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Direct reduction pellet feed project, Canada – update
Updated 5 hours ago By: Sheila Barradas

Canadian iron-ore miner Champion Iron has reported record sales of high-grade iron-ore in the first quarter of its 2026 financial year while maintaining progress on its project. 


Datacentrix unveils newest hub for client connection and team innovation in KwaZulu-Natal
Datacentrix unveils newest hub for client connection and team innovation in KwaZulu-Natal
7th August 2025

Datacentrix, a leading provider of high-performing and secure ICT solutions, has officially opened its new office environment in Westville, Durban. This relocation marks an upgraded, modernised... 


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Transnet is becoming a national strategic asset worth investing in – Ninety One
6th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Global investment manager Ninety One says State-owned entity (SOE) Transnet’s turnaround signals a new era for South Africa’s logistics and infrastructure investment. With reforms under way and... 


Critical Resources acquires New Zealand gold/antimony assets
Critical Resources acquires New Zealand gold/antimony assets
6th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Critical Resources has secured a strategically significant position in New Zealand’s Otago gold province through the acquisition of drill-ready and early-stage exploration assets in one... 


Knowledge Pele and Bayakha Infrastructure Partners Acquire Strategic Stake in Edge Growth to Build a Distinctively African Impact Investment Firm
6th August 2025

In a milestone transaction for the African impact investment sector,  Knowledge Pele (Pty) Ltd and Bayakha Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd. have jointly acquired a significant minority (30%) stake in... 


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JSE delivers strong interim performance
5th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The JSE delivered a strong first-half performance, with net profit after tax for the six months ended June 30 up 13.2% year-on-year to R557.8-million, group CEO Leila Fourie says in a statement... 


RMB funds BCS group’s shift to commercial capital
5th August 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Mauritius-headquartered telecommunications infrastructure operator Bandwidth and Cloud Services Group (BCS) is shifting from reliance on development finance institutions (DFIs) to commercial... 


Survey highlights gender discrimination, salary suspicion gap and perception problems in the supply chain profession
Survey highlights gender discrimination, salary suspicion gap and perception problems in the supply chain profession
31st July 2025

Coinciding with Women’s Month in South Africa, leading supply chain industry body SAPICS has shared the results of its latest survey on Women in Supply Chain Leadership. Both men and women... 


Champion Iron posts record sales, progresses DRPF project on schedule
Champion Iron posts record sales, progresses DRPF project on schedule
30th July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian iron-ore miner Champion Iron has reported record sales of high-grade iron-ore in the first quarter of its 2026 financial year, while maintaining progress on its Direct Reduction Pellet... 


Pilbara Minerals beats production guidance, cuts costs as lithium market remains challenging
Pilbara Minerals beats production guidance, cuts costs as lithium market remains challenging
30th July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Lithium miner Pilbara Minerals exceeded its full-year production guidance and trimmed costs in the June quarter, capitalising on the successful ramp-up of its Pilgan plant expansion – even as... 


South Ocean Electric Wire installs seamless grid-to-backup switch solution at its Alrode facility
29th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed cable manufacturer South Ocean Electric Wire (SOEW) has completed a solar installation at one of its facilities that can seamlessly switch from grid to backup power instantly. The... 


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Copper developer backed by regional major for exploration
25th July 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

In the ongoing development of its flagship Mumbezhi copper project in Zambia, copper and lithium developer Prospect Resources has executed an investment agreement with copper miner First Quantum... 


Mandela Day 2025: Giving Back To One Of Thembisa's Oldest Schools
Mandela Day 2025: Giving Back To One Of Thembisa's Oldest Schools
24th July 2025

Xylem Africa and volunteers from Xylem's Watermark corporate social responsibility programme, along with local businesses and community members, spent Mandela Day making repairs and cleaning... 


The extension of the Highland Valley mine will secure access to copper for the next two decades.
Teck approves multibillion-dollar life extension of Canada's biggest copper mine
24th July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian metals miner Teck Resources on Wednesday sanctioned the construction of a major life extension project at its Highland Valley Copper (HVC) mine in British Columbia, securing the... 


