Amid the mining drill bit market experiencing growth driven by increased mining activities and demand for minerals, price competitiveness remains a key consideration for quarrying, mining and... 

South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) and the growth of its commercial and industrial renewable energy space is a good blueprint for the... 

Telecommunications giant MTN Group’s Mobile Money (MoMo) has reached the milestone of 13-million registered customers in South Africa as it continues to expand financial accessibility. MTN... 

South Africa’s telecommunications sector experienced growth in 2024, driven by a surge in fibre subscriptions, heightened engagement on social media platforms and significant advancements in... 

Methodical progress is being made ahead of the launch, later this year, of South Africa’s inaugural procurement of independent transmission projects (ITPs). Following a market-sounding exercise... 

Leading provider of trade credit insurance in South Africa Credit Guarantee Insurance Corporation (CGIC) was established in 1956. Since then, CGIC has built a reputation for excellence in risk... 

BHP aims to increase copper production in South Australia to more than 500 000 t/y of refined copper cathode by the early 2030s. 

Uranium project developer Global Atomic Corporation has reported that underground development has reached the ore zone. 

Global energy company Keren Energy is developing a green hydrogen project that will support South Africa’s transition to a low-carbon economy. 

Lithium developer Liontown Resources has started underground production stoping. 

North American Lithium mine developer Sayona Mining has reported that it will rebrand as Elevra Lithium following the completion of its planned merger with Piedmont Lithium. 

Operator and majority owner of the Waterberg project Platinum Group Metals has indicated that its near-term focus remains advancing the Waterberg project to a development and construction decision 

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s National Web-Based Environmental Screening Tool is now fully operational. This was announced on Thursday by Forestry, Fisheries and the... 

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund (LPFF) on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at bolstering cooperation in investigating fraud,... 

Available data suggest that formal small businesses contributed 19% of GDP and 33% of employment in 2023, according to nonprofit Trade and Industrialist Strategies’ (TIPS’s) ‘State of Small... 

South Africa's finance minister has said that failing to raise the value-added tax rate from May would cause severe harm to state finances, court papers showed, after a stand-off over the proposal... 

Canada-headquartered Allied Gold on Wednesday announced a C$80-million bought deal public offering alongside a concurrent block trade, as the miner looks to improve share liquidity. The... 

Although saleable production of aluminium from the Hillside Aluminium smelter in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal decreased by 1% to 537 000 t in the nine months ended March, the full-year guidance of... 

ASX- and TSX-listed Paladin Energy has been served with a class action lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Victoria, with the plaintiffs alleging the uranium producer misled investors and breached its... 

Energy and chemicals group Sasol has again reduced its coal production forecast for the current financial year, owing to ongoing quality problems affecting production at its Secunda Operations,... 

Global economic growth is expected to be significantly and immediately curtailed as a result of the ongoing US trade actions, global advisory firm Oxford Economics warned in a recent webinar on... 

ASX-listed PLS, formerly Pilbara Minerals, said on Thursday it had concluded a multi-year investment phase and that it was shifting focus to operational optimisation, positioning the company to... 

Diversified commodities major BHP CEO Mike Henry has expressed concern about increasing protectionism, warning that while tariffs have little direct impact on the miner, their broader implications... 

The Promoting Regenerative Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihoods (PRASL) project, which will see €1.5-million invested over three years to support 4 000 smallholder farmers, has been launched in... 

Global growth is projected to slow to 2.3% this year, placing the world economy on a recessionary path owing to mounting threats, including trade policy shocks, financial volatility and a surge in... 

Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas as a special envoy to the US on April 14, public comments made by Jonas in 2020, in which he... 

TSX-listed GoviEx Uranium has filed a draft environmental- and social-impact assessment (ESIA) with the Zambian Environmental Management Agency (Zema) for the advancement of its Muntanga uranium... 

Keren Energy has made significant progress in the development of its green hydrogen (GH2) production facility near Vanrhynsdorp, in the Western Cape, says CEO George van Rensburg. The project aims... 

During his oversight visit to the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa pointed out that despite progress in many areas in the province, its growth and development is significantly... 

The global transport sector contributes approximately 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) of which Africa currently contributes 3.8%[1]. While the continent’s transport sector contributes... 

A private equity fund has been launched by Scalar and Mergence Investment Managers to finance clean energy and digital infrastructure in Southern Africa. The Africa Decarbonisation Fund I has a... 

Business industry body the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (Sacci’s) Business Confidence Index (BCI) increased gradually from a depressed level of 107.8 in May 2024 to a record... 

Aim-listed Jubilee Metals has reported a strong nine months to March 31 for its South African operations, putting the division on track to exceed performance targets for the financial year to end... 

Mineral Resources shares fell more than 7% after two board members overseeing corporate governance resigned. Jacqueline McGill, who joined the board in early 2024, and Susie Corlett, a member... 

South Africa’s Hibarri, an innovative tech-driven commodity trading platform, is redefining the landscape of commodity trading in South Africa, positioning the nation as the "Switzerland of Africa"... 

By: Boland Lithebe, Security lead for Accenture, Africa AI-powered agents are rapidly transforming how South African businesses operate, from chatbots managing customer inquiries to automated... 

The sweeping tariffs recently imposed by the US are expected to cause significant damage to the global economy, economists noted during a webinar hosted by Fitch Solutions unit BMI on the impact of... 

Financial services provider Professional Provident Society (PPS) has allocated an all-time high R5.33-billion in profit-share to members in South Africa with qualifying life-risk products’ notional... 

Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation (OGRC) has opened applications for its yearly Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) Research Grant. This grant provides early-career African scientists... 

Coal mining company Peabody Energy has held off seeking a $500-million private debt, which would help refinance an acquisition loan after the planned deal was put under review, according to people... 

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Deputy Minister Narend Singh is leading South Africa’s delegation at the 2025 Partnering for Green Growth and Global Goals (P4G) Summit, in Hanoi, Vietnam,... 

Despite the “turbulence” in global markets, the South African real estate investment trust (Reit) sector is in significantly better shape today than it was five years ago, according to Merchant...