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Rudi Dicks, head of the Project Management Office in the private office of the Presidency
NECOM secretariat sees State of Disaster yielding procurement, security benefits
10th February 2023 By: Terence Creamer

The Presidency’s Rudi Dicks, who also heads the National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM) secretariat, believes the controversial decision to classify the electricity crisis a National State of... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa to appoint Minister of Electricity as crisis is declared a national disaster
9th February 2023 By: Terence Creamer

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he would be appointing a new Minister of Electricity in The Presidency to coordinate the response to the electricity crisis, which has now officially been... 


ArcelorMittal South Africa CEO Kobus Verster
ArcelorMittal moves ahead with 200 MW Vanderbijl renewables project, studies third-party rail access
9th February 2023 By: Terence Creamer

ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) expects initial construction work on a 200 MW renewable-energy plant in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, to begin during the fourth quarter of 2023, with a feasibility... 


Ivanhoe Mines founder and CEO Robert Friedland.
Global renewable energy generation to hit 320 GW this year, Mining Indaba hears
9th February 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Renewable energy capacity will increase by 8% to 320 GW this year, Ivanhoe Mines founder and CEO Robert Friedland told the Investing in African Mining Indaba on Wednesday at an event themed on the... 


Seriti CEO Mike Teke.
Seriti wins plaudits for decarbonising its coal mines while keeping coal lights on
8th February 2023 By: Martin Creamer

The 91% black-owned and -controlled Seriti Resources was seen at the Investing in African Mining Indaba as setting a compelling example by generating wind energy to decarbonise its coal mining... 


Amplats says payouts to decline as a result of loadshedding impact
8th February 2023 By: Bloomberg

Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), the No 1 platinum miner by value, said investor payouts will drop as worsening power outages in South Africa curb output and push up costs. “Will our investors... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa and DRC president Félix Tshisekedi.
Ramaphosa determined to remove all impediments in way of sustained mining growth
7th February 2023 By: Martin Creamer

The Presidency is determined to remove all impediments in the way of the sustained growth of the South African mining industry, President Cyril Ramaphosa told the Investing in African Mining Indaba... 


Outgoing Eskom CEO André de Ruyter and outgoing Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter.
Seriti Green comes in for praise during Eskom, Minerals Council fireside chat
7th February 2023 By: Martin Creamer

The coal-to-renewables initiative of Seriti Green, the 91% black-owned and black-controlled Seriti Coal associate, came in for special praise at the interesting fireside chat between outgoing Eskom... 


Loadshedding affecting traffic lights
Blackouts may cost South Africa R899m a day, Reserve Bank says
7th February 2023 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s electricity crisis is costing the economy as much as R899 million a day, according to central bank estimates. Rolling blackouts of about 6 to 12 hours a day, or so-called Stage 3 and... 


Eskom's Ankerlig OCGT plant
Rapid renewables roll-out key to tackling loadshedding, but OCGTs ‘only short-term defence'
6th February 2023 By: Terence Creamer

An increased use of the diesel-fuelled open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) represents South Africa’s only short-term defence against higher levels of economically damaging loadshedding, a new analysis... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter, Council president Nolitha Fakude, office bearer Themba Mkhwanazi, and chief economist Henk Langenhoven.
Minerals Council's Roger Baxter encouraged by board-level engagement with Transnet
6th February 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Monday that the council is encouraged by the board level engagement it has undertaken so far with State rail enterprise Transnet and is hoping... 


Anglo American CE Duncan Wanblad.
Ever greater global acknowledgement of need to decarbonise ever more urgently – Anglo
6th February 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Ever greater acknowledgement is being given to the need to decarbonise global energy and transport systems ever more urgently. At the same time, ever greater global recognition is being given to... 


Wind turbines
Lack of functioning mining cadastre also posing risk to renewables projects
6th February 2023 By: Terence Creamer

The absence of a functional mining cadastre in South Africa, which has been undermining the sector for years, is now having potentially negative knock-on effects for developers of renewable-energy... 


From left, Layton Nenzinane, Peter Venn and Doug Gain.
Seriti Green raises need for Africa to appraise vanadium as electricity storage battery metal
3rd February 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Wind farm builder Seriti Green, which is planning substantial electricity storage capacity at its big renewable energy project in Mpumalanga, has raised the need for vanadium to be appraised as a... 


Power pylons near Eskom's Koeberg nuclear stations
Eskom confirms diesel funding, outlines nuclear fuel options
2nd February 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Struggling power utility Eskom has confirmed that it has secured funding to pay for its diesel requirements for the remainder of the current financial year, which ends on March 31, but has not yet... 


