A mega-scale wind project, which includes a 100-km self-build transmission line to connect into the national grid, is steadily advancing towards construction, which is currently anticipated to... 

This week: Africa must collaborate to protect the planet; Engen showcases digital innovation, long-term commitment to coal sector at Coal Africa 2025 and, Pilot Crushtec demonstrates innovation,... 

Australian states and territories are going head-to-head to attract global investment in the wake of this week’s landmark critical minerals deal between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister... 

State-owned freight and logistics company Transnet plans to invest R127-billion over five years in modernizing rail lines and upgrading ports, its CE Michelle Phillips said on Tuesday. Transnet... 

By: Rifle Shot Performance Holdings client success manager Caroline Carter Amortisation - we know it today as the gradual write-off of an asset or the reduction of a debt over time. But few realise... 

Commodities giant BHP has made what CEO Mike Henry described as “a strong start to the year”, with solid operational performance and record output from key assets underpinning a constructive... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s insistence that the State will lead and the market follow in the procurement of new electricity generation, while simultaneously... 

China's imports of Mongolian coal reached a record monthly high in September, customs data showed on Monday, as Beijing's efforts to tackle overcapacity pushed up domestic prices and sent traders... 

Australian coal miner Yancoal believes the market may have reached, or even passed, the cyclical low in coal prices, as gradual supply reductions begin to offset subdued demand across key... 

Russian forces on Sunday attacked a coal mine in southeastern Ukraine and an unidentified energy site in the north near the Russian border, the operators of the sites said, adding to a series of... 

South Africa’s latest Cabinet-approved Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2025) includes several policy adjustments that deviate from the least-cost scenario modelled, including a raising of the minimum... 

Africa needs to exploit all the energy resources that it possesses, including coal, to generate electricity. So affirmed Nigerian enterprise Heirs Energy’s head of commercial operations, Joseph... 

Industry organisation the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) welcomes the findings of global energy think tank Ember, which has reported that renewable energy sources... 

The revival of the Richards Bay and Saldanha Bay rail corridors is gradually progressing. A request for information on public sector participation (PSP) entities was put out in May, and a request... 

Concluding African Energy Week (AEW) – held last month, in Cape Town – energy advocacy group the African Energy Chamber (AEC) founder and executive chairperson NJ Ayuk underscored a central message... 

Although significant oil and gas discoveries across Southern Africa have sharpened investor focus, unlocking that potential is not only geological; it also requires an astute understanding of the... 

Although there were just four days with loadshedding in the first half of the 2025/26 financial year, Eskom generated more than 1 000 GWh of electricity using its open-cycle gas turbines (OCGTs),... 

The project has reached financial close. 

The third phase of the Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm has entered into construction after achieving financial close. 

South Africa will lift a long-standing moratorium on shale gas exploration as soon as new regulations, expected this month, are published, the petroleum resources minister said on Thursday. A ban... 

Cabinet has approved a new Eskom Holdings board, which will continue to be chaired by Mteto Nyati, whose term has not expired because his appointment was made a year after the September 2022... 

South African coal treatment service provider River Energy is recovering fine and ultrafine coal from stockpiles and disposal sites, converting material previously considered waste into usable coal... 

Transnet is too important to fail — and faces challenges the state cannot resolve on its own, so private partners must play a central role. Public-private partnerships are the only route to... 

After commissioning energy consultancy Customised Energy Solutions (CES) to determine the potential for a commercial vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) value chain in South Africa, the Localisation... 

A record amount of renewable energy capacity was added globally last year, but that still left countries short of targets towards meeting a UN climate goal to triple capacity by 2030, a report by... 

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde highlighted on Wednesday that South Africa still faces an energy crisis. Although loadshedding (scheduled rotating power cuts) has stopped, the country is still... 

South African firm River Energy has successfully demonstrated a binderless coal briquetting (BCB) process capable of converting fine and ultrafine discard coal into a stable, saleable fuel product.... 

South African independent power producer (IPP) Red Rocket has reached financial close on a 300 MW solar PV project, which will be built at a cost of about R5.2-billion on land leased to it by... 

Southern African coking coal tailings that have been exposed on the surface for more than a decade could be profitably reprocessed, according to a study presented by Enprotec principal technology... 

South Africa’s era of large-scale dense media coal plants may be drawing to a close, according to DRA minerals processing consultant Mark Cresswell. Speaking at the twenty-first International Coal... 

North-West University teaching and learning acting deputy dean Marco le Roux has proposed using kenaf – a fibre-rich plant similar to cotton – to rehabilitate South Africa’s vast coal discard... 

Energy company Engen, a member of Vivo Energy, reaffirmed its commitment to South Africa’s coal industry at the ICPC Coal Africa 2025 conference, highlighting how technology-driven maintenance and... 

South Africa's mining production decreased by 0.2% year-on-year in August, driven by lower platinum group metal (PGM), gold and manganese ore production, but offset by higher coal output. PGM... 

The third 155-MW phase of Seriti Green’s giant Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm, which is visibly changing the electricity landscape in South Africa’s coal heartland of Mpumalanga, has entered into... 

Coal mine waste in Mpumalanga is becoming a long-term environmental and economic challenge, but University of Cape Town Minerals to Metals Research Initiative postdoctoral research fellow Dr... 

Despite the strain on coal from international agreements and shifting investor priorities, data shows the commodity’s resilience, according to Multotec Cyclones product manager Frikkie Enslin.... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed a Team Europe investment package worth nearly €12-billion, announced at the Global Gateway Forum, in Brussels, Belgium, last week. This package builds on the... 

Coal miner MC Mining has appointed Jianheng Deng as nonexecutive director, effective October 15, following the resignation of Brian He Zhen. Following MC Mining’s continued positive progress in... 

The South African Independent Power Producer Association (SAIPPA) expects to meet with Eskom later this month to discuss its concern that the State-owned entity’s proposed renewables projects may... 

Global leader in equipment and solutions for the infrastructure, mining and aggregate industries, Astec Industries has a strong presence in Africa and the Middle East. Astec South Africa is... 

Queensland has officially scrapped the former administration’s plan to close the state’s coal-fired power stations by 2035, unveiling on Friday a new Energy Roadmap that it says prioritises... 

Despite a global transition towards more renewable sources of energy, coal remains important in the global energy landscape, with global coal demand having reached about 8.8-billion tons in 2024....