As Africa moves to implement the African Union’s (AU’s) Agenda 2063 and related infrastructure master plans, engineering consultancies, such as African Industrial Engineering Services (AIES), are... 

Namibia remains a “trailblazer” in the hydrogen space with up to five final investment decisions scheduled to be made in 2025 and 2026, demonstrating African leadership on the global stage by... 

Cabinet has approved export controls and an electricity incentive for South Africa’s ferrochrome industry after receiving an update on the socioeconomic impact of the continued decline of the... 

The countdown is on to the 2025 Manufacturing Indaba, the continent’s leading platform for industrial growth, innovation, and collaboration. With a powerful mix of exhibitions, high-level... 

Copper extended gains for a fifth day, after Goldman Sachs Group said it expected prices to rise to a 2025 peak of around $10 050 a ton in August, as supplies outside the US tighten. Traders of... 

Amid global politisation of supply chains, increasing expectations of the mining industry and intensifying development imperatives in Africa, various African countries are gearing up policy to... 

In the parts of the financial world that have spent the decade since the Paris Agreement trying to curb the most-polluting fossil fuel, there are actually two distinct types of coal — with two very... 

Iron-ore futures prices flitted within a tight range on Tuesday, as traders weighed resilient near-term demand in China against the potential of improved supply from top producer Australia. The... 

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Growthpoint Properties says construction has started on the Sandton drive Link Bridge. This bridge will provide a direct pedestrian route over Sandton drive... 

Dion Rudolph has joined the Citi-Con team, bolstering the company’s robust project management capabilities with him almost 30 years of concrete construction experience. This knowledge includes new... 

In adhering to its ethos of developing technologies and solutions that contribute to a more efficient and sustainable world, electric engineering, power and automation developer WEG has onboarded... 

Cobalt prices and stocks surged in China after the Democratic Republic of Congo extended its export ban to September, constricting supplies of the raw material used in alloys and batteries. The... 

Integrated Pump Technology has delivered its first two Godwin pump units to a major gold mining operation in north-western Tanzania, marking a milestone for the brand’s growing footprint across... 

China sent a rare shipment of at least three cargoes of coking coal to processors in Indonesia's Sulawesi in May, sources familiar with the matter said, encroaching on a market typically dominated... 

Minerals explorer and developer Cyclone Metals has marked a substantial derisking milestone at its flagship Iron Bear project in Canada, with a study by global engineering group Hatch confirming... 

Canadian company Greenland Resources has been awarded a 30-year exploitation licence for molybdenum and magnesium – minerals that are key to the EU’s steel, defence and electric vehicle industries.... 

Canada could increase counter-tariffs on US-produced steel and aluminum if it does not reach a broader trade deal with President Donald Trump within 30 days, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on... 

Just three years after its founding, a Chinese government-run trader has become the single biggest force in the country’s $130-billion market for iron-ore imports. The rise of China Mineral... 

South Africa’s first locally manufactured nitrogen generator system NitraWeld, developed by nitrogen generator supplier Nitralife, allows for a “new level of flexibility and efficiency in... 

Growing geopolitical tensions and global policy uncertainty are among the biggest risks facing South Africa’s financial industry, the central bank said. The nation is vulnerable to spillover... 

South Africa should initially focus intently on its local green hydrogen market rather than the global market, and progress at its own pace, which has the potential to give it a global lead. Air... 

Cut costs. Cut downtime. Cut dependence. If your business relies on regular deliveries of oxygen or nitrogen whether in cylinders or liquid tanks, you are not in control of your process, your... 

Aligned with South Africa’s development agenda and the National Infrastructure Plan 2050, the 12thedition of Big 5 Construct South Africa and the inaugural South Africa Infrastructure & Water Expo... 

It is not a deficit of resources that is holding Africa back but rather a deficit of belief in Africa’s prospects as a formidable player in the global political economy, African Union (AU)... 

South Africa will resume trade talks with the Trump administration on the sidelines of the US-Africa Business Summit next week, with less than a month to go before Washington’s reciprocal tariffs... 

Eskom has confirmed that it has a 5 GW pipeline of so-called ‘repowering’ projects at various stages of development on the sites of six coal power stations, including Komati, which has already... 

NeoSmelt, an Australian joint venture (JV) formed to advance lower-emissions steelmaking from Pilbara iron-ore, has secured fresh federal funding and welcomed two new partners to its... 

US President Donald Trump said on Monday a new economic deal with Canada was possible but stressed tariffs had to play a role, a position that the Canadian government strongly opposes. Canadian... 

The main contribution from the steel value chain to South Africa’s GDP comes from machinery and automotive production, along with the construction industry. From this standpoint, maximising the... 

South Africa has been selected alongside six other developing countries to participate in a new $1-billion global investment programme that will provide concessional finance for projects that... 

More civil and design engineers should specify the use of galvanised steel structures and hot-dip galvanised reinforcing steel for road and bridge infrastructure, says industry organisation... 

CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company plan to include a third ethylene cracker at the complex. 

The fact that it takes an exceedingly long time in South Africa for policy decisions to be made let alone implemented is something of a doubled-edged sword. On the positive side, it can sometimes... 

Rio Tinto has officially opened its newest iron-ore mine. 

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting is consolidating its two iron-ore businesses – Roy Hill and Atlas Iron – into a single entity named Hancock Iron Ore, in a move the company says will combine the... 

In this letter to Engineering News, Allied Steelrode CEO Arun Chadha calls for urgent policy interventions to support the struggling domestic steel sector and to safeguard South Africa’s industrial... 

A recent study conducted by naamsa | The Automotive Business Council and Nedbank revealed that 60% of respondents were aware of the need to decarbonise, especially in light of the EU’s Carbon... 

South Africa has requested that the US refrain from raising tariffs above the prevailing 10% level should negotiations on a new trade framework not be concluded by July 9, when a 90-day pause on... 

South Africa's manufacturing production decreased by 6.3% year-on-year in April. The largest negative contributions were made by the food and beverage; basic iron and steel, nonferrous metal... 

Without an effective waste management system, a country faces serious public health and environmental risks. In 2024, South Africa generated approximately 108 million tonnes of waste — 90% of which... 

China's iron-ore imports dropped 4.9% in May from April, as mills exercised caution in procurement for seaborne cargoes in anticipation of seasonally slower steel consumption. The world's largest... 

Rio Tinto and China Baowu Steel have officially opened the Western Range iron-ore mine in Australia’s Pilbara region, a $2-billion project aimed at sustaining production at the nearby Paraburdoo...