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The potential closure of South Africa’s leading steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal’s long-steel plants in Vereeniging, Gauteng, and Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, could not only jeopardise the livelihoods...
Founded in 2011, SolarAfrica provides a suite of capital expenditure-free green energy solutions to the commercial and industrial sectors in Southern Africa. The holistic suite includes on-site...
Precious and base metals explorer, developer and producer West Wits Mining has agreed to a credit-approved term sheet for a senior debt syndicated loan facility to provide senior funding for the...
The promotion of a circular economy could provide valuable solutions for dealing with South Africa’s growing waste generation and the pressure it is putting on municipal waste facilities, while...
China is probably leading the global hydrogen fuel cell advance, journalists heard at Thursday’s media briefing that followed the “commendable” half-year performance of the Johannesburg Stock...
On February 19, 2025, industry leaders convened in Gauteng to explore liquefied natural gas’ (LNG’s) role in enhancing South Africa’s energy security, reinforcing natural gas company SLG’s...
The recent survey conducted by Pensions for Purpose, a UK organisation dedicated to promoting and supporting impact investing within the pension industry, has thrown a stark light on the concerns...
The US industrial sector will have the most to lose from potential US tariffs on copper, analysts say, with costs seen rising significantly during what would be a lengthy process of reviving...
SkyJacks, a trusted leader in access, lifting, and handling solutions, has penned an exclusive distribution agreement with Atlas Lifting and Rigging (ALR) across Southern Africa. The strategic...
South Africa’s energy sector is undergoing a pivotal transformation, with small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) playing a crucial role in driving innovation, job creation and economic growth....
JSE-listed AECI’s earnings and profit for the year ended December 31, 2024, decreased year-on-year as the group executed its new strategy and made several concessions to enable this. The reported...
This week: Uranium mine moving closer to production, Operationally, 2024 was strong year for Glencore, and, High-flying DRDGOLD’s 18th consecutive dividend illuminated by 50%-higher payout
President Donald Trump opened yet another front on Tuesday in his assault on global trade norms, ordering a probe into potential new tariffs on copper imports to rebuild US production of a metal...
India-headquartered vehicle manufacturer Mahindra Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South African development finance institution the Industrial Development Corporation...
Automotive and marine engine block casting company Atlantis Foundries has unveiled its 13.5 MW embedded solar generation project, which will help to improve energy security and cost efficiency and...
JSE-listed Anglo American Platinum and South Africa-linked AP Ventures are supporting the next vital steps towards the realisation of industrial-scale green hydrogen value chains. Both companies...
Tungsten miner American Tungsten said on Tuesday that it was committed to bolstering domestic tungsten supply in the US following President Donald Trump’s pledge to move forward with tariff actions...
Cape Town businesses and households have broken through the R55-million earnings mark since the start of the city’s Cash for Power programme in 2022/23, until January 31 this year. Cape Town is the...
Networking and cybersecurity company Cisco has, in partnership with cloud services company Amazon Web Services, opened a cybersecurity point of presence (PoP) in South Africa to enable customers in...
South African energy solutions provider Decentral Energy has secured a R300-million funding commitment from specialist investment company Futuregrowth Asset Management. The funding will enable...
Independent power producer SolarAfrica has reached financial close on the first 114 MW component of its flagship utility-scale solar project, SunCentral, alongside funding partners Investec and...
By: Rivendren Wayne Moodley: diagnostician, WearCheck ( Virtual Showroom ) Imagine, if you will, a humble, dark liquid pulled from deep within the Earth, mysterious, dense, and seemingly simple....
The recent escalation to Stage 6 load shedding in South Africa, coupled with severe power outages in neighbouring African countries, underscores the critical need for collaborative energy...
JSE-listed Sasol has confirmed significant changes to its emission reduction roadmap (ERR), while also announcing material reductions to its capital expenditure requirements for implementing the...
Global conditions are more favourable, supporting firmer economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa, financial organisation Nedbank Group’s economic unit notes in its ‘Africa Insights for sub-Saharan...
The Democratic Republic of Congo says it’s suspending cobalt exports for four months to rein in oversupply of the battery metal on the international market. Cobalt production in Congo – which...
Energy and chemicals group Sasol is repurposing its Twistdraai export coal plant as a destoning operation to improve the quality of coal being used in its Secunda gasifiers, in Mpumalanga, where it...
Pretoria-based electronics company Etion Create, a division of South African industrial company Reunert Applied Electronics Holdings, showcased its latest compact vehicle navigation system at the...
Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Zuko Godlimpi and Agriculture Deputy Minister Nokuzola Capa have attributed the 52 930 jobs retained by the poultry industry in recent years to the...
London-listed Gemfields has generated $4.8-million in revenue from a mini auction, held from February 19 to 21, of previously unsold higher-quality emeralds. The Gemstone miner says 10 of the 13...
JSE-listed real estate investment trust Growthpoint has completed the multiyear, multimillion-rand redevelopment of the historic Longkloof Precinct in a heritage-led project to inject new life into...
Petrochemicals giant Sasol is set to face significant headwinds at its Sasolburg and Secunda operations in the coming decade, including a R30-billion-a-year carbon tax cost. Researchers, having...
Founded in 1961, WEG has grown into a global solutions provider of industrial electrical technologies. WEG is one of the largest electric motor manufacturers in the world producing more than...
Market leader in slurry handling equipment Weir Africa boasts an unrivalled installed base of its WARMAN® centrifugal slurry pumps across the continent. The company offers an extensive range of...
With Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, growing geopolitical tensions and the vulnerability of critical infrastructures demanding an increased commitment to defence and security issues...
Building long-term resilience in South Africa’s mining sector requires a multifaceted approach that includes the integration of new technologies, enhanced safety standards, adequate fit-for purpose...
The sensors installed at forward-looking recycling and plant engineering company Pyrum Innovations’ tyre shredding facility in Dillingen, Germany, offer precise pressure and level measurements...
Reported as an “industry first” in Southern Africa, silicomanganese slag, a by-product of ferromanganese alloy and steel production, has been used as construction material in a 2 km stretch of road...
The City of Cape Town is commissioning treated effluent irrigation connections at a number of city recreation and parks facilities in a move it says will likely save between 2.5-million and...
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed an online tool that enables abalone farmers along South Africa’s coast to leverage ocean colour maps to track marine algal...
The suspensive conditions to transactions between Orion Minerals’ New Okiep Exploration Company and New Okiep Mining Company, and historically disadvantaged South Africans, have been met.
While the South African defence industry grew significantly in the late twentieth century, it has been in decline ever since, owing to budget cuts as well as diminished support from the South...
ASX-listed West Wits Mining (WWI) has agreed a credit approved term sheet for a senior debt syndicated loan facility of up to R902.5-million to provide senior funding for development of the Qala...
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