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The geoLOGr at work on samples
Advanced system boosts exploration accuracy
Updated 5 hours ago By: Devina Haripersad

In boosting core logging techniques, mining technology integrator Dwyka Mining Services, in partnership with Canadian technology company Hyperspectral Intelligence Inc. (HII), is positioning the... 


Volvo articulated hauler on site
Babcock’s one-stop model bodes well for industry
Updated 5 hours ago

Industries benefit significantly from partnering with a single, integrated equipment and services provider, says energy, transport and industrial services specialist Babcock. By offering a... 


Track record
Track record
Updated 5 hours ago

The collapse of South Africa’s freight rail network has placed a significant strain on the economy, forcing goods that should move quickly and efficiently by rail onto congested roads. Theft of... 


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Kasiya rutile/graphite project, Malawi – update
Updated 5 hours ago By: Sheila Barradas

Sovereign Metals has announced that Japan has launched a $7-billion investment initiative to develop the Nacala Corridor infrastructure, directly strengthening the outlook for the Kasiya project. 


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Lilian Ngoyi street rehabilitation, South Africa – update
Updated 5 hours ago By: Sheila Barradas

Lilian Ngoyi street has officially reopened to traffic, with Phase 1 of the rehabilitation project completed. 


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Muga potash project, Spain – update
Updated 5 hours ago By: Sheila Barradas

Highfield Resources has terminated its senior secured project finance facility after the last lenders agreed to exit. 


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Orom-Cross graphite project, Uganda – update
Updated 5 hours ago By: Sheila Barradas

Blencowe Resources has completed an aggregate fundraise of £1.12-million. The funds will be used towards the completion of the definitive feasibility study.  


inDrive Partners with Mpho Popps and Skhumba to Champion Stability, Choice, and Fairness in Everyday Mobility
inDrive Partners with Mpho Popps and Skhumba to Champion Stability, Choice, and Fairness in Everyday Mobility
18th September 2025

In a time when rising costs and unpredictability affect families across South Africa, inDrive, the global mobility and urban services platform, has launched a new campaign to highlight how upfront... 


Transport Minister Barbara Creecy
25-year extensions of Island View liquid-bulk terminal leases to boost fuel security – Creecy
18th September 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has issued a directive instructing the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) to renew the leases of existing liquid-bulk terminal operators in the Island View... 


The air traffic control centre at OR Tambo International
ATNS signs contract with Embraer Group company to modernise air traffic flow management in South Africa
18th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South Africa's State-owned Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) has signed a contract with Embraer Group company Atech to replace the current air traffic flow management (ATFM) system. The... 


A BYD Dolphin Surf EV charging
Eskom, BYD partner to accelerate South Africa’s EV future
18th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom has, through the signing of a memorandum of collaboration (MoC), signalled its intent to collaborate with automotive company BYD Auto South Africa in future and to support the... 


e tolls gantries
Outa takes Sanral to court to have e-toll debt cases declared abandoned
17th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has filed legal action against the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) and three Ministers, asking the High Court to declare that Sanral... 


A Zero Carbon Charge EV charging station
DBSA announces finalisation of major investment in EV charging station company CHARGE
17th September 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African development finance institution, the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), announced on Wednesday that all due diligence and final agreements have been completed, and all... 


DBSA partners with Ecobank and RMB on major loan facility for Ugandan development
16th September 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African development finance institution, the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), announced on Tuesday that it and Togo-based pan-African private sector banking group Ecobank, acting... 


An Ethipian Airlines aeroplane
SITA, Ethiopian Airlines enter partnership to meet growing air travel demand
16th September 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Global aviation IT and technology solutions group SITA and Ethiopian Airlines have signed a memorandum of understanding, under which they will jointly develop innovative solutions which will... 


Vivo Energy launches VE-CEM: a breakthrough digital solution to keep Africa’s fleets and equipment moving
Vivo Energy launches VE-CEM: a breakthrough digital solution to keep Africa’s fleets and equipment moving
16th September 2025

Vivo Energy, the pan-African retailer and marketer of Shell and Engen-branded fuels and lubricants, today announced the launch of its new VE-CEM (Continuous Equipment Monitoring) solution, powered... 


Fuels Industry Association of South Africa CE Avhapfani Tshifularo
South Africa grants long-term leases to oil majors at key Durban fuel hub
16th September 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa has granted oil majors and traders, including BP and Vitol, extended access at its main petrochemical hub, ending years of wrangling over short-term leases that threatened investment... 


Absa Business Banking manufacturing sector specialist Sachin Chanderdhev
Manufacturer confidence drops to lowest level in a year and a half – survey
16th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Absa Manufacturing Survey decreased by ten points to 23 in the third quarter – its lowest level since the first quarter of 2024, with Absa noting that overall business confidence in the sector... 


United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell.
South Africa’s coal-to-clean funding support highlighted in UN Climate Change release
15th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa's just transition that protects workers and communities while scaling-up renewables to strengthen energy security is being held up as an example of climate mitigation advance by the UN... 


Hive Hydrogen programme director Trevor Donian, AMDA Developments CEO Piero Granelli, Hive Hydrogen head of development Zander van der Walt, Hive Energy Africa CEO Colin Loubser, and Hive Hydrogen legal director Benji Mothibedi.
South Africa's R105bn hydrogen project advances to front-end engineering design stage
12th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Following go-ahead for the required renewable energy generation, South Africa’s R105-billion Coega Green Ammonia project in Nelson Mandela Bay has now advanced to front-end engineering design... 


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Association upbeat about liberalising airspace
12th September 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The Single Africa Air Transport Market (SAATM) is one of the African Union’s (AU’s) flagship projects under its Agenda 2063 and it aims to ensure the full implementation of the Yamoussoukro... 


