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One of South Africa’s first AI factories has hit the ground running, attracting interest from companies keen to leverage enterprise-level AI infrastructure and services. Altron’s new AI factory – a...
The Municipal Capability and Partnership Programme (MCPP) has transformed water service delivery in the municipalities where South African mining group Kumba Iron Ore operates. The MCPP was...
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Spot platinum prices rose on Thursday as the start of the futures trading on the China's Guangzhou bourse provided support to the overall liquidity for the metal. The contracts are the first...
Long-troubled State-owned defence industrial group Denel assured, on Thursday, that its latest restructuring is giving “encouraging” results. The group further assured that it is receiving...
Aim- and OTCQB-listed Metals One has announced a strategic investment of up to $1.8-million in South African private company Lions Bay Resources (LBR) through convertible loan notes (CLNs). The...
China's decision to shelve a series of planned copper smelters is unlikely to have an impact on historically tight markets unless it is followed by more measures to curb output in the world's...
Schneider Electric, the leader in energy technology, today unveiled new global research titled“Open vs. Closed: The $11.28M Question for Industrial Leaders.” The report reveals that closed...
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South Africa’s automotive sector is at a crossroads, and Chinese auto manufacturers are increasingly being seen as the ones who may redefine its future. After years of steady market penetration...
Australian major Rio Tinto is preparing to divest its US boron operations in California as the company continues to streamline its portfolio under new CEO Simon Trott, news service Bloomberg...
State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has reported that it has successfully completed the rehabilitation of Bayhead road at the Port of Durban a month ahead of schedule. The utility...
Diversified miner Anglo American says it is "deeply committed" – operationally, economically and socially – to South Africa and assures its shareholders and other stakeholders that its proposed...
Physically settled platinum and palladium futures contracts and futures options will commence trading on November 27 on China’s Guangzhou Futures Exchange, which is cracking a world first by taking...
The Mineworkers Development Agency (MDA) and its partners Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA), Sibanye-Stillwater and the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) have launched a new digital...
Cape Town-based independent power trading company Enpower Trading has become the first private South African-incorporated company to secure conditional market participant membership from the...
Infrastructure and industrial development institution Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has obtained a $75-million loan facility from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). The...
The Morocco International Mining Congress (IMC 2025) officially opened yesterday, initiating two days of strategic dialogue, ministerial engagement, and high-level collaboration under the theme...
Facilities Management Expo 2026 will return to Gallagher Convention Centre from 2 to 4 June, once again forming part of South Africa’s leading co-located industry events. Running alongside Securex...
Firexpo 2026 returns to Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand from 2 to 4 June, once again co-located with Securex South Africa, A-OSH EXPO, and Facilities Management Expo. For the first time, the...
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As South Africa transitions to a low-carbon economy, independent business movement the National Business Initiative (NBI) says multiple opportunities exist for strengthening localisation, public...
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