The Hoegh Jeddah and Hoegh London
East London Multi-Purpose Terminal welcomes first transshipment vessels in 13 years
18th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The East London Multi-Purpose Terminal says it has achieved a “historical milestone” as transshipment vessels Hoegh Jeddah and Hoegh London arrived on July 16. This is the terminal’s first... 


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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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Virginia gas project, South Africa – update
18th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Renergen has achieved significant operational milestones at the project in the past financial year. 


Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana
G20 finance chiefs confront uncertainty amid Trump’s trade war
17th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa called for greater cooperation among the Group of 20 advanced economies, as finance ministers and central bank governors gathered under the cloud of US President Donald Trump’s trade... 


Cape Town gears up for the debut of four premier industry expos
Cape Town gears up for the debut of four premier industry expos
16th July 2025

Securex South Africa, A-OSH EXPO, Facilities Management Expo, and Firexpo — four of the country’s leading industry trade shows — will make their Western Cape debut from 21 to 23 October 2025 at the... 


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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... 


Early project works undertaken by Concor include establishing access roads, site offices and an on-site batching plant, in preparation for the large volumes of concrete needed for the turbine foundations
Concor progresses on Karreebosch Wind Farm
14th July 2025

Concor has become an important construction partner in South Africa’s wind energy landscape, and recently started work on the Cennergi Holdings and G7 Renewable Energies 140 MW Karreebosch Wind... 


AMAS releases papers on combating misuse of AI, urging adoption of international standards
11th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Global multistakeholder initiative the AI and Multimedia Authenticity Standards Collaboration (AMAS) has released two flagship papers offering recommendations to guide the governance of AI globally... 


How a US mission to push a Trump deal in Congo unravelled
How a US mission to push a Trump deal in Congo unravelled
11th July 2025 By: Reuters

An Israeli-American businessman, a former State Department official and a decorated Green Beret pitched up in the Democratic Republic of Congo in March with a message for President Felix Tshisekedi... 


Rely Precision Castings to Showcase Local Excellence and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies at Manufacturing Indaba 2025
Rely Precision Castings to Showcase Local Excellence and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies at Manufacturing Indaba 2025
11th July 2025

Rely Precision Castings, South Africa’s leading manufacturer of high-integrity investment castings, is proud to announce its participation in Manufacturing Indaba 2025, taking place from July 15... 


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Gautrain Management Agency’s shift in focus leads to overhaul in extension plan
11th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) is pursuing a new strategy to play a broader role in the country’s transport ecosystem and align to the province’s 25-year Integrated Transport Master Plan... 


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Gautrain Management Agency’s shift in focus leads to overhaul in extension plan
11th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) is pursuing a new strategy to play a broader role in the country’s transport ecosystem and align to the province’s 25-year Integrated Transport Master Plan... 


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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones
9th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The most advanced Galaxy Z series yet, seamlessly blending precision engineering and powerful intelligence to elevate everyday interactions – all in its thinnest and lightest design to date  


Schneider Electric launches its first Innovation Hub in Africa
Schneider Electric launches its first Innovation Hub in Africa
9th July 2025

Energy and automation company Schneider Electric launched its first Innovation Hub in Africa at its new head office in Midrand, Gauteng. The Innovation Hub now forms part of Schneider Electric’s... 


WAM South Africa highlights smart wastewater solutions at IFAT Africa 2025
WAM South Africa highlights smart wastewater solutions at IFAT Africa 2025
8th July 2025

WAM South Africa is showcasing its latest high-efficiency screening technologies and smart wastewater treatment solutions at IFAT Africa 2025, reinforcing its commitment to sustainable and... 


Sedna to deploy mobile private network at Port of Beira to boost efficiency
7th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Industrial IT and connectivity solutions provider Sedna Africa has secured a landmark contract with Beira Terminal operator Cornelder de Moçambique to deploy a private mobile network at the Port of... 


