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Schneider Electric launches first Innovation Hub in Africa
Schneider Electric launches first Innovation Hub in Africa
27th June 2025

Global leader in energy management and automation and recognised sustainability leader Schneider Electric has unveiled its first registered Innovation Hub in Africa – a milestone development that... 


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Balama graphite project, Mozambique – update
27th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Natural graphite and battery anode company Syrah Resources has restarted natural graphite production. 


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Haib copper project, Namibia – update
27th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Copper exploration and development company Koryx Copper has reported that the metallurgical testwork programme has shown encouraging preliminary results. 


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Muntanga uranium project, Zambia – update
27th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

GoviEx has announced the launch of the 2025 field season at the project. 


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FE Overberg Wind Farm, South Africa – update
27th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Financial services provider Absa Corporate and Investment Banking is providing R1.6-billion in facilities for Phase 2 of the project.  


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Pallas research reactor, Netherlands – update
27th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Radiation protection, nuclear safety, radioactive waste and energy technology company NRG-Pallas is preparing for construction. 


Aerial view of Qala Shallows
Witwatersrand Basin Project – Qala Shallows, South Africa – update
27th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Precious and base metals explorer, developer and producer West Wits Mining is moving quickly to execute the development of the Qala Shallows gold project. 


South Africa to put in place online mining rights portal in July
26th June 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa plans to unveil a new online mining registry next month, a long-delayed move toward greater transparency that should help boost investor interest in funding exploration projects. The... 


World Bank Group president Ajay Banga
World Bank, IAEA formalise partnership to collaborate on nuclear energy for development
26th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The World Bank Group and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed to collaborate on supporting the safe, secure and responsible use of nuclear energy in developing countries. The... 


Image of a Faresin telehandler moving bales
Telehandlers find a niche in agricultural sector
26th June 2025

Commonly used in the construction and mining sectors, telehandlers are proving effective in farming environments too – whether lifting heavy seed bags, stacking bales, or cleaning feedlots. The... 


Schneider Electric GoPact products aimed at non-critical applications now available in West Africa
Schneider Electric GoPact products aimed at non-critical applications now available in West Africa
26th June 2025

Schneider Electric, the world’s most sustainable company and a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation has announced the immediate availability of the GoPact MCCB... 


The Etango project
Bannerman to raise A$85m to advance Etango to an investment decision
26th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian- and Namibian-listed uranium development company Bannerman Energy has received firm commitments for a single tranche placement of about 26.6-million new fully paid ordinary shares to new... 


lanseria airport
Lanseria CEO announces several major airport upgrades
26th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

Lanseria International Airport, in Gauteng, is undergoing a period of transformation and forward-looking development, which will see several major upgrades to the airport’s infrastructure and... 


Minerals and Petroleum Resources Deputy Minister Phumzile Mgcina
Policy certainty, consistency key to unlocking African critical minerals investment
25th June 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Amid global politisation of supply chains, increasing expectations of the mining industry and intensifying development imperatives in Africa, various African countries are gearing up policy to... 


TIA and MICT SETA to partner to develop digital skills learning in South Africa
25th June 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT SETA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)... 


Brightstar strikes processing MoU with Paddington Gold
25th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Brightstar Resources has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Paddington Gold for the processing of ore from the Lady Shenton deposit, derisking the Menzies gold... 


Ivanhoe Electric pencils in 2026 construction start at Arizona copper mine
Ivanhoe Electric pencils in 2026 construction start at Arizona copper mine
25th June 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

US-based exploration company Ivanhoe Electric has completed a preeasibility study (PFS) for its Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona, confirming the viability of a high-grade underground mine and... 


GoviEx expands exploration programme in Zambia
24th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

GoviEx Uranium has announced the launch of the 2025 field season at the Muntanga uranium project, in Zambia. Following four years of work that culminated in a positive feasibility study with a... 


Iamgold’s Côté hits nameplate throughput milestone
Iamgold’s Côté hits nameplate throughput milestone
24th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Midtier miner Iamgold said on Monday that its Côté mine in Ontario had achieved nameplate throughput of 36 000 t/d – less than 15 months after first production. The company said the processing... 


Bill’s Luck gold resource ‘significantly bigger’ than originally thought, Kavango CEO reveals
24th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

LSE-listed Kavango Resources has discovered new gold-bearing structures at the Bill's Luck gold mine, at the Hillside project, in Zimbabwe. Kavango has been mining gold at Bill's Luck since August... 


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Construction under way on Growthpoint’s Sandton drive Link Bridge
23rd June 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Growthpoint Properties says construction has started on the Sandton drive Link Bridge. This bridge will provide a direct pedestrian route over Sandton drive... 


Reach stackers the backbone of container handling
Reach stackers the backbone of container handling
23rd June 2025

In 2024, South African ports managed a total cargo throughput of 211.2 million tons, including 4.3 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs). The country’s container yards also recorded a... 


Transformer protection is crucial for corporate clients
Transformer protection is crucial for corporate clients
23rd June 2025

Transformer protection is crucial for corporate clients because transformers are essential components in power distribution systems. They step up or down voltage levels to ensure efficient power... 