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Worries persist despite recent moves to overhaul air traffic entity
12th September 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

South Africa’s aviation sector faces a critical test as recent systemic failures at State-owned Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) disrupt operations and cause delays, triggering safety... 


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Minas-Rio System mine, Brazil
12th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

An iron-ore mine in Conceição do Mato Dentro and Alvorada de Minas, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. 


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Worries persist despite recent moves to overhaul air traffic entity
12th September 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

South Africa’s aviation sector faces a critical test as recent systemic failures at State-owned Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) disrupt operations and cause delays, triggering safety... 



Stats SA industry statistics director Nicolai Claassen
South Africa’s manufacturing production declines 0.7% in July
11th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has reported that manufacturing production decreased by 0.7% year-on-year in July. Stats SA industry statistics director Nicolai Claassen notes that seven of the... 


Luanda to Host Heads of State-Level Infrastructure Financing Summit Under African Union Chairmanship
Luanda to Host Heads of State-Level Infrastructure Financing Summit Under African Union Chairmanship
11th September 2025

The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with Government of the Republic of Angola will host Africa’s biggest Infrastructure Financing... 


Nacala Corridor
Japan’s $7bn Nacala Corridor initiative boosts Sovereign Metals’ Kasiya project
11th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

ASX-listed Sovereign Metals has announced that the government of Japan has launched a dedicated investment initiative targeting the Nacala Corridor infrastructure, significantly strengthening the... 


Lillian Ngoyi street to reopen to traffic; public transport routes return to original configurations
11th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Lilian Ngoyi street, in Johannesburg, will officially reopen to traffic on September 12, with Phase 1 of the rehabilitation project completed, the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) says. Public... 


Ciltsa president Elvin Harris and ICFF CEO Ingrid du Buisson
Ciltsa, ICFF sign MoU to professionalise South Africa's logistics sector
10th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport South Africa (Ciltsa) and the Institute for Customs and Freight Forwarding (ICFF) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) towards... 


Eskom acting group executive for Distribution Agnes Mlambo
Eskom introduces first 20 EVs to its fleet
10th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom has launched the first 20 electric vehicles (EVs) to its fleet of vehicles, which it says is a major milestone in the company’s journey toward sustainable transport and a... 


Africa’s Biggest Mobility Stage Returns to Sandton — SMA Summit 2025
10th September 2025

Africa’s biggest stage for the future of transport is back! The Smarter Mobility Africa Summit (SMA) returns to the Sandton Convention Centre, 1–2 October 2025, bringing together the brightest... 


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
9th September 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... 


 TOMRA Mining breaks new ground in underground rock salt sorting pilot project at K+S Zielitz mine
TOMRA Mining breaks new ground in underground rock salt sorting pilot project at K+S Zielitz mine
9th September 2025

The underground X-ray Transmission (XRT) sorting pilot plant at the Zielitz mine, developed by TOMRA in collaboration with K+S, sets a new benchmark for efficient, sustainable potash mining. The... 


Vehicle manufacturing
South Africa's GDP grew 0.8% in the second quarter
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South Africa’s GDP increased by 0.8% in the second quarter, following an increase of 0.1% in the first quarter of the year, Statistics South Africa has reported. The manufacturing industry... 


IPR has added the Atlas Copco PAC SH diesel-driven pump, delivering a powerful 250 m shut-off head for tough dewatering jobs, to its product lineup
IPR expands dewatering solutions with high-head Atlas Copco PAC SH pump
9th September 2025

IPR (Integrated Pump Rental) has strengthened its dewatering solutions portfolio with the addition of the high head Atlas Copco PAC SH dewatering pump. Capable of a 250 m shut-off head, this... 


New passenger handling managed connectivity service for airlines launched
8th September 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Global aviation industry IT and technology solutions group SITA has launched a new managed connectivity service, named SITA Connect Fly, to allow airlines to modernise their passenger handling... 


Time to burn rubber on tyre recycling
8th September 2025

Vast tailings dams, giant-tyre burial grounds and leaky water stewardship will all be regulated out of mining’s future. Tyre Stewardship Australia’s Lina Goodman thinks one part of that future... 


Image of a solar panel being lifted using the GEDA Solarlift lifting solution
Meeting solar installation challenges
5th September 2025

Large-scale solar panels, often used in commercial and industrial projects, are delicate and susceptible to damage. Rooftops can be difficult to access, and using unsuitable equipment for transport... 


Concord Access Solutions technical director Neil Kendrick
Concord opens new remanufacturing facility on the Gauteng East Rand
5th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

Lifting and access solutions provider Concord Access Solutions (CAS) has officially opened its new remanufacturing facility in Chloorkop, Kempton Park, as part of its after-sales support and... 


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Mashatile addresses Nedlac summit, proposing National Dialogue will be crucial in addressing country’s challenges
5th September 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Deputy President Paul Mashatile said on Friday that although the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) has played a central role in shaping policies to improve the socioeconomic... 


The Centre of Excellence for Hydrogen Energy in Vanderbijlpark
VUT, Standard Bank to devise practical green hydrogen solutions through new research centre
5th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Standard Bank and the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) have officially launched the Centre of Excellence for Hydrogen Energy, on VUT’s campus in Vanderbijlpark. The partners aim to advance... 


A generic image of a smelter complex
Smelter rebirth bodes well for local beneficiation
5th September 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The acquisition of Metalloys by Menar Capital and Ntiso Investment Holdings signifies a move towards revitalising the manganese alloy industry in South Africa, which has experienced a decline in... 


An image of the GEDA Solarlift in action
Solar panel lifting product simplifies solar system installation
5th September 2025

The solar energy market is surging in South Africa – particularly in the commercial and industrial sectors – as businesses seek cost-effective, sustainable solutions to manage rising electricity... 


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