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Nuclear power station licensed for another 20 years
22nd August 2025

State-owned electricity utility Eskom’s Koeberg nuclear power station was recently licensed to operate its Unit 1 for another 20 years, with global consultancy SRK Consulting South Africa playing a... 


Balancing the need for grid stability and meeting climate goals
21st August 2025

By: IPP Mulilo’s Chief EPC Officer, Danie Möller In the energy sector, progress is not linear. Infrastructure built decades ago, although innovative for its time, demands re-engineering in today’s... 


SANDF Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya
'The enemies of the US are not the enemies of South Africa' – EFF says Maphwanya must not apologise
21st August 2025 By: Sashnee Moodley

The Economic Freedom Fighters has waded into the controversy surrounding the remarks made by South African National Defence Force Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya during his visit to Iran, with the... 


Western says uranium recovery weaker than expected
Western says uranium recovery weaker than expected
18th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

US-focused Western Uranium and Vanadium said it is adopting a more conservative operating strategy as uranium prices remain steady, with the term price ending July at $81/lb and spot prices ranging... 


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Eagles-300, Europe
15th August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The next-generation, lead-cooled small modular reactor is being developed by the Eagles Consortium. 


Nuclear Fuels shareholders back Premier American Uranium merger
14th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Shareholders of CSE-listed Nuclear Fuels have voted in favour of a planned merger with TSX-V-listed Premier American Uranium, the companies said on Wednesday. The statutory plan of arrangement... 


South African researchers win prestigious international prize for AI-based system
13th August 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Institute for Collider Particle Physics (ICPP), which is based at the University of the Witwatersrand, has been named as one of the winners of the international ODESS 2025 prize, awarded by the... 


Necsa Group CEO Loyiso Tyabashe
Necsa welcomes confirmation of site for next nuclear power station
11th August 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The State-owned South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) Group welcomes the upholding of the decision to grant State-owned Eskom environmental authorisation to build a 4 000 MW nuclear... 


ASP Isotopes opens secondary listing on JSE
8th August 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Nasdaq-listed highly enriched isotopes company ASP Isotopes (ASPI) has opened a secondary inward listing of its common stock on the main board of the JSE. The board of directors of JSE-listed... 


Dark Star secures full rights to Namibian uranium projects in $3.5m deal with Critical One
8th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

The sale of CSE-, FSE- and OTCQB-listed Critical One Energy’s uranium assets in Namibia to CSE- and FSE-listed Dark Star Minerals has officially closed, marking a significant milestone in the... 


George upholds decision to grant enviro authorisation for Duynefontein nuclear site
8th August 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has upheld the 2017 decision to grant State-owned power utility Eskom environmental authorisation to build and operate a new nuclear... 


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Tiris uranium project, Mauritania – update
8th August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Aura Energy has concluded two agreements for the future sales of U3O8 concentrate from the project. 


NexGen doubles uranium sales volumes with new US utility contract
7th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Uranium developer NexGen Energy has doubled its contracted sales volumes to more than 10-million pounds, signing a second offtake agreement with a major US utility as the company advances its... 


Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu.
Khwelamet ferromanganese revival will begin minute Eskom gives feasible power rate
7th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The minute that Eskom gives Khwelamet an economically feasible power price, the refurbishing of two of the four furnaces at the dormant former Metalloys plant in Meyerton will begin and take six to... 


AI-powered Radiation Planning Assistant system being used at Universitas Academic Hospital
5th August 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The Radiation Planning Assistant (RPA) – a Web-based AI-powered platform developed at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre (MDACC), in the US, has seen clinical integration at the... 


Deep Yellow head of business development Andrew Mirco
Uranium miner Deep Yellow exec says nuclear energy outlook ‘stronger than ever’
5th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The world is on the brink of the biggest wave of nuclear reactor construction in history, marking a decisive shift toward nuclear energy as a key part of the clean energy future, says Andrew Mirco,... 


Outgoing Boss Energy MD and CEO Duncan Craib
Boss Energy CEO urges Australia to capitalise on uranium opportunity
4th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Uranium mining company Boss Energy MD and CEO Duncan Craib has called on Australia to unlock its vast uranium resources, warning that the country is missing out on a once-in-a-generation... 


Aiden Morris speaking at the Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum.
Australia’s energy transition 'simply impossible', mining conference told
4th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia’s energy transition is “simply impossible” under current policy settings and economic realities, analyst Aiden Morrison told delegates at the Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum in... 


Aura secures US offtake, spot sales agreements for Tiris uranium project
1st August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX- and Aim-listed Aura Energy has executed two agreements for the future sales of uranium oxide concentrate (UOC) from its Tiris uranium project, in Mauritania. It has entered into a long-term... 


SIZEWELL DECISION: The UK has made a final investment decision on the $51-billion Sizewell C nuclear power project, in Suffolk. The British government will retain a minority stake of around 45%, while other investors include Electricite de France SA, Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, Centrica Plc and the Amber Infrastructure Group. The project follows on from the 2016 decision to proceed with Hinkley Point C in Somerset, which has suffered major delays and budget overruns. Photograph: Bloomberg
SIZEWELL DECISION
1st August 2025

The UK has made a final investment decision on the $51-billion Sizewell C nuclear power project, in Suffolk. The British government will retain a minority stake of around 45%, while other investors... 


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Project Pele, US – update
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Work has started on the fabrication of the reactor core. 