Discover real-world tech insights at KITE 2025’s SAIMechE Seminar Theatre
Discover real-world tech insights at KITE 2025’s SAIMechE Seminar Theatre
23rd June 2025

Visitors to the KwaZulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition (KITE) 2025, taking place from 22 to 24 July at the Durban Exhibition Centre, are in for a powerful dose of practical insight and... 


Absa CIB supports FE Overberg wind project with R1.6bn funding
23rd June 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Financial services provider Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) is providing R1.6-billion in facilities to FE Overberg for Phase 2 of the FE Overberg wind project in the Western Cape.... 


West Wits CEO Rudi Deysel
With funding in place, West Wits gets going on Qala Shallows development
23rd June 2025 By: Darren Parker

With funding now in place through the finalisation of its recently announced $14-million placement, ASX-listed West Wits Mining is moving quickly to execute the development of the Qala Shallows... 


Prefabricated data centres for an AI-focused future at the edge
Prefabricated data centres for an AI-focused future at the edge
23rd June 2025

By: Ben Selier - Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric As AI technologies continue to advance, data centres are being pushed to the edge, literally and figuratively,... 


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Cranes for sub-Saharan Africa
20th June 2025

Crane and hoist manufacturer Condra supplies a range of equipment to authorised agents across sub-Saharan Africa, including an innovative unpack-and-go machine delivered in containers that become... 


AIC secures $40m prepayment for Eloise plant expansion
20th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Copper producer AIC Mines has signed a $40-million prepayment facility and offtake agreement with global commodity trader Trafigura to fund the expansion of its Eloise processing facility in north... 


Verder introduces the Verderflex Dura 100: The next generation in peristaltic hose pump technology
Verder introduces the Verderflex Dura 100: The next generation in peristaltic hose pump technology
20th June 2025

Verder, a global leader in advanced pumping solutions, has launched the Verderflex Dura 100 - the latest innovation in peristaltic hose pump technology. This large capacity pump has been designed... 


Prefabricated data centres for an AI-focused future at the edge
20th June 2025

By Ben Selier, Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric As AI technologies continue to advance, data centres are being pushed to the edge, literally and figuratively,... 


The above image depicts a group of learners in front of the SAIW
SAIW reframes welding as driver for growth
20th June 2025 By: Lynne Davies

While welding is “the backbone of infrastructure”, it has remained largely invisible to the public because it has been positioned as a support function rather than a driver of growth, says industry... 


The above image depicts a NitraWeld system
Laser welding powered by on-site nitrogen
20th June 2025 By: Lynne Davies

South Africa’s first locally manufactured nitrogen generator system NitraWeld, developed by nitrogen generator supplier Nitralife, allows for a “new level of flexibility and efficiency in... 


An image of Sekadi Phayane-Shakhane
Programmes help address capacity deficits
20th June 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

In an effort to accommodate the demands of population growth, climate change and urbanisation, industry body for civil engineering professionals the South African Institution of Civil Engineering... 


Shipping containers used as gantry support
20th June 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

A one-off “shipping container” crane is currently under manufacture for mine maintenance by overhead crane and hoist manufacturer Condra’s authorised agent, Lynx Supply and Services, in Tanzania.... 


Drill rig at the Bengwenyama deposit
Bengwenyama platinum group metals project, South Africa – update
20th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Platinum group metals miner Southern Palladium has secured commitments to raise equity capital of A$8-million to advance the staged mine development. 


Cauldron with molten metal
NeoSmelt electric smelting furnace pilot plant, Australia – update
20th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Australian joint venture NeoSmelt has welcomed federal government support for the pilot plant. 


Image of Kamoa-Kakula mining operation
Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, Democratic Republic of Congo – update
20th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Canadian mining company Ivanhoe Mines has revised down its 2025 copper production guidance, following a temporary suspension of underground mining in May. 


Image of the Kayelehera uranium operation
Kayelekera uranium restart project, Malawi – update
20th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Advanced uranium developer Lotus Resources has advanced with cold commissioning of the uranium plant. 


Location map of the Sakatti mine
Sakatti copper and polymetallic project, Finland
20th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Multinational mining company Anglo American is applying its blueprint for responsible mining to design and develop Sakatti as one of its next generation of FutureSmart mines. 


Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Air Products GM marketing Arthi Govender and Air Products MD Charles Dos Santos at the Green Hydrogen Summit where Toyota, Valterra Platinum and Air Products showcased in partnership.
Focus on South Africa’s own green hydrogen market first, Air Products recommends
19th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa should initially focus intently on its local green hydrogen market rather than the global market, and progress at its own pace, which has the potential to give it a global lead. Air... 


Layton Nenzinane speaks to attendees at the Youth Energy Summit, co‑hosted alongside the Africa Energy Forum
Youthful Seriti Green CFO uses energy summit address to inspire other young professionals
19th June 2025

At 32, Layton Nenzinane is already the CFO at renewables group Seriti Green. He offered some inspiration and insight on leadership, inclusion and opportunity to other up-an-coming professionals at... 


De-Risking Africa’s Renewable Energy Agenda
De-Risking Africa’s Renewable Energy Agenda
19th June 2025

By: Opy Ramaremisa - Head of Client Solutions for SA Corporates and Vuyo Mafrika, Head of Client Solutions for Africa Regional Operations (ARO) Absa CIB Every driver starts a long journey with the... 


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