South Africa’s renewable-energy ambitions face significant challenges as fiscal constraints, a persistent reliance on coal, and gaps in technological and workforce readiness slow progress, says... 

Base metals development company Orion Minerals is progressing the company’s Prieska copper/zinc mine (PCZM) and the Okiep copper project (OCP), with the bankable feasibility study (BFS) for both... 

With local businesses and households consistently struggling with energy-related challenges, including rising electricity tariffs that are exerting financial pressure across the board, financial... 

Recognising hydrogen’s potential as a clean energy source to combat climate change and reduce carbon emissions, the Southern African Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Conference, taking place on April 7 and... 

Financial services company Sanlam has installed water storage tanks at Rebongwe Primary School in Meadowlands East, Soweto, as part of its Kas’lam community programme. The programme directly... 

Queensland Hydro's Borumba project will be capable of dispatching 2 000 MW and of storing up to 24 hours of energy. 

Renewable energy company PowerGen Renewable Energy (PowerGen) has partnered with international investors to establish a scalable, distributed renewable energy platform targeting the deployment of... 

Three job-creating regional projects will receive a multimillion-dollar funding boost as part of the Western Australian government’s clean energy plan to diversify the economy. Government has... 

Recent rainfall has boosted the water levels of the Vaal dam significantly, with plans to fill the dam with water from Sterkfontein dam no longer necessary. Over the past few months, as the Lesotho... 

Oil and gas company Shell South Africa’s Alberton depot is pursuing sustainability through projects, including solar and battery power, and capacitation for biofuels.  

European renewable-energy company Photon Energy has successfully secured 1 200 ha of land for a 250 MW concentrated solar PV plant with 150 MW (1.8 GWh or 12 hours) of thermal hydro storage to be... 

Aim-listed Caledonia Mining Corporation’s Blanket mine, in Zimbabwe, produced 76 656 oz of gold for the year ended December 31, in line with guidance of producing between 74 000 oz to 78 000 oz,... 

The State-owned Central Energy Fund (CEF) wants to manage petrochemical assets at the nation’s biggest fuel-storage hub after it bought the country’s largest fuel refinery that’s adjacent to the... 

Healthcare provider Mediclinic has solar PV panels installed at 28 of its sites across the country and is gearing up to roll out a national project aimed at installing microgrids that integrate... 

After launching a market inquiry into the fresh produce industry in March 2023, the Competition Commission has released its final report on the matter confirming that there are significant barriers... 

A well progressing Tharisa mine underground definitive feasibility study accompanied by early works capital deployment is reported by Johannesburg- and London-listed platinum group metals (PGMs)... 

Australia-based Syrah Resources, through its subsidiary Syrah Technologies, has been awarded a tax credit of $165-million under the US Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA's) Section 48C Qualifying... 

By Professor Sampson Mamphweli - Head of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation’s Energy Secretariat at the South African National Energy Development Institute At some point, we... 

Gem Resources has successfully completed the refurbishment and upgrades to the processing plant. 

The Department of Electricity and Energy announced eight preferred bids for the programme in December 2024. 

Syrah Resources declared force majeure at its Balama graphite mine in December 2024. 

bp has started flowing gas from wells at Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Phase 1 to its floating production and storage offloading vessel for the next stage of commissioning. 

Eskom successfully synchronised Unit 2 of the Koeberg nuclear power plant with the national grid on December 31, 2024. 

The smaller size and manageability of mini excavators allows for work in confined spaces and traversing paved areas without damaging infrastructure. The units are also easy to transport and are... 

China's lithium reserves have risen from 6% to 16.5% of the global total, making it the world's second-largest holder of lithium reserves, state media reported on Wednesday. The world's top... 

South Africa-linked Anglo American is delivering new platinum group metals (PGM)-catalysed hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEVs) mobility options across Europe. The London- and... 

China’s Zijin Mining Group aims to start producing lithium in the Democratic Republic of Congo early next year from one of the world’s largest deposits of the battery metal. Zijin is accelerating... 

The Ministry of Electricity and Energy has unveiled the preferred bidders for Bid Window 7 (BW 7) of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), naming eight... 

Zimbabwe’s power-transmission company has invited bids for companies to install energy-storage units as part of measures to ease crippling energy shortages. Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission &... 

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) is in discussions with the government about being able to continue copper concentrate exports until its new Manyar smelter returns to full operations, a spokesperson... 

South Africa's total solar PV capacity surged to 8.97 GW this year, which includes 2.8 GW from public procurement and 6.1 GW from private-sector contributions, 11.9% higher than in 2023. A further... 

Largo Clean Energy Corp (LCE), a subsidiary of TSX- and Nasdaq-listed supplier of vanadium and ilmenite products Largo, has entered into definitive agreements with an affiliate of US-based battery... 

Chile's State-run copper miner, Codelco, will start using explosives with a significantly lower carbon footprint at its Radomiro Tomic mine, the company announced on Thursday. Explosives are used... 

More than 100 000 metric tons of copper concentrate stuck at the closed First Quantum mine in Panama do not currently pose an environmental risk, Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said on... 

The C&I Solar + Storage Summit, co-hosted with the EIUG Convention, was a groundbreaking gathering of industry experts, policymakers and investors, all united to shape the future of energy in South... 

TSX-listed Dundee Precious Metals will immediately proceed with a feasibility study at its Čoka Rakita gold project, in Serbia, after a prefeasibility study (PFS) demonstrated the project's... 

Early works construction activities at Australia- and Namibia-listed Bannerman Energy's Etango uranium project, in Namibia, are progressing well, with the 24-month bulk earthworks contract, awarded... 

ASX-listed Horizon Minerals has completed the prefeasibility study (PFS) for the Pennys Find gold project, in Western Australia. The PFS confirms the project’s viability as a high-grade underground... 

Japan's Idemitsu Kosan 5019.T said on Wednesday it would increase its stake in Vecco Group to 50.1% from 14.7%, gaining a majority in the Australian vanadium developer as part of its expansion into... 

The final assay results from diamond drill holes completed to test strike and down-dip extensions of the high-grade copper mineralisation at the Flat Mine South deposit, part of the Okiep Copper... 

Logistics and supply chain solutions provider Vanguard Logistics South Africa has signed a a ten-year lease for a new 13 000 m² warehouse at Clairwood Logistics Park, in KwaZulu-Natal, with real... 

By: Taru Madangombe - Vice President: Power and Grid for Middle East and Africa at Schneider Electric To listen to a symphony is one of the world’s great gifts.  The culmination of instruments,...