World-leading Chinese new-energy vehicle (NEV) and technology company BYD on Thursday, December 4, officially launched the plug-in hybrid BYD Sealion 5 sports-utility vehicle in South Africa –... 

The South African National Energy Development Institute (Sanedi), which is overseen by the Department of Electricity and Energy, and the Rustenburg municipality are partnering to improve energy... 

Process technology company Metso has reported that gold and copper producer Harmony Gold Mining Company has selected it to deliver the key equipment for its Eva copper project, in Queensland,... 

Rio Tinto has produced the first copper using its Nuton bioleaching technology at the Johnson Camp mine, in Arizona, marking a step in commercialising a process the company says could transform... 

South African private higher education institution Regent Business School has announced that it is launching the country’s first business intelligence accounting degree. Officially designated a... 

Draco Group successfully completed one of South Africa’s most technically challenging demolition projects: the controlled blasting and toppling of a structurally compromised 107-metre concrete... 

The hydrogen sector may have been in a hype cycle for the last few years, but the fundamentals around the global energy market have not changed – the need for clean and localised energy and a just... 

The 13th Zambia International Mining & Energy Conference & Exhibition (ZIMEC 2026), to be held on 25-26 March 2026 in Kitwe, Zambia, will zero in on one of the most vital conversations for Zambia’s... 

Vodacom Group has entered into an agreement with Kenya’s government to acquire 15% of Safaricom and an additional 5% from Vodafone at KES34 a share, in a deal valued at $2.1-billion, or... 

Low-grade gold ore operation Navachab Gold Mine has upgraded its very low-grade ore resources using sensor-based sorting provider STEINERT’s suite of innovative dry sorting processes. At Navachab... 

Africa will only capture meaningful economic value from rising global demand for critical minerals if it strengthens partnerships, improves infrastructure, ensures regulatory certainty and expands... 

Diamond company De Beers Group has announced that Wesley Tucker will step down as CEO of its blockchain technology platform and diamond traceability business Tracr at the end of February 2026.... 

Law firm Adams & Adams has launched its SMARTAI IP Portal – an advisory service digital platform designed to help businesses understand, assess and address the risks posed by AI systems. AI... 

South Africa’s automotive market in the third quarter posted its strongest sales in more than a decade as greater macro-economic stability, easing interest rates and a firmer rand supported renewed... 

Comprehensively supporting the mining sector with commodity-specific drive train solutions, SEW-EURODRIVE has cemented its reputation as a trusted partner to the industry - a testament to its... 

Standard Bank on Wednesday announced the financial close of the R11.5-billion deal that will result in Vodacom acquiring a 30% stake in Maziv. Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB)... 

Iron-ore miner Fortescue has installed its first large-scale battery energy Sstorage system (BESS) at North Star Junction in the Pilbara, a key step in the company’s plan to decarbonise its... 

South Africa’s infrastructure recovery will continue to stall unless government, industry and professional bodies shift from problem-identification to concrete implementation, engineering... 

As digital speeds and device complexity continue to increase, signals under test are getting more complex, and engineers are more challenged to isolate anomalies in their devices. Test tools for... 

Chemical company BASF South Africa has celebrated achieving Level 1 broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) status. The company, the local subsidiary of the Germany-based global BASF group,... 

Namibia's President on Tuesday appointed Modestus Amutse as the Southern African country's new Minister of Mines, Energy and Industry. Amutse's appointment comes after President Netumbo... 

An electricity tariff proposal by South Africa’s State-owned power utility Eskom is supporting the continued operation of the Lion ferrochrome smelter in Limpopo province, Glencore-Merafe Chrome... 

By: Manuel Tati - Vice President, SADC region at Schneider Electric There’s no doubt that the SADC region holds tremendous promise; rich in natural resources, it has the potential to rapidly expand... 

The UK High Commission in Pretoria, and the South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), jointly announced on Tuesday that three major cooperative programmes have been... 

Sustainable water management is not just an environmental concern, but an economic, developmental and moral imperative, with water security inseparable from climate resilience, economic stability... 

Artificial intelligence may dominate global conversations about the future of work, but South Africa’s economy will collapse without skilled trades, warns one of the country’s oldest protective... 

Chrome and platinum group metals (PGM) miner Tharisa has reported a 5% year-on-year increase in its operating profit to $125-million for the financial year ended September 30, despite lower PGM and... 

Nonprofit organisation iButho Le Africa (iLA) founder Mpumi Masinga was awarded the Humanitarian Award at the tenth Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) Awards... 

By: Nelson Teixeira - managing director of operations for Sub-Saharan Africa at FedEx In e-commerce, a delayed delivery can mean a lost customer. In fact, more than 20% of shoppers say they won’t... 

 It is not hard to see why Mpumi Masinga’s iButho Le Africa (iLA), which works with young boys in rural areas, won the Humanitarian Award at the 10th SEIFSA Awards for Excellence on November 20 at... 

US-based advanced materials company ASP Isotopes, which has a secondary listing on the JSE, has established a Photonics Chair at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) for a period of three... 

TSX-V-listed Tsodilo Resources, which owns the Xaudum iron project (XIF), in Botswana, has pledged to continue its research collaboration with the Department of Chemical, Materials and... 

The sun, an infinite source of energy, helps fuel our transition to a sustainable future. Photovoltaic (PV) panel farms, sprawling across landscapes, particularly in South Africa, are the physical... 

By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric One only has to briefly page through the annals of our industrial history, to come across truly hair-raising... 

To scale around-the-clock industrial heat and electricity for C&I sector Great Falls, Virginia; December 1, 2025 – 247Solar, the MIT-born innovator of clean, always-on industrial heat plus... 

African mining supply chains stand or fall because the continent tests every weakness without mercy. With rail unable to support the volumes required for iron ore, manganese, coal and chrome, mines... 

As the industrial sector undergoes rapid digital transformation, conveyor systems - once regarded as passive infrastructure - are emerging as intelligent data sources. Shaun Blumberg, COO of... 

Valterra Platinum, South Africa’s impressive 2025 platinum group metals (PGM) creation, is bringing its inaugural 2025 year to a massively fruitful close with a market capitalisation that has... 

Australia-listed Green Technology Metals (GT1) has appointed engineering consultancy Altris Engineering to optimise and lead the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Seymour lithium project... 

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) has been awarded a prestigious Science Diplomacy Award at the closing ceremony of the 2025 Science Forum South Africa (SFSA), held from 24–28 November at... 

Nasdaq-listed digital orthodontics and restorative dentistry technology company Align Technology (Align) has announced that it was expanding its presence in South Africa, including the appointment... 

To strengthen the recognition of Polish automotive brands in the international market and to foster trade with the growing automotive sector in Africa, the Polish Investment and Trade Agency hosted...