Cesa president Olu Soluade
Without controls and oversight, electricity state of disaster ‘open to abuse’ – Cesa
2nd February 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) has expressed some reservations with a proposal that a National State of Disaster be declared to tackle South Africa’s long-running electricity crisis.... 


Seriti Resources CE Mike Teke.
155 MW wind farm to be constructed in Mpumalanga by Seriti Green
2nd February 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Work is scheduled to begin soon on the construction of a wind farm in Mpumalanga, South Africa’s electricity heartland. The project, which begins with 155 MW of wind energy and expands to a... 


Underground drilling under way at Harmony's Great Noligwa gold mine.
Good grade uplifts Harmony’s gold output
1st February 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Despite the ongoing electricity shortages and supply chain disruptions, the total gold production of Harmony Gold has increased quarter-on-quarter, the Johannesburg- and New York-listed company,... 


Kusile recovery central to 2023 NECOM plan to add supply
NECOM outlines plan for adding and recovering 8 800 MW in 2023
31st January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Initiatives being coordinated under the aegis of the National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM) will seek to add about 8 800 MW of capacity to the South Africa’s electricity supply during the course... 


Supporting platform failure and unit 1 bend dislodged from vertical flue
Temporary Kusile stacks set to bypass FGD for a year while remediation works are completed
30th January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom reports that it is currently expecting to operate temporary stacks on the three Kusile units – which have been inoperable since October 23 when the Unit 1 flue duct failed in a way that also... 


Shaft at Evander gold mine.
Solar saving gold mine $145 000 a month, more renewables on way, says Pan African
30th January 2023 By: Martin Creamer

The 10 MW solar power plant at Evander is averaging savings of $145 000 a month for the Mpumalanga gold mine, Pan African Resources said on Monday. Construction is scheduled to begin in June on yet... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa affirms Nersa’s independence in setting tariffs, but still calls for mitigation solution
30th January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged that tariffs that reflect the cost of producing electricity are necessary for Eskom’s financial sustainability, as well as for the utility to service its... 


Hydrogen South Africa solar power installation at NWU to supply renewable power for hydrogen production.
Green hydrogen research given R35m boost
27th January 2023 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa's North-West University (NWU) is investing around R35-million in strategic funding to advance green hydrogen research over the next five years.   This follows the announcement that... 


Eskom power lines
Eskom aims to unlock 500 MW of renewables from second land-lease tender
26th January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom will host site visits on February 7 for independent power producers (IPPs) interested in four new parcels of grid-ready land in Mpumalanga that the utility will make available under its... 


An estimated 161 locomotives have been out of service for periods exceeding 90 days
TFR sets March 20 closing date for tender seeking OEMs to step in to rehabilitate idle locos
26th January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has set a closing date of March 20 for responses to a tender inviting original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to step in to rehabilitate more than 160... 


A platinum bar produced by Impala Platinum
Loadshedding threatens South Africa's platinum supply
26th January 2023 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s worst ever power blackouts are threatening platinum and palladium supplies in the top miner, both now and in the years ahead. Outages last year curbed output of the metals, and the... 


Eskom CFO Calib Cassim
As diesel funding model is mooted, Eskom confirms diesel spend of R18bn and climbing
24th January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom CFO Calib Cassim told lawmakers on Tuesday that the State-owned utility had spent R18-billion on diesel for its current financial year-to-date, which began in April last year, and that it... 


Sasol energy business executive VP Priscillah Mabelane.
Sasol secures first hydrogen-linked renewable energy supply contract
24th January 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Chemicals and energy company Sasol has signed a long-term contract for the supply of 69 MW of renewable energy to its Sasolburg site in the Free State – the first of several agreements Sasol... 


Enel Green Power already operates wind facilities in South Africa, procured under a public procurement programme
220 MW renewables supply contract signed for Secunda, more to follow
24th January 2023 By: Terence Creamer

International renewables group Enel Green Power has been selected by Air Liquide and Sasol to build 220 MW of wind capacity to supply Sasol’s Secunda complex, in Mpumalanga, where Sasol produces... 


Stage 4 loadshedding planned for the weekday evenings 
23rd January 2023 By: News24Wire

Loadshedding will remain at Stage 4 from 16:00 to 05:00 every day, with Stage 3 implemented from 05:00 to 16:00 during the day until further notice, Eskom announced on Monday. Over the past 24... 


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