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Policy integral to shaping oil and gas outlook – law firm
17th October 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

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... 


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Bank champions balanced energy future for Africa
17th October 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

As Africa grapples with deep-rooted energy poverty and mounting climate pressures, financial services provider Standard Bank is positioning itself as a key enabler of a pragmatic just energy... 


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Fuel transition to evolve Johannesburg’s energy landscape
17th October 2025 By: Tracy Klückow

Natural gas reticulation company Egoli Gas has been working closely with chemicals and energy company Sasol to ensure that its transition to methane-rich gas (MRG) in 2028 is seamless, with the... 


First solar wheeling project under Namibia’s MSB programme comes on stream
17th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS), in partnership with B2Gold Namibia, the Oelofse family and Fortitude, has commissioned Namibia’s first solar wheeling project under State-owned utility NamPower’s... 


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VEGA’s winning formula for reliable process control
17th October 2025

For over 60 years, VEGA has been at the forefront of level and pressure measurement technology, supporting industries such as chemicals, food, mining, pharmaceuticals, water, oil and gas. Committed... 


Eskom is still generating thousands of gigawatt-hours burning diesel
Eskom is still generating thousands of gigawatt-hours burning diesel
17th October 2025

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),... 


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Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm, South Africa – update
17th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

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


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Lady Julie gold project, Australia
17th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A feasibility study has confirmed Lady Julie as one of the highest-margin undeveloped gold projects in Australia. 


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Abadi liquefied natural gas project, Indonesia
17th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Abadi has been designated a project of national strategic importance by the Indonesian government. 


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Liquefied petroleum gas terminal, India
17th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project has received a final investment decision. 


Sanedi CEO Dr Titus Mathe
Sanedi achieves 100% of its performance targets, fourth consecutive clean audit
16th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The South African National Energy Development Institute (Sanedi) says it achieved an “outstanding performance” for the 2024/25 financial year, achieving 100% of its performance targets and securing... 


Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
South Africa to lift shale gas moratorium this month
16th October 2025 By: Reuters

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... 


Santos MD and CEO Kevin Gallagher
Santos trims 2025 output forecast again on technical issue at Barossa project
16th October 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's Santos narrowed its annual output forecast for a second time on Thursday due to a technical issue delaying the ramp-up of its key Barossa oil & gas project, as well as a slow recovery... 


Western Cape Premier Alan Winde
Western Cape developing energy sustainability through renewables ahead of schedule
15th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


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River Energy proves binderless coal briquetting technology can turn waste fines into fuel
15th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

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.... 


Santos' finance chief Sherry Duhe resigns one year into role
14th October 2025 By: Reuters

Santos said on Tuesday that CFO Sherry Duhe has resigned, just one year after taking on the role, as the Australian gas producer navigates a transitional period ahead of the startup of its key... 


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BLSA welcomes Eskom’s return to profitability, but notes persisting challenges
13th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

State-owned Eskom’s return to profitability for the first time in eight years, with a profit before tax of R23.9-billion for the 2025 financial year, offers some welcome positive news for the power... 


Companies enter joint development agreement for Mpumalanga gas project
13th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

ASX-listed Kinetiko Energy (and its subsidiary, Afro Energy) and South African industrial heating fuel supplier FFS Refiners have entered into a binding joint development agreement (JDA) for a... 


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IPP body to meet Eskom on grid-access concerns after alerting competition body to the potential for abuse
13th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

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... 


Major uplift for South Africa-European Union Just Energy Transition Partnership.
European Union elevates South Africa’s R105bn green hydrogen project to new high
10th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen elevated South Africa’s R105-billion Nelson Mandela Bay green-hydrogen-to-green-ammonia project to a new high when she singled it out for special... 


Stanwell coal power station in Queensland
Queensland scraps coal plant closure plan, sets out new energy roadmap
10th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

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... 


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Collaboration key to safer, more efficient corridors
10th October 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

This year’s Transport Month should firmly spotlight collaborative projects between the private and public sectors that are strengthening the country’s freight network, says advocacy body Road... 


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Western Cape maltings plant returns to rail transport
10th October 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

The Caledon Maltings plant was originally designed with rail intake in mind, says beer producer South African Breweries (SAB) CEO Richard Rivett-Carnac. The facility is one of the largest malting... 


OPTIMISED OPERATIONS
Chempute will highlight its strategic partnership with Datacor, featuring a unified suite of engineering tools including CHEMCAD, Fathom, Arrow, Impulse and xStream
Software provider to showcase benefits of strategic partnership
10th October 2025 By: Nadine James

Following a successful debut as a first-time exhibitor at Electra Mining Africa 2024 – where the company showcased its Hexagon Partner Solutions – software solutions provider Chempute Software is... 


