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Africa a major target of China’s resource ‘acquisitiveness’

A number of recent ventures and agreements between China and Africa-based resource companies have positioned the continent as a key destination for meeting China’s resource acquisitiveness, market research firm Frontier Advisory research and...

Eskom calls for urgent ‘guidance’ on its role in energy plan

The head of State-owned power utility Eskom has called for urgent “guidance” from Energy Minister Dipuo Peters on the implementation of South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity, including the role that Eskom will play in...

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Public-sector pension investment group encouraging miners 
to be more ecofriendly

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) is seeking to encourage mining companies, in which it is invested, in to adopt environmentally-friendly policies. The PIC has investments in both listed and unlisted miners.



SA to remain heavily reliant on coal – analyst

Coal remains vital to the South African economy and would not soon be replaced as the main energy source, delegates heard at the Coaltrans South Africa conference in Sandton on Thursday. South Africa, which has an estimated 33.1-billion tons of...

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Miner evaluating renewable-energy generation for US mine

Canada-based American Vanadium has engaged engineering and construction management services supplier Hanlon Engineering to evaluate the installation of renewable energy generation for its Gibellini mine, in central Nevada.

Consultancy aiming to grow to accommodate more complex projects

Mining projects being established at remote locations need to be much larger than those operating in areas with existing infrastructure to justify capital investment in supporting infrastructure and, therefore, require higher production rates.

Company Announcement: Nuclear power inevitable part of South Africa’s energy future?

“Number of nuclear disasters is far less than those that occur at coal mines”

Resources, infrastructure attracting investor attention

Natural resources were the foundation of investments in Africa, a panel at a KPMG Africa Conversation Series, held in Johannesburg, said on Wednesday. Natural resources, such as minerals, oil and gas and agriculture, combined with increasing...