Transport Minister Barbara Creecy
Creecy reveals targets, highlights progress on transport sector turnaround
7th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has outlined six targets that will guide the Department of Transport’s (DoT’s) work over the next few years to transform the passenger, freight, and aviation... 


Solar & Storage Live Cape Town returns to CTICC this October, bringing the energy sector’s brightest minds together
Solar & Storage Live Cape Town returns to CTICC this October, bringing the energy sector’s brightest minds together
7th July 2025

Cape Town will once again play host to Africa’s most anticipated clean energy event as Solar & Storage Live Cape Town returns to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) on 15–16... 


ABB, EduFeArn empower Minerva Secondary School with mathematics dictionaries
ABB, EduFeArn empower Minerva Secondary School with mathematics dictionaries
4th July 2025

(Virtual Showroom) ABB South Africa, in collaboration with EduFeArn, has launched a pioneering mathematics intervention at Minerva Secondary School in Alexandra. This initiative, which commenced in... 


Orbia Netafim Celebrates 60 Years of Empowering Farmers Through Precision Irrigation
Orbia Netafim Celebrates 60 Years of Empowering Farmers Through Precision Irrigation
4th July 2025

Orbia Advance Corporation’s S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: ORBIA*) Precision Agriculture business Netafim, the global leader in precision irrigation solutions, proudly marks its 60th year of innovation.... 


Bureau Veritas executive VP Khurram Majeed addressing guests at the official opening of its new Sandton offices
Testing giant moves to bigger, better offices
4th July 2025

Last month, at a special event held in Sandton, Johannesburg, global testing, inspection and certification company Bureau Veritas officially inaugurated the company's new office.   The event was... 


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Eskom strengthens security following prepaid electricity breach
3rd July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

State-owned utility Eskom says it continues to take decisive action following the disclosure in its full-year 2024 financial results, released in December 2024, of a forensic report detailing the... 


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Alexandra hosts Gcwalisa plastic container reuse pilot project
3rd July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The Gcwalisa, or refill in isiZulu, pilot project in the township of Alexandra, Johannesburg, has shown how quality, recyclable packaging such as polypropylene (PP) jars and polyethylene... 


Western Australian Mines Minister David Michael
WA geologists make breakthrough that could spark modern-day gold rush - Minister
3rd July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Western Australia could be on the cusp of a new gold rush after state-funded geoscientists uncovered a chemical fingerprint capable of revealing previously hidden gold deposits — a discovery... 


TURNING PACKAGING INTO PROFIT Gcwalisa pilot project delivers groundbreaking results in reuse  of plastic packaging in Alexandra township
TURNING PACKAGING INTO PROFIT Gcwalisa pilot project delivers groundbreaking results in reuse of plastic packaging in Alexandra township
2nd July 2025

A bold new reuse initiative in the Alexandra of Johannesburg is proving that circular economy principles can deliver measurable environmental, economic, and social benefits even in some of South... 


Standard Bank enables China market access to African exporters, reinforcing a key trade corridor
Standard Bank enables China market access to African exporters, reinforcing a key trade corridor
2nd July 2025

African businesses reinforced their commitment to global trade diversification and commercial connectivity with China, at the recently concluded 2025 China–Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE). A... 


Africa’s pragmatic approach to AI and how data centres are enabling it
Africa’s pragmatic approach to AI and how data centres are enabling it
2nd July 2025

By: Ben Selier - Vice President, Secure Power for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric As with all things in life, there’s initial fanfare which eventually tapers into a more realistic, even... 


Digital solutions can help address Africa education challenges – BCG
30th June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Technology can strengthen education at all levels, starting from early childhood to adult training, and digital solutions can also help to address the main challenges faced by the African school... 


Painting the market green and gold: Schneider Electric launches exciting Power Up Mzansi campaign that offers the ultimate rugby experience
Painting the market green and gold: Schneider Electric launches exciting Power Up Mzansi campaign that offers the ultimate rugby experience
30th June 2025

Schneider Electric South Africa has launched its latest Power Up Mzansi Channel Sellout Campaign, designed to empower electricians and contractors by giving them the ability to achieve more with... 


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