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Health of diesel-powered equipment operators highlighted
16th May 2025

Every year, World Day for Health and Safety at Work on April 28 offers a reminder that no job should come at the cost of a person’s health or safety, says global CEO-led organisation ICMM health... 


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Firm’s industrial valves improve operationality, efficiency
16th May 2025

Industrial solutions provider BMG’s Fluid Technology division supplies and supports an extensive range of components for fluid technology systems and general industrial applications. BMG’s strategy... 


Mine worker studies the screens with the data.
AI-driven platform to transform asset reliability
16th May 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

Marking a decade of operating in Zambia’s mining sector, global asset integrity management and industrial solutions firm Dickinson Group of Companies (DGC) is gearing up to launch its DGC... 


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Indaba to highlight key focus areas
16th May 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Junior mining is about unlocking economic value for South Africa and, in a world that desires critical minerals to power a clean energy transition, the country and the rest of Africa have a... 


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Consensus key to addressing growth challenges
16th May 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Effective stakeholder engagement, consensus aimed at outlining key strategies for alleviating pressing industry challenges and the promotion of profitable and sustainable operations are effective... 


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Framework outlined for increasing sector investment
16th May 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Listed equity markets continue to represent the most liquid, efficient and transparent avenue for capital formation, and as the regulatory and operating environment for junior mining improves, it... 


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Let’s make the most of the favourable gold price situation while it lasts
16th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa should be going all out to produce as much gold as it can while the gold price is so favourable. The five main remaining gold mines should be focusing inward to take full advance of... 


Democracy’s trust deficit
16th May 2025 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

They say democracy is government of the people, by the people and for the people. Increasingly, however, it seems the people – particularly in  Africa – are losing faith in the idea. Nowhere is... 


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Opaque policymaking
16th May 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The announcement by Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa that the load factor for proposed gas-to-power (GtP) plants in South Africa will be increased from 25% to above 50% was... 


Karreebosch Wind Farm, South Africa
Karreebosch Wind Farm, South Africa
16th May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The 140 MW wind farm will supply electricity to mining company Northam Platinum’s operations.  


bp and Iraq in March 2025 finalised a contract for the Kirkuk redevelopment.
Kirkuk fields rehabilitation and redevelopment, Iran
16th May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

British multinational oil and gas company bp plans to invest in the rehabilitation and redevelopment of several giant oilfields in Kirkuk, covering oil, gas, power and water, with potential... 


Syrah targets Balama graphite restart by end of June quarter
15th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Syrah Resources is aiming to resume natural graphite production at its Balama operation in Mozambique before the end of the June 2025 quarter, following the restoration of site access... 


Ben Selier, VP of Secure Power for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric
As load shedding looms, UPS systems are key to keeping SA’s automotive industry up and running
15th May 2025

By Ben Selier, VP of Secure Power for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric With the persistent threat of load shedding, South Africa’s automotive sector could face new disruptions, as production... 


Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo
Deputy Finance Minister sees Budget 3.0 as done deal
15th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s deputy finance minister said next week’s national budget is set to secure approval from lawmakers, after two previous iterations were scrapped because of disagreements within the... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa (centre) at the launch of Ampli Energy, flanked by (from left to right) Sarushen Pillay, Adrian Gore, Simon Baloyi and Andre Nepgen
Discovery Green, Sasol team up to offer wheeled green electricity to SMEs
15th May 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Energy trader Discovery Green and fuels and chemical group Sasol have teamed up to form a new venture that will supply wheeled renewable electricity to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)... 


Equites CEO Andrea Taverna-Turisan
Equites turns investment focus to South African portfolio, expects further distribution growth
15th May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed logistics real estate investment trust Equites Property Fund has reported a distribution per share (DPS) of 133.92c – at the upper end of guidance – for the financial year ended February... 


Afrimat CEO Andries van Heerden
Afrimat reports lower operating profit but expects improvement going forward
15th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

Midtier mining and materials company Afrimat has reported a significant decline in operating profit for the 12 months ended February 28. Group revenue increased by 36.7% from R6.1-billion in the... 


100 MW Chisamba solar PV project in Zambia reaches financial close
15th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The grid-connected 100 MW Chisamba solar PV project, in Zambia, has secured $71.5-million from financial services firm Stanbic Bank Zambia, with financing anchored by a 13-year power purchase... 


China’s glut of coal locks market in vicious cycle of decline
China’s glut of coal locks market in vicious cycle of decline
15th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

Chinese coal prices remain locked in a downward spiral due to a persistent glut of the fuel, according to the country’s top industry group. The optimism that’s taken hold in the wake of China’s... 


Johannesburg
Johannesburg’s ‘decay’ strains South Africa’s ruling coalition
15th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s biggest parties are at odds over the governance of the country’s largest city, putting further strain on a tenuous national coalition. The Democratic Alliance (DA) governs the... 


Platinum cathode needed in PEM fuel cells.
Platinum uplift likely as particularly China, California gear for green hydrogen mobility
14th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

While South Africa’s latest green hydrogen development is a request for information (RFI) involving the East London Industrial Development Zone becoming the site for a greenfield green hydrogen... 


Lindian makes funding progress for Kangankunde rare earths project
14th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Development of Lindian Resources’ flagship Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi is picking up pace, with early site works progressing ahead of schedule and a range of funding proposals now... 