IAEA confirms support for Rhisotope project, as pilot phase shows results
IAEA confirms support for Rhisotope project, as pilot phase shows results
31st July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reiterated its support for the Rhisotope project, in South Africa, which entails the insertion of radioactive isotopes into rhino horns and using... 


Grant Isaac will take up the role of president and COO, effective September 1.
Cameco reshuffles executive ranks
31st July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian uranium major Cameco on Thursday announced a reshuffle of its executive team, while reporting strong second-quarter results as demand for nuclear power strengthened and its investment in... 


Renewables to overtake coal as largest electricity source, as demand grows in 2026 – IEA
30th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Global electricity demand is expected to expand at one of the fastest sustained paces in more than a decade despite ongoing economic pressures, with renewables, natural gas and nuclear all... 


Karpowership plans floating data centers to meet AI demand
29th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Karpowership, a Turkish company that builds floating power plants, is expanding into waterborne data centers in a bet they’ll be faster to build than onshore hubs as demand from artificial... 


EWSETA CEO Mpho Mookapele and Necsa CEO  Loyiso Tyabashe
Necsa, EWSETA sign MoU to jointly develop high-grade skills in South Africa   
28th July 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and the Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority (EWSETA) jointly announced on Monday that they had signed a memorandum of... 


Seriti Green CEO Peter Venn.
Seriti Green has R25bn to deploy in Mpumalanga but can’t get Eskom budget quotes
25th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Last week renewable energy company Seriti Green received a budget quote from Eskom that it had applied for as long ago as February 2021 – that's the delay in obtaining collaboration from the State... 


Low-level radioactive waste being emplaced in a disposal trench at Vaalputs
Nuclear regulator grants NRWDI licence to operate Vaalputs radioactive waste facility
25th July 2025 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has granted the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI) the nuclear licence to manage and operate the Vaalputs National Radioactive... 


NexGen consolidates 100% ownership of PCE uranium project
25th July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Uranium developer NexGen Energy has exercised its right of first refusal to acquire the 10% production carried interest (PCI) held by Rio Tinto Exploration Canada over 39 mineral claims in the... 


Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu.
China generates more electricity than US, India, EU combined, Menar’s Bayoglu reports
23rd July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

China generates more electricity than the US, India and the EU put together, Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu told Wednesday’s Coal & Energy Transition Day, where he added “… and I think this race is... 


Eskom's Sere wind farm
Eskom says standalone renewables unit could seek to tap market appetite for green electricity
23rd July 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom group executive for strategy and sustainability Nontokoza Hadebe says the decision to establish a ‘GreenCo’ renewables business as a standalone subsidiary separated from Eskom Generation is... 


NEA director-general William D Magwood IV
Nuclear Energy Agency highlights rapid progress in development of SMRs globally
23rd July 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), which is an agency of the intergovernmental Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, has published the third edition of its “NEA Small Modular Reactor... 


Green hydrogen retreat poses threat to emissions targets
Green hydrogen retreat poses threat to emissions targets
23rd July 2025 By: Reuters

Green hydrogen developers are cancelling projects and trimming investments around the world, raising the prospect of longer than targeted reliance on fossil fuels. The challenges facing the sector... 


Eskom says no penalties, fines due in relation to dispute resolutions process with Framatome
22nd July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom says two contractual disputes with Framatome, the contractor for the Steam Generator Replacement Project at the Koeberg nuclear power station, are being addressed through agreed... 


OPEC Must Lead the Charge to Reverse Global Fossil Fuel Financing Bans
OPEC Must Lead the Charge to Reverse Global Fossil Fuel Financing Bans
22nd July 2025

The African Energy Chamber (AEC), the voice of the African energy sector, urges OPEC member states and their allies to take decisive action to reverse global bans on fossil fuel financing and... 


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Eskom ordered to pay French company R1bn-plus over Koeberg dispute – Business Day
21st July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

State-owned utility Eskom has been ordered by a high court to pay more than R1-billion to French nuclear energy company Framatome, after contract and project management problems delayed a steam... 


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Koeberg nuclear power plant steam-generator replacement project, South Africa – update
18th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

State-owned power utility Eskom has announced a delay to the return of Koeberg Unit 1. 


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Nuclear power plant project, Poland – update
18th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

State-owned Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe has officially notified the European Commission regarding its investment project for the first NPP in Poland. 


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Govt commits to restoring public confidence in State security
17th July 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Inspector-General of Intelligence Imtiaz Fazel has welcomed Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni’s release of the National Security Strategy 2024-29 and National Intelligence Estimate... 


Life Healthcare announces major progress in the sale of its LMI business  
15th July 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African (Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed) diversified healthcare group Life Healthcare has announced that the Conditions Precedent for the sale of its Life Molecular Imaging (LMI) business... 


The Koeberg nuclear power station in the Western Cape
Eskom insists delayed return of Koeberg Unit 1 won’t increase loadshedding risk
15th July 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom has announced a delay to the return of Koeberg Unit 1 from another extended maintenance outage, but insists that the risk of loadshedding this winter has not increased as a result. The unit... 


An image of the Steenkampskraal monazite mine
Thor Medical progresses cancer treatment in partnership with Steenkampskraal
14th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Thor Medical, which is working in a partnership with South Africa’s Steenkampskraal monazite mine (SMM), has made progress in cancer treatment through targeted thorium-based alpha therapy.... 


oil barrels
Global oil supply outpaces demand growth as inventories, geopolitical tensions rise – report
11th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) July 2025 ‘Oil Market Report’, global oil demand is forecast to rise by 700 000 bbl/d this year, marking its lowest increase since 2009,... 


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