International energy company ENGIE reports that construction of its 240 MW Corona solar PV project in the Free State should begin in the fourth quarter of 2026, after the project was named as a... 

Global coal demand is on course to rise by 0.5% in 2025, reaching a record 8.85-billion tonnes, the ‘Coal 2025’ report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows. Nevertheless, the... 

South African miners are boosting thermal coal exports to Israel after top supplier Colombia in August ordered a total ban on shipments of the power-generation fuel to Israel, data from Kpler, LSEG... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Monday announced the appointment of four additional preferred bidders for solar photovoltaic (PV) projects under the seventh bid window... 

Aim-listed Goldplat says it continued to achieve profitable trading results and maintained a solid cash balance during the year ended June 30, despite a challenging operating environment in Ghana... 

South African energy trader Etana Energy has reported that it will purchase all of the renewable electricity generated by two new wind farms being built by global renewables group Acciona Energía... 

As executive mobility between roles and organisations accelerates globally, CEO succession in South Africa has slowed significantly since the Covid-19 pandemic, placing renewed pressure on... 

Eskom has quietly taken an important step in the rollout of its long-awaited Virtual Wheeling product, awarding a significant contract in the past few weeks to Johannesburg-based Enerweb to build a... 

India's cabinet on Friday permitted the export of coal as the country's power plants have a surplus, information minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. Power plants that have access to coal supply will... 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Friday a rescue effort to keep open Australia's largest aluminium smelter, the struggling Tomago facility majority-owned by Rio Tinto, after its current... 

The African Development Bank has approved a $10-million loan to support the development of the project. 

Following the recent approval of private access to State-owned freight company Transnet’s freight rail network and the allocation of 41 routes to 11 train operating companies (TOCs), the country is... 

In today’s African mining sector, reliability has become a daily challenge rather than a maintenance metric. Teams work in environments where equipment rarely gets a break, conditions shift without... 

Licensed electricity trader Discovery Green, the energy platform of the Discovery Group, continues to advance two of South Africa’s largest private-sector renewable-energy developments, marking a... 

With the renewables sector moving beyond proof-of-concept into industrial-scale deployment, South Africa’s leading financiers are playing a pivotal role in translating policy ambition into bankable... 

The professional body responsible for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) operations and maintenance, the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA), is steadily progressing the... 

As South Africa accelerates the shift towards a more liberalised electricity market, private-sector-driven renewable-energy projects are emerging as critical instruments for meeting near-term... 

For the national grid to facilitate increased renewable power generation, the Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) has affirmed that about 14 000 km of new transmission lines are required... 

Aligned with the 2024 Transmission Development Plan (TDP), State-owned power utility Eskom subsidiary National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) currently has 75 projects – at various... 

Biopharmaceutical company the Biologicals and Vaccines Institute of Southern Africa (Biovac) has opened a product development laboratory at its Cape Town facility. The company says the new... 

Despite Johannesburg's population growing from 4.2-million in 2010 to 5.9-million in 2025, the amount of electricity the city sells is decreasing. City Power’s data shows a sharp drop. In 2009/10,... 

Leading global automaker Stellantis is strengthening its US presence by expanding its manufacturing footprint and launching five new vehicles and a four-cylinder engine. 

The first shipment from the Simandou project has set sail from Guinea. 

St Barbara has announced a A$370-million investment from China’s Lingbao Gold Group to advance the Simberi expansion project. 

Kefi Gold and Copper has reported further progress in completing the financing package for its Tulu Kapi gold project. 

Dear Africa in 2030, I write to you from the tail end of 2025, a year marked by restlessness – from Gen Z protests to fraught elections and a coup in Guinea-Bissau only days before the time of... 

Trade union the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has again stated that it rejects the unbundling of State-owned Eskom in any form. It says the policy of separating Eskom into various entities,... 

Bank of America Global Research yesterday reported that the US has lost three-quarters of its aluminium smelters, China has capped its aluminium production, US consumers are now having to pay the... 

Another milestone has been passed as the construction of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) Phase II continues. Polihali dam has reached the rockfill placement milestone of elevation 1 977... 

Australian company Ramelius Resources has approved up to A$250-million in share buybacks over the next 18 months and is lifting its minimum yearly dividend to $0.02 a share. The changes, announced... 

As South Africa heads into its busiest trading month, retailers and SMEs face growing pressure to fulfil year-end orders quickly, accurately and without error. With the country’s broader logistics... 

Australia-headquartered Prairie Lithium has secured a binding offtake heads of agreement with Korean group Hydro Lithium, paving the way for the company to sell all output from its Phase 1... 

Having taken delivery of the first ten Volvo A50 articulated dump trucks (ADTs) in southern Africa, leading South African mining contractor, JCI Mining, has put the newly acquired fleet to work.... 

The fundamentals of running a municipality focus on good governance, effective financial management, robust institutional capacity, and strong community engagement. Success is measured by the... 

Grid constraints continue to hinder new generation investments and limit the pace of energy reform. Creamer Media will host the second instalment of its 2026 Energy Outlook webinar series on... 

Investment companies Mergence Investment Managers and Creation Capital have incorporated a new special purpose vehicle called Sustent Holdings, which has made an offer to buy JSE-listed renewable... 

Mining Weekly has just visited the laboratories that Rainbow Rare Earths has established very innovatively on the north-western fringe of Greater Johannesburg as part of its journey towards... 

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $10-million loan to support the development of Hyphen Hydrogen Energy's $10-billion green ammonia project, in Namibia. The loan, sourced from the... 

Enabling access to South Africa’s growing renewable energy generation capacity by addressing its transmission network constraints is a vital step in advancing the country’s energy transition. The... 

The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA), which is set to remain an Eskom Holdings subsidiary and owner of the transmission assets, has moved to explain the role of the... 

Coal’s place in the global energy system is shifting, but the story has been anything but a straight line.
Creamer Media’s ‘Coal 2025: The shifts reshaping coal’ report traces the value chain... 

London-listed base metals miner Aterian has signed a binding heads of terms with French exploration company Lithosquare for a strategic earn-in joint venture (JV) on eight copper prospective...