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Eskom Transmission Division MD Segomoco Scheppers
Eskom turns to EPC contracting as it seeks to pick up yearly powerline roll-out pace to 1 500 km
30th May 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom’s Transmission Division, which will form part of the separated National Transmission Company South Africa once established later this year, will begin relying more heavily on the engineer,... 


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Contracting makes for global debate
26th May 2023 By: Halima Frost

The question of whether engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) or engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) is a preferred or advisable contracting strategy in the South... 


Power source secured for Bellevue
25th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Gold miner Bellevue Gold will partner with independent power producer Zenith Energy to establish a hybrid power station at its namesake gold mine in Western Australia. The miner has inked a power... 


Seifsa COO Tafadzwa Chiabanguza
Loadshedding resulted in 25% y/y employment drop in metals, engineering sector 
24th May 2023 By: Darren Parker

A recent study carried out by the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) to assess the impact of loadshedding on the metals and engineering sector revealed a... 


Aluminium cans
Nampak to reduce salaries, headcount in 12-month rightsizing
24th May 2023 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed packaging company Nampak has instituted a vacancy freeze, will reduce headcount across the entire organisation, will reduce its head office and has reduced absolute salaries to stabilise... 


Towards larger and hybrid mobile crushing solution
24th May 2023

Amid an evolving market landscape, customers in southern Africa are increasingly turning to larger mobile crushers and hybrid solutions, observes Francois Marais, Sales and Marketing Director at... 


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Valentine gold project, Canada – update
19th May 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Marathon Gold has concluded a socioeconomic agreement with the Miawpukek First Nation for the development of the project. 


Brothers in arms?
19th May 2023 By: Riaan de Lange

Are the World Customs Organisation’s (WCO’s) Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC) and the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) brothers in arms or combatants? They seem... 


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Mining workforce trainer eyes capitalisation of African mining uptick
12th May 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Mining sector training solutions provider Prisma Training Solutions is hoping to position its tailored training solutions to capitalise on the expectation of an increase in mining activity in... 


China’s weak industrial recovery is weighing on coal consumption
11th May 2023 By: Bloomberg

China’s weak property market and sluggish industrial activity are weighing on coal prices even as a spate of government safety checks curbs output. Key industrial users of the fuel including steel... 


Marathon and Miawpukek First Nation conclude SEA
10th May 2023 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold project developer Marathon Gold has concluded a socio-economic agreement (SEA) with the Miawpukek First Nation for the development of the Valentine gold project, in central Newfoundland.... 


EnerMech continues to grow on Angola LNG creating 250 permanent and temporary roles
10th May 2023

Integrated solutions specialists EnerMech has strengthened its footprint in the LNG market after securing four contracts with Angola LNG Limited (ALNG). As a result, the business has completed a... 


Northern Star flags costs increases
27th April 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Gold miner Northern Star Resources has increased its all-in sustaining cost (AISC) estimates for the 2023 financial year, following a tough March quarter. Gold sales in the March quarter declined... 


Nigel Townshend.
Shaft-sinking boom-time stalwart Nigel Townshend returns as chair of mining services company
26th April 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Mining luminary of South Africa’s shaft-sinking boom period at the beginning of the millennium Nigel Townshend is back in action as the newly appointed nonexecutive chairperson of United Mining... 


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MC Mining progressing towards implementation plan for Makhado project
26th April 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed MC Mining CEO and MD Godfrey Gomwe says in an update on the Makhado hard coking coal (HCC) project that considerable progress has been made to convert previous mining studies into an... 


TPT expects to invest just over R8-billion over the next five years
South African port operator pursuing R8bn OEM strategy in bid to bolster equipment performance
24th April 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) is optimistic that its emerging strategy of entering into long-term agreements with original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for the supply and life-cycle maintenance... 


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M&D acquires specialist bulk tankage contractor Efficient TROTECH
21st April 2023

M&D Construction Group has acquired 100% of Efficient TROTECH, the country’s leading supplier of bulk tank design, procurement and construction services to the petrochemical and energy industries.... 


Salga urges negotiated conditionalities regarding municipal debt relief
19th April 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The South African Local Government Association (Salga) has acknowledged with concern the debt spiral that both State-owned utility Eskom and municipalities currently face. Municipalities were owed... 


Pacific Nickel appoints new COO
17th April 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Pacific Nickel has appointed Haldane Morris as COO as the company moves to bring its Kolosori nickel project, in the Solomon Islands, into production as soon as possible. Morris has... 


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Spiral helps improve efficiencies
7th April 2023 By: Sabrina Jardim

While West Africa is considered to be a “premium” gold mining region, owing to it achieving a significant return on investment for its mining operations, the industry  lags in terms of... 


Fitch Solutions says emerging markets will fuel the little global growth expected in 2023
5th April 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Business intelligence provider Fitch Solutions Country Risk & Industry Research confirms that, although the world economy will see a sharp slowdown in growth this year, emerging market economies... 


Why should a TES join the CEA (TESD)?
3rd April 2023

The Metal Industry Main Agreement (MA) was gazetted by the Minister of Employment and Labour on 7 October and became legally binding on all employers, including Temporary Employment Service (TES)... 


