18/05/2012 (On-The-Air)

The great China-led economic supercycle that has been boosting global economies for a decade appears to be coming to an end; he South African Navy is now allowed to operate in Tanzanian and Mozambican waters to stop piracy.

11/05/2012 (On-The-Air)

Yet another black-controlled manganese mine is being built in South Africa’s richly endowed Kalahari Manganese Basin; The first major step has now been taken towards the realisation of an ambitious new South African dream – the local...

04/05/2012 (On-The-Air)

New US company Planetary Resources wants to mine platinum in outer space, and plans an initial space launch in the next 24 months; another African country is auctioning its mining riches rather than giving them away on a first come, first served...

27/04/2012 (On-The-Air)

Prehistoric worms found deep in a Free State gold mine may hold the key to South Africa’s acid mine water problem; South Africans have been appointed to advise the government of Cameroon on the development of its mining industry; and the...

20/04/2012 (On-The-Air)

South Africans are spearheading a new mining thrust in bauxite-rich West Africa; Gold is supplying a missing piece in South Africa’s quest to regrow its industrialisation base; and Eskom intends taking the power of the sun to a new level in...

13/04/2012 (On-The-Air)

Durban’s new ‘dig-out’ port will test Transnet’s new private-sector participation scheme; South Africa’s inadequate commodity railway network is in line for a R100-billion boost; and South Africa is losing engineers to other countries...

06/04/2012 (On-The-Air)

South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation is investing billions of rands in the platinum industry; The Department of Trade and Industry is going all out to boost South Africa’s struggling manufacturing sector. Here is...

30/03/2012 (On-The-Air)

Job-hungry Canada is luring South African investors with billion rand loans and cheap clean electricity, Wits University is responding to South Africa’s technical needs with strong new research thrust, The Brazilian Air Force has signed an...

23/03/2012 (On-The-Air)

South African banks are being engaged to fund Liberia’s first commercial gold mine; Official bungling is preventing fully trained South African electricians from proving that they are fully qualified; and South Africa and the brand new...

16/03/2012 (On-The-Air)

the South African government has been going all out to ensure that platinum company Implats is being fairly treated by the government of Zimbabwe; South Africa wants to take a leaf out of Canada’s book to save its ferrochrome business from...

09/03/2012 (On-The-Air)

The world’s first flying car is to go on display in New York next month; South Africa’s once-booming ferrochrome industry, which employs 200 000 people, is suddenly under serious threat from China; and Resource rent. That’s the name of the...

02/03/2012 (On-The-Air)

Global pressure is being applied on the government to make South African mining revenues fully transparent; A study on the economic viability of exporting manganese through the port of Saldanha Bay has been presented to Transnet; and Science and...