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CSIR, Coega sign MoU to collaborate on research and development
13th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Coega Development Corporation (Coega), which is responsible for managing the Coega Special Economic Zone, in the Nelson Mandela Bay... 


Blencowe strengthens EU battery ties, Orom-Cross outperforms in testing
13th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Blencowe Resources has reported that American Energy Technologies (AETC) and other SAFELOOP project partners have continued their test work using natural flake graphite from... 


Image of ore from the K. Hill project
K.Hill battery-grade manganese project, Botswana – update
13th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Battery metal development company Giyani Metals Corporation has completed the first shipment of high-purity manganese oxide samples. 


Image of drill core from the Monte Muambe
Monte Muambe rare earths and fluorspar project, Mozambique – update
13th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Altona Rare Earths is seeking a strategic investor to co-fund a prefeasibility study phase, following the identification of potentially economic gallium grades. 


Westfalia Fruit avo farm
Avocado giant Westfalia Fruit champions value chain sustainability for 76 years
12th June 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Having grown to produce and distribute more than 50% of South Africa’s avocado exports every year, vertically integrated agriculture company Westfalia Fruit remains dedicated to its founding legacy... 


Red Rock expects significant progress in DRC case imminently
12th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

Natural resource exploration and development company Red Rock Resources has said it anticipates a crucial milestone to be met soon in its ongoing legal campaign in the Democratic Republic of Congo... 


First ore being fed into the crusher on June 11.
Meeka begins commissioning at Murchison gold project
12th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Meeka Metals has begun its transition from gold project developer to producer with commissioning of its Murchison project in Western Australia getting under way. The ASX-listed company said on... 


R&D powers better healthcare for everyone, from discovery to delivery
R&D powers better healthcare for everyone, from discovery to delivery
12th June 2025

By: Bada Pharasi - CEO of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association South Africa (IPASA) Achieving universal healthcare for billions across Africa is an ambitious and vital goal; one that will face... 


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NTCSA aiming to launch electricity market platform on April 1
11th June 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has indicated that it is aiming to have the initial phase of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market, also referred to as the SAWEM,... 


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Transnet Engineering sets R1bn turnover goal for burgeoning maritime division
11th June 2025 By: Irma Venter

Transnet operating division Transnet Engineering (TE) aims for its relatively new maritime business to reach R1-billion in turnover in the next eight to ten years, says TE manufacturing and ports... 


ACTOM Power Transformers celebrates 60+ years of engineering excellence and a new era of growth
ACTOM Power Transformers celebrates 60+ years of engineering excellence and a new era of growth
11th June 2025

ACTOM Power Transformers, a division of ACTOM (Pty) Ltd, is marking a major milestone with a celebratory Open Day at its Wadeville factory. The event not only honours the company’s 60+ year legacy... 


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Shoprite gives tour of distribution centre built to meet new store growth
11th June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed supermarket retail group Shoprite this week held a media tour of its Riverfields distribution centre, in Kempton Park, Gauteng, which is one of two new campuses built over the past 18... 


Premium rebrands as NexMetals to reflect critical metals focus
9th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed junior Premium Resources has changed its name to NexMetals Mining, reflecting plans to become a key supplier of copper, nickel, and cobalt from Botswana. The rebranding was approved... 


Empire reports ‘exceptional’ results from titanium testwork
9th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Aim-quoted Empire Metals on Monday announced the results from its most recent titanium dioxide (TiO2) product development testwork programme, carried out on mineral flotation concentrates produced... 


West Cobar brings Mystique into its fold
9th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed West Cobar has completed the acquisition of the Mystique project – an exploration licence in the Fraser Range province of Western Australia – from base metals miner IGO. The licence... 


Peanut butter manufacturer agrees to pay R500 000 administrative penalty
6th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The National Consumer Tribunal has confirmed a settlement agreement entered into between the National Consumer Commission (NCC) and a peanut butter manufacturer, which has agreed to pay an... 


Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, Diale-Tlabela and dignitaries show new red-lettered government number plates
Gauteng to roll out digital twin and tamper-proof vehicle licence plates
6th June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Gauteng will roll out a new digital vehicle licence plate system that will track each numberplate from manufacture to fitting and will include information of the owner and vehicle while the... 


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Company highlights consequences of poor boiler maintenance
6th June 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

An inability to properly manage boilers, especially neglecting water treatment can lead to extensive operational issues, including decreased efficiency, increased energy consumption, safety hazards... 


GALLIUM TARGET
Altona Rare Earths, in its quest to find gallium in Mozambique, has drilled about 8 000 m, completed a scoping study and published a maiden Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant mineral resource estimate of 13.6-million tonnes at 2.42% total rare earth oxides for its Monte Muambe project
Gallium discovery at Monte Muambe spurs investor search
6th June 2025

LSE-listed junior exploration and critical minerals company Altona Rare Earths is seeking a strategic investor to co-fund a prefeasibility study (PFS) phase, following the identification of... 


Students to lead water-quality monitoring
6th June 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed private education provider ADvTECH, in collaboration with the IIE MSA Centre for Water and the Environment, has launched a national, student-led citizen science project aimed at... 


Rare earths from the Phalaborwa project
Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project, South Africa – update
6th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

London-listed Rainbow Rare Earths has reported that after being in operation for about three months, its laboratory, in Johannesburg, is progressing well.  


GTI Energy surges after study flags low-cost uranium potential at Wyoming project
5th June 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The share price of GTI Energy soared more than 33% on the ASX on Thursday after the company released a scoping study highlighting the potential for a low-cost, in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium... 


Coronado shores up liquidity amid weak coal prices
Coronado shores up liquidity amid weak coal prices
4th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-based Coronado Global Resources has secured a $150-million asset-based lending (ABL) facility with an affiliate of Oaktree Capital Management, shoring up its liquidity as metallurgical... 