Progress made towards achievement of water and sanitation SDGs
31st March 2023 By: Natasha Odendaal

South Africa has developed, arguably, the most effective operational structure for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal six (SDG6) on water and sanitation on the African continent,... 


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Loadshedding destroying production, growth, jobs in the metals and engineering sector
24th March 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Companies in the metals and engineering sector have seen production decline by 34.2% over the past year, and production in the sector is estimated to contract by 5.3% this year, industry... 


Tomatoes
Fresh Produce Market Inquiry to look into unexplainable food price hikes, market barriers
23rd March 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Competition Commission has confirmed it will start a Fresh Produce Market Inquiry (FPMI) on March 31, to determine whether there are any activities or features in the fresh produce value chain... 


ARC’s portfolio resilient amid challenging macroeconomic environment
17th March 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed African Rainbow Capital (ARC) says its diverse investment portfolio has shown remarkable resilience in what was challenging macroeconomic conditions for all the firms it is invested in,... 


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Transmission infrastructure should also be privatised, investment firm argues
16th March 2023 By: Darren Parker

While electricity generation capacity in South Africa is increasingly being privatised and decentralised, the government has stated that transmission infrastructure must remain in the hands of the... 


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Manufacturer focused on anti-theft, -vandalism signalling equipment
10th March 2023 By: Tracy Hancock

The prevention of vandalism and theft of rail infrastructure continues to be a significant money pit for the South African passenger and freight rail industry. State-owned entity Passenger Rail... 


Reunert acquires IQbusiness
9th March 2023 By: Natasha Odendaal

Reunert, through wholly owned subsidiary Reunert's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) business segment, is set to acquire 74.2% of management and technology consulting firm IQbusiness... 


South African business activity stabilises in February - PMI
3rd March 2023 By: Reuters

South African private sector activity stabilised in February after a sharp drop the previous month, a survey showed on Friday. The S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to... 


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No way back
3rd March 2023 By: Terence Creamer

The explosive eNCA interview with André de Ruyter truly rammed home what most people, besides those with their noses in the looting trough, already knew: relying primarily on Eskom Generation to... 


Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe
De Ruyter must not 'throw a stone in the bush and hope an animal will run out' - Mantashe
24th February 2023 By: News24Wire

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says that former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter "must not throw a stone in a bush and hope an animal will come out" - he must name the politicians he... 


Corruption in Zim’s use of almost $1bn from IMF
24th February 2023 By: Tara O’Connor

Elections are fast approaching in Zimbabwe, giving rise to popular expectations and international hopes for change but equally to a blatant increase in government corruption from the last remaining... 


OZ Minerals feeling the impact of a tough year
22nd February 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Takeover target OZ Minerals has seen net profits after tax for the 2022 financial year fall by 323.4% to A$207.3-million, while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation fell... 


JG Afrika assists in maintaining the N1/N4 toll road for Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire
JG Afrika assists in maintaining the N1/N4 toll road for Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire
21st February 2023

By Emma Day, Executive Associate at JG Afrika (Pty) Ltd Entrusted with the Pavement Management System for Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire, JG Afrika is helping to maintain the N1/N4 Toll... 


Location map of the NICO project
NICO gold/cobalt/bismuth/copper mine project, Canada – update
17th February 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Fortune Minerals has invested more than C$135-million to advance the project from an in-house discovery to a near shovel-ready vertically integrated critical minerals asset. 


COO Tafadzwa Chibanguza
Metals and engineering production will again contract in 2023 – Seifsa
16th February 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

High inflation, high interest rates and supply chain disruption will persist throughout this year, as will poor local government service delivery and, of course, the energy crisis, says the Steel... 


Scope of commission's fresh produce market inquiry includes farming, retail sectors
15th February 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Competition Commission has published the final terms of reference for the Fresh Produce Market Inquiry (FPMI), which is aimed at assessing whether there are any features in the fresh produce... 


Fundamentals for nuclear fuel market 'best ever' - Cameco CEO
Fundamentals for nuclear fuel market 'best ever' - Cameco CEO
10th February 2023 By: Mariaan Webb

Demand for nuclear power is driving the “best fundamentals ever seen” for the nuclear fuel market, said Canadian uranium major Cameco president and CEO Tim Gitzel on Thursday. The geopolitical... 


PetroSA publishes tender for gas extraction joint ventures
6th February 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

State-owned oil and gas company PetroSA has published a request for proposals (RfP), calling on interested parties to submit conceptual proposals to partner with the national oil company in... 


Openpit activities start at Kathleen Valley
3rd February 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Openpit mining operations have started at the Kathleen Valley lithium project, with the project still on track to produce its first product in mid-2024. ASX-listed Liontown Resources on Friday... 


Panel unpacks key considerations for increased energy security
Panel unpacks key considerations for increased energy security
2nd February 2023

With the private sector’s combined 9 GW of solar, wind, gas and battery storage projects in the pipeline, persistent loadshedding and an electricity tariff increase of 18.65% from April 1, it is... 


Gold mineralised drill core from the Tulu Kapi project
Tulu Kapi gold project, Ethiopia – update
27th January 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Kefi Gold and Copper has announced that all lead contracting and equity investment parties have agreed to the draft agreements for the financing of the project. 


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