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Vehicle converted to showcase cleaner transport solutions
10th October 2025

A pilot project to demonstrate how practical, cleaner transport solutions can be implemented, supporting both operational efficiency and environmental sustainability, has seen natural gas solutions... 


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Sustainable mine closure forethought vital amid mining boom
10th October 2025

West Africa’s mining boom has accelerated project development, often in environmentally and socially sensitive areas, highlighting the importance of responsible mining with closure in mind, says... 


RETURNING EXHIBITOR 
BMG will participate in Electra Mining Africa 2026, once again presenting its extensive engineering solutions and technical services that have been refined over more than five decades
Integrated engineering solutions on display at EMA26
10th October 2025

Industrial solutions provider BMG will participate in Electra Mining Africa 2026 (EMA26), once again presenting its “extensive engineering solutions and technical services that have been refined... 


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Redefining the global cooling solutions landscape
10th October 2025

Having supplied cooling solutions to all industries since 1986, specialist thermal solutions provider Industrial Water Cooling (IWC) has been acquired by global leader in air-cooled condensers and... 


Militants with a boardroom veto
10th October 2025 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

Mozambican officials, desperate to jump-start economic development in the south-eastern African nation, must have breathed a sigh of relief when French energy giant TotalEnergies announced in May... 


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EWN&S powers up the welding industry with INE
10th October 2025

A new era of precision welding has arrived. Gas, welding and safety supplier EWN&S is proud to announce its official partnership with global welding pioneer INE, bringing world-class... 


Aerial view of the Platreef Mine site, with Shafts #1, #2 and #3 (centre), the run of mine surface stockpiles (top left) and the dry stack tailings facility (top right).
Platreef palladium/rhodium/nickel/platinum/copper/gold project, South Africa – update
10th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Phase 1 operations at the Platreef mine are expected to start shortly. 


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Rook I uranium project, Canada – update
10th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

NexGen Energy has unveiled a major dual-market equity raising, securing commitments for about C$400-million, in North America, and A$400-million, in Australia, to fund the project. 


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Cauchari-Olaroz mine, Argentina
10th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A lithium mine in the Department of Susques, Jujuy province, in north-western Argentina. 


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DBCM calls on diamond industry to back Luanda Accord
9th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

Diamond producer De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) chairperson Barend Petersen has urged the South African diamond industry to support the Luanda Accord, a new initiative requiring diamond... 


Women trailblazing in SA heavy industrial equipment sector
Women trailblazing in SA heavy industrial equipment sector
9th October 2025

Navitha Ramsunker is a trailblazer in CFAO Equipment’s Heavy Lift division, making her mark in the historically male-dominated heavy industrial equipment industry - and feeling empowered doing so.... 


US postpones Wyoming coal lease sale after disappointing Montana auction
9th October 2025 By: Reuters

The Trump administration has postponed a scheduled sale of coal leases on federal lands in Wyoming two days after a disappointing auction in Montana, an Interior Department spokesperson said on... 


BHP solar farm
Security, affordability dominate policy considerations for a global energy transition
8th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Energy security and affordability have become key policy considerations in many regions, particularly as the global energy transition has entered a more turbulent, complex phase, shaped by... 


Sustainable Action Conference 2025: The future is now – Accelerating Sustainable Transformation
8th October 2025

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Sustainability has become more than a corporate buzzword—it is now a decisive factor shaping the future of industries worldwide. For businesses across Malaysia and the... 


Global renewable power output overtakes coal for the first time, report says
7th October 2025 By: Reuters

Renewable energy sources generated more electricity than coal globally for the first time in the first half of 2025, driven by rapid growth in China and India, a report by think tank Ember showed... 


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Indian states sign more coal power deals to meet rising demand
7th October 2025 By: Reuters

Indian state electricity distributors are signing long-term contracts with coal-fired power generators to meet a projected surge in evening demand, despite the country's efforts to expand clean... 


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Gold set to become Australia's second-biggest resource earner
7th October 2025 By: Reuters

Australia said on Tuesday it expected gold to become its second most valuable resource export after iron-ore this financial year, dislodging liquefied natural gas, as concerns over geopolitical... 


Wetility co-founder and chief product officer Ikenna Oguguo
Wetility to launch One Bill offering as a holistically managed total energy service
6th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Solar technology company Wetility has provided a preview of its One Bill offering, which it describes as a comprehensive energy management system designed to increase solar adoption in South... 


Implats chairperson Thandi Orleyn.
Clean electricity accounts for 31% of Implats’ FY2025 power consumption
3rd October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In financial year (FY) 2025, renewable and non-carbon-based electricity accounted for 31% of the total consumption of platinum group metals (PGMs) mining and refining company Implats, with market... 


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