Rainbow Rare Earths CEO George Bennett
Rainbow says work at Johannesburg laboratory progressing well
3rd June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

After being in operation for about three months, London-listed Rainbow Rare Earths says work at its laboratory, in Johannesburg, is progressing well. The company notes that the laboratory is... 


Alco-Safe MD Rhys Evans discusses the company's introduction of a new saliva drug testing kit in an interview with Engineering News at A-OSH Expo 2025
Alco-Safe unveils new saliva drug testing solution at A-OSH Expo 2025
3rd June 2025

Drug and alcohol testing equipment supplier Alco-Safe showcased its latest advancements in occupational health and safety solutions at the A-OSH Expo 2025, held at the Gallagher Convention Centre,... 


Rome starts maiden mineral resource estimate work at DRC project
2nd June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Rome Resources has engaged with consulting firm the MSA Group to complete a maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its Bisie North project, located in North Kivu province of the... 


Mintek pyrometallurgy division in action.
Using hydrogen, South Africa demonstrates carbon-free manganese ferroalloys advance
2nd June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa's national mineral research organisation Mintek has achieved a significant milestone in sustainable metallurgy by demonstrating production of manganese ferroalloys using carbon-free... 


SteelXperts
Steel Xperts Completes Groundbreaking Redstone Tower CSP Project in South Africa
2nd June 2025

SteelXperts, a black woman-owned and managed South African-based provider of quality steel fabrication and steel installation services, participated in the ground-breaking, Redstone CSP Project in... 


Demand spikes for locally made Freedom Won megaTower energy storage solution
Demand spikes for locally made Freedom Won megaTower energy storage solution
2nd June 2025 By: Tracy Hancock

Since starting production early last year of its high-capacity, modular energy storage solution, the megaTower, South Africa’s largest and oldest lithium battery manufacturer Freedom Won has needed... 


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EXSA progressing solar projects for energy wheeling
30th May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Grid-connected renewable-energy provider Energy Exchange of Southern Africa (EXSA) has achieved progress on two utility-scale solar projects, including one that is expected to come online from... 


First Simandou locos unveiled in India
First Simandou locos unveiled in India
30th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Simandou iron-ore project has reached a milestone with the unveiling of its first locomotives, ahead of first production by year-end. The unveiling ceremony took place on May 28 at Wabtec’s... 


TAILINGS CONSTRUCTION
The TSF-4, looking north from TSF-3 and showing the main drain one and two being intercepted by the two penstock pipelines running southeast from penstock towers
Zim expertise shines in tailings dam construction
30th May 2025 By: Donna Slater

The construction of a large tailings storage facility (TSF) for a platinum group metals miner in Zimbabwe demonstrated the capability of local firms, working in close collaboration with SRK... 


a man hitting a copper bar into a rewound motor
Motor manufacturer expands capabilities to meet demand
30th May 2025

To meet the growing demand for customised, high-performance specialised electric motors in heavy engineering, electric motor manufacturer Hexagon Electrical announced the expansion of its... 


The Koeberg nuclear power station
Koeberg emergency siren inadvertently activated during routine maintenance
28th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom on May 28 confirmed that an emergency siren was inadvertently activated during routine maintenance and assured the public that there was no emergency. "At approximately 14:00... 


Powerlines
Lawmakers updated on plans to procure first independent transmission projects
28th May 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office has confirmed that a request for qualification will be issued in July in preparation for the first phase of the procurement of independent transmission... 


IGO exits Yeneena JV, returns copper project to Encounter
IGO exits Yeneena JV, returns copper project to Encounter
28th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Exploration junior Encounter Resources has regained full ownership of the Yeneena copper project in Western Australia's Paterson province after IGO withdrew from their six-year farm-in and joint... 


IsoEnergy launches work programmes at Tony M mine as US uranium demand builds
IsoEnergy launches work programmes at Tony M mine as US uranium demand builds
28th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Dual-listed IsoEnergy said Tuesday it had begun key technical work at its fully permitted Tony M uranium mine in Utah, a move aimed at laying the groundwork for a potential restart that could... 


ENAMI says lithium venture with Rio Tinto to start production in 2032
ENAMI says lithium venture with Rio Tinto to start production in 2032
26th May 2025 By: Reuters

Chile's State-run mining firm ENAMI aims for its new Rio Tinto lithium partnership at Altoandinos to begin production in 2032 with 35 000 metric tons of the battery metal per year, and ramp up over... 


Queensland fast-tracks critical minerals test facility in Townsville
23rd May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Construction has begun on a long-awaited critical minerals testing facility in Townsville, in northern Queensland, with the state’s new Liberal National Party (LNP) government claiming credit for... 


Blencowe receives further $500 000 grant funding
23rd May 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Blencowe Resources has received the latest disbursement of $500 000 from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), taking total funds received under the overall... 


The above image depicts models made by the students that participated in the RAW Modular workshop
Programme to enhance timber competitiveness
23rd May 2025 By: Lynne Davies

The University of Pretoria (UP) Solid Timber Competitiveness Programme aims to develop design processes and wood products that will enhance the competitiveness of the South African timber sector,... 


The opening of a firey furnance.
Low-carbon gunning mix helps cut Scope 3 emissions by 85%
23rd May 2025

A low-carbon refractory gunning mix was launched in March by Austrian refractory products supplier RHI Magnesita to assist mining and metallurgical sectors in reducing their environmental impact.... 


Delba
DELBA Electrical’s expertise in rewinding a 17 MW stator – a showcase of engineering excellence
23rd May 2025

Large electrical rotating machine refurbisher DELBA Electrical continues to set new benchmarks in refurbishing of large electrical rotating machines.  A recent project at its Alrode Large Machines... 


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