IAE 2025: Africa urged to end billion-dollar gas flaring with scalable infrastructure solutions
IAE 2025: Africa urged to end billion-dollar gas flaring with scalable infrastructure solutions
14th May 2025

In a continent striving for energy access and industrial development, Africa continues to lose billions of dollars in potential revenue by flaring its natural gas – a practice that remains... 


Mineworkers sitting lined up
TIPS launches Just Transition Labour Centre to research, voice the needs of the working class
14th May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Independent, nonprofit economic research institution Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) has launched a Just Transition Labour Centre to help develop the technical expertise required as a... 


Wind power company installs South Africa’s first ever automated bird protection system
14th May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Cape Town-based South African renewable energy company Red Rocket has announced that it has installed bird (avian) protection systems at its two operational wind farms and will install them at its... 


jeep wrangler
Jeep, Citroën, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volkswagen and Volvo recall various vehicle models
14th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has announced that various Jeep, Citroën, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volkswagen (VW) and Volvo vehicle models have been recalled. Stellantis South Africa informed... 


Upcoming Transport Education and Training Authority forwarding and clearing inaugural skills summit set to boost South Africa’s logistics industry 
14th May 2025

The logistics and supply chain sectors in South Africa are poised for a significant boost as industry leaders, government officials, and international stakeholders prepare to gather at the... 


Global cobalt market seen swinging to deficit from surplus in early 2030s
Global cobalt market seen swinging to deficit from surplus in early 2030s
14th May 2025 By: Reuters

Demand for cobalt will rise faster than supply, allowing the market to reduce the 2024 surplus in coming years and swing to a deficit in the early 2030s, the Cobalt Institute said in a research on... 


Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu.
Menar hopeful US-SA trade relations will be normalised soon to avoid dual adversity
13th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Mining company Menar is very hopeful that trade relations between South Africa and the US are normalised very soon, and points out that if they are not, the US will also be adversely affected and... 


West African Resources begins mining, crushing at Kiaka
13th May 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed West African Resources says construction of the Kiaka gold project, in Burkina Faso, continues to progress on time and on budget for first gold production in the third quarter of this... 


GIBB introduces girls to real-world stem careers
GIBB introduces girls to real-world stem careers
13th May 2025

With women accounting for a mere 23% of individuals employed in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers in South Africa, and only about 7% achieving professional status as... 


One of Greencoat Renewables' solar farms in Ireland
Greencoat Renewables aims to make JSE debut in June
13th May 2025 By: Terence Creamer

European renewable energy infrastructure company Greencoat Renewables is seeking a secondary listing on the JSE’s Alternative Exchange, or AltX. The company is already listed on the Alternative... 


Rough diamonds being sorted
De Beers secretly sells discounted diamonds to selected traders
13th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

De Beers has been quietly selling rough diamonds at sharply marked-down prices to a small handful of customers, in a highly unusual move that’s fuelling tensions across an industry already mired in... 


Eskom CEO Dan Marokane
Eskom to implement Stage 2 loadshedding during the evening peak until Thursday
13th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom has announced that it will implement Stage 2 loadshedding during the evening peak from 16:00 until 22:00 from today until Thursday, May 15, in order to manage limited generation... 


Octodec reports revenue growth of 5.2%, lower vacancies for half-year
13th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Octodec Investments has increased its revenue by 5.2% to R1.06-billion for the six months to February 28, and recorded a reduction in core vacancies to... 


France's Orano files lawsuit over staff detention in Niger
13th May 2025 By: Reuters

French uranium miner Orano said on Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit with the Niger courts over the "arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and unjust confiscation of property" involving its staff and... 


Willem Strydom, Business Development Electronics Manager at SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa
SEW-EURODRIVE’s DDI technology and single cable solution simplifies connectivity
13th May 2025

Cabling can be one of the most challenging aspects of automation and drive system installations, often leading to delays, faults and inefficiencies. As a global leader in drive and automation... 


Booyco Engineering is celebrating 40 years of delivering high performance HVAC solutions for military, rail, mining and earthmoving applications in some of the world’s toughest environments
Celebrating 40 years of excellence in specialised HVAC
13th May 2025

Celebrating 40 years in business, Booyco Engineering has successfully evolved its specialised heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) offerings while remaining true to its commitment to... 


Redefine property on Alice Lane
Redefine reports improved profitability despite rocky macroeconomic terrain
13th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

South African real estate investment trust (Reit) Redefine Properties has reported improved profitability in its financial results for the six months ended February 28. Overall, the Reit explained... 


The Wheeler River camp
Denison sticks to Phoenix timeline with 2026 construction in sight
13th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Uranium exploration and development company Denison Mines is aiming to break ground on its flagship Phoenix in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium project in northern Saskatchewan in early 2026, keeping... 


Ndalamo Resources CEO Shammy Luvhengo
Ndalamo Energy confirms viability of solar project at old colliery
12th May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Ndalamo Resources subsidiary Ndalamo Energy has confirmed in a prefeasibility study (PFS) the viability of the Wonderfontein Colliery as an ideal site for new-energy initiatives. The study, the... 


Blanket gold mine, in Zimbabwe
Caledonia grows its first-quarter net profit to $8.9m
12th May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

NYSE- and Aim-listed gold miner Caledonia Mining Corporation has managed to grow its net attributable profit to shareholders by 493% year-on-year to $8.9-million in the quarter ended March 31.... 


SAPVIA urges City of Joburg to eliminate prepaid, postpaid tariff differences
12th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) should reassess its tariff and work towards eliminating the difference between prepaid and postpaid customers, as prepaid customers will pay a fixed monthly fee of... 


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