South Africa's energy market is changing and becoming more diversified, but barriers and significant constraints also remain ahead on the journey to shape a reliable, inclusive, competitive and... 

Logistical limitations and a lack of supply-chain capacity in the African construction market risk creating a barrier to investment, says a new report from global professional services firm Turner... 

Grupo Mexico, a major copper producer, is looking to decide on investments for projects in the United States within the next three to five years, an executive said on a call on Wednesday, as... 

Albemarle, the world's largest producer of lithium for rechargeable batteries, posted a surprise second-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by sustained demand for the metal, sending its shares up... 

Asset management firm Mergence Investment Managers has announced an additional R60-million investment in renewable energy company Solarise Africa. The latest funding, structured as a mezzanine... 

Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm said on Wednesday the company sees huge demand growth for lithium, particularly in stationary batteries, after the company reported half-yearly results. "All the... 

Precious metals miner  Americas Gold and Silver has reported a 54% quarter-on-quarter increase in silver production in the second quarter of 2025, delivering 689 000 oz of silver compared with 446... 

Egypt is seeking to position itself as a major hub for the production of green hydrogen and green ammonia (the latter being produced using the former as a feedstock; green ammonia is also much... 

The Department of Electricity and Energy ("the Department") formally invites experienced and committed consortia to submit RFQ Responses to the Request for Pre-Qualification (RFQ) for new... 

The Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) has formally launched the first stage of its independent transmission projects (ITP) procurement programme with an invitation for companies to respond... 

Mining and transportation conglomerate Grupo Mexico reported net profit rose 10% in the second quarter, helped by lower mining costs and a good performance from its copper byproducts business even... 

Financial services provider Sanlam has unveiled a 3 MW solar PV plant at its Bellville head office, in Cape Town. The installation powers Sanlam’s Bellville campus, which significantly reduces its... 

Policy reform, innovative financing, technological integration and capacity building are the four key pillars in overcoming barriers to infrastructure project development in Africa. This is... 

Canadian exploration company Hercules Metals has entered a strategic agreement with Barrick Gold to consolidate control of a 73-km copper belt surrounding its flagship Leviathan discovery in... 

Namibiaʼs Green Hydrogen Mid-Year Review 2025 reports that a conceptual master plan for the cross-border hydrogen pipeline between South Africa and Namibia will be developed between the middle of... 

As South Africa intensifies its focus on infrastructure development to stimulate economic growth, the need for a robust and well-regulated civil engineering sector has never been more urgent. At... 

London-listed Switch Metals reports that significant progress is being made at its district-scale Issia tantalum project, in Côte d'Ivoire. The company has been conducting exploration at its... 

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... 

Water utility Rand Water’s extensive months-long maintenance from May to July was a necessary disruption to increase capacity and resilience, while improving plant availability, reliability and... 

ASX-listed Resolute Mining continued to deliver during the second quarter, ended June 30, including advancing its strategic growth initiatives at the Syama operation, in Mali, and the Mako... 

In an environment characterised by global economic uncertainty and market volatility, South Africa’s high-flying Kumba Iron Ore is very well positioned to continue delivering stakeholder value amid... 

The German Society for Cooperation, or GIZ, has, through KFW Development Bank, concluded a €500-million loan for the implementation of South Africa’s Just Energy Transition (JET). The loan will... 

US-based engineering group Fluor has received the final notice to proceed from Barrick Mining on the development of the multibillion-dollar Reko Diq copper project in Pakistan. Fluor was named... 

New coal mining capacity fell to a 10-year low in 2024, but future projects especially in major producer China still risk oversupply, said a new report from US think tank Global Energy Monitor on... 

Exploration and development company Wildcat Resources on Tuesday announced the results of a prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Tabba Tabba project in Western Australia, confirming its potential as... 

Emerging copper company CuFe has published a scoping study for its Orlando openpit copper/gold project in the Northern Territory, delivering a pre-tax net present value (NPV) of about A$355-million... 

 Peru is considering whether to give the green light to a wave of new mining projects worth a combined $6-billion in investments, President Dina Boluarte said on Monday, as her deeply unpopular... 

With the global population projected to reach about 9.7-billion people by 2050, fertiliser remains essential for food production, economic stability and regional resilience, particularly for South... 

French energy group EDF says the consolidation of its two international low-carbon businesses into a new entity called EDF power solutions has repositioned it to implement multi-technology projects... 

Ghana has cancelled a $1.2-billion bauxite lease with local firm Rocksure International, seeking a partnership instead with a big overseas company to tap one of West Africa’s richest deposits,... 

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Western Cape Minister of Infrastructure Tertuis Simmers have unveiled the Founders Garden inner-city, mixed-use, affordable housing development in the Cape Town... 

Toronto-listed Torex Gold Resources will acquire fellow listed Prime Mining in an all-share transaction valued at about C$449-million, the companies announced Monday. The deal adds the Los Reyes... 

Base metals miner Develop Global said on Monday that it had kicked off concentrate shipments from its Woodlawn copper/zinc mine in New South Wales and that it was fast-tracking underground... 

Only 2% of Infrastructure South Africa’s (ISA’s) pipeline of projects will be delivered as part of public-private partnerships (PPPs), an issue the ISA says is being addressed by reforms to improve... 

Aim-listed Guardian Metal Resources has secured a total of $27.2-million in funding to accelerate development of its two flagship tungsten projects in Nevada, including a $6.2-million award from... 

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... 

Engen proudly congratulates the 2025 cohort of the Engen Global Citizen Development Programme (EGCDP) for successfully completing the first phase of their transformative 12-month ICT journey. The... 

In engagements between the National Executive and the Provincial Executive of the Northern Cape, on Friday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said besides the strides being made in the energy sector, the... 

As South Africa works toward a reliable and cleaner energy future, LNG Hub is proud to announce a bold step forward with the development of Import Regas Distribution Depots (IRDDs)—small- to... 

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... 

The US Interior Department on Thursday moved to expand domestic access to critical minerals by targeting mine waste and other legacy sources for extraction. Under a new directive from Interior... 

Australian miner Northern Star Resources has conceded that its goal of producing two-million ounces of gold a year will remain out of reach in the near term, with the miner now forecasting a...