

Construction materials supplier PPC expects to report a headline loss a share of between 8c and 10.5c and a loss a share of between 21.5c and 22.5c for the financial year ended March 31. This... 

SKF and Wolong Group, the Chinese global manufacturer of motor and drive solutions, have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the possibilities of entering a strategic cooperation... 

A scoping study for the Northern Silica project, in Far North Queensland, has indicated that the project could support a production rate of five-million tonnes a year over a 25-year period.... 

South Africa’s analytical and scientific instruments sector is facing significant challenges due to rising costs, exchange rate fluctuations, load shedding and specialised skills shortages.... 

Darryll Castle has been appointed nonexecutive director of London-listed Rainbow Rare Earths, which owns the Phalaborwa project, in South Africa, and the Gakara project, in Burundi. His appointment... 

With the trend towards green buildings, contractors are expected to support their customers in reaching sustainability goals; AfriSam’s product range has been evolving with this front of mind.... 

The cement and concrete industry is stagnant and the only avenue for rejuvenation is the implementation of some of the infrastructure projects for which government has allocated over R900-billion,... 

Industry body Cement & Concrete South Africa (CCSA) will host its second biennial Young Concrete Researchers, Engineering and Technologists Symposium (YCRETS) from July 12 to 14. The event is aimed... 

Nigeria's BUA Cement has received $500-million in financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and other lenders to boost production, the organisations said on Tuesday. The IFC and... 

Consultancy Sizana Solutions says gravity energy storage systems (GESS) fit in “beautifully” with South Africa’s just energy transition, as it can create multiple thousands of jobs while... 

Chile's State-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, on Wednesday closed its Ventanas metal smelter in the country's central coast, following environmental incidents in the region that... 

The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on Monday highlighted that its budget for the financial year (FY) 2023/24, tabled in Parliament last week, was higher than that for the previous FY....