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The building achieved an As-Built 6-Star Green Star-rating, which is the highest GBCSA sustainability accreditation
Managing green-building strategies during construction crucial for ratings
9th April 2021 By: Schalk Burger

Constantly managing, monitoring and aligning construction costs against budget when implementing Green Star sustainable building-rating initiatives helps developers to achieve the objective... 


Enbridge’s green push could use Canadian tax credits, CEO says
6th April 2021 By: Bloomberg

Enbridge’s push into new frontiers of the energy transition such as carbon capture and clean hydrogen production could use Canadian tax credits similar to those in the US, the company’s CEO said.... 


Vision Blue Resources' Mick Davis
Davis launches $300m special-purpose entity, invests in Kazakh vanadium project
2nd April 2021 By: Mariaan Webb

Energy and mining heavyweight Sir Mick Davis on Monday announced the launch of a $300-million special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) as part of his drive to invest in materials and commodities... 


UK watchdog says guards at Petra’s Tanzanian mine deliberately modified ammunition
25th March 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Zenith Security guards employed at diamond miner Petra Diamonds’ Williamson mine, in Tanzania, allegedly deliberately swapped rubber projectiles with metal shot in their weapons, causing serious... 


BP plans UK's largest blue hydrogen production facility
18th March 2021 By: Reuters

Oil and gas major BP said on Thursday it was developing plans for the UK's largest blue hydrogen production facility, expanding its investments in carbon reduction technologies to tackle global... 


Vision Blue Resources' Mick Davis
Davis’ Vision Blue launches $300m SPAC, invests in Kazakh vanadium project
15th March 2021 By: Mariaan Webb

Energy and mining heavyweight Sir Mick Davis on Monday announced the launch of a $300-million special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) as part of his drive to invest in materials and commodities... 


COOL STUFF
South Africa is a good location for water-based coolants because ambient temperatures seldom drop below freezing point
Production plant upgrade heralds next-gen coolant
12th March 2021 By: Darren Parker

Local petroleum and petrochemical products manufacturer African Oil Blending Corporation (AOBC) has secured about R130-million to repurpose and upgrade its Harrismith lubricant blending production... 


Andrew MacKenzie to chair Royal Dutch Shell board.
Shell names former BHP CEO chair
11th March 2021 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Former BHP CEO Andrew Mackenzie has been named chairperson of the energy major Royal Dutch Shell. He will replace Chad Holliday on May 18, when he steps down after having served as chairperson for... 


Supercharged commodity boom: Definitely. Supercycle? Not exactly
Supercharged commodity boom: Definitely. Supercycle? Not exactly
23rd February 2021 By: Bloomberg

A surge in commodity prices has Wall Street banks gearing up for the arrival of a new supercycle, but underlying dynamics suggest it isn’t going to be a repeat of the epic China-led boom at the... 


Anglo appoints new nonexecutive director
16th February 2021 By: Schalk Burger

Global diversified mining company Anglo American has announced that Elisabeth Brinton will join its board as a nonexecutive director from March 1. Brinton is currently global energy multinational... 


STRIKING GOLD
The gold mineralisation at Adumbi is associated with up to 130 m of interbedded banded ironstone, quartz carbonate and chlorite schist
Miner reports gold intercepts at flagship deposit
5th February 2021

Gold miner Loncor Resources last December announced that the second core hole of a 7 000 m drilling programme at its Adumbi deposit had intersected gold at its 84.6%-owned Imbo Project in the... 


International standards lacking locally
5th February 2021 By: Khutso Maphatsoe

Lubricants distributor OILY SA’s offering is comparable to that of other major oil companies, such as oil industry company Shell, petroleum refining company Total and independent lubricants... 


Elandsfontein phosphate project, South Africa
Elandsfontein phosphate project, South Africa
5th February 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

Elandsfontein remains on track to achieve the target date for production. 


FUELING TRANSFORMATION The contract awarded to Amsol by Shell Downstream South Africa will extend the company’s services in fuel logistics and transportation
Two contracts keep marine transformation afloat
29th January 2021

Specialist marine solutions provider African Marine Solutions (Amsol) has been awarded two contracts which will act not only as a catalyst for continued transformation but will also ensure... 


Anthony Govender
Anthony Govender
29th January 2021 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

This week we profile Anthony Govender, CEO of ASI Financial Services, a financial services and insurance brokerage that specialises in employee benefits, long-term insurance and short-term Insurance 


Laneway pours gold
27th January 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Laneway Resources has reported its first gold pour at its Agate Creek gold mine, in Queensland, from its current mining campaign. “We are pleased to achieve the first gold pour from the... 


Hamburg plans green hydrogen plant with Shell, Mitsubishi, Vattenfall
22nd January 2021 By: Reuters

Hamburg is planning to generate green hydrogen, which is produced from renewable power, at a plant it will develop with energy firms Shell, Mitsubishi and Vattenfall, the city state said on Friday.... 


Elandsfontein phosphate project, South Africa
Elandsfontein phosphate project, South Africa
22nd January 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

Kropz’s Elandsfontein project’s integrated water-use licence has been rescheduled for February 1. 


The Age of Aluminium
19th January 2021 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Copper, Bronze and Iron Ages have each allowed humanity to develop and achieve new technological advancements and innovations like never before. The Iron Age developed into the Steel Age that... 


Processing starts and mining stops at Agate Creek
18th January 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Laneway Resources has started processing the first ore from the current mining campaign at its Agate Creek gold mine, in Queensland, at the Lorena gold mine carbon-in-leach plant. First... 


BHP says LNG bunkering key to lowering maritime emissions
15th January 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Diversified miner BHP has tapped energy major Shell to supply first liquefied natural gas (LNG) for five LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carriers, which will transport iron-ore between Western... 


NWS signs third party toll agreements
4th January 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Oil and gas producer Woodside in December reported that the North West Shelf (NWS) project participants had executed fully-termed gas processing agreements (GPAs) for processing third-party gas... 


Australian miners need to do more on emissions - report
Australian miners need to do more on emissions - report
16th December 2020 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Australia’s resources companies would need to do more in order to address downstream scope 3 emissions, despite making progress on moving their operations towards net zero by 2050, a new report has... 


Shell LNG to power BHP ships
1st December 2020 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Diversified miner BHP has tapped energy major Shell to supply first liquefied natural gas (LNG) for five LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carriers, which will transport iron-ore between Western... 


Andrew Forrest
Billionaire miner Forrest aims to be a global clean energy giant
23rd November 2020 By: Bloomberg

Billionaire Andrew Forrest broke into the ranks of the world’s top iron-ore exporters, now he’s targeting an entry into renewables in as soon as two years under an ambitious plan to produce more... 


Vivo Energy, Robex to set up a solar plant at Mali mine
13th November 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Canadian mining company Robex Resources and Vivo Energy, which sells and distributes Shell- and Engen-branded fuels and lubricants in Africa, have reached an agreement for Vivo Energy to supply... 


Vivo sees growth potential for hybrid fuel, solar energy solution in Africa's mining sector
13th November 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Vivo Energy, which sells and distributes Shell- and Engen-branded fuels and lubricants in Africa, believes it will be able to transform how energy is supplied to mines across the continent. It... 


‘Hydrogen wars’ pit Europe vs China for $700bn business
2nd November 2020 By: Bloomberg

Niels-Arne Baden has a problem: the factory he’s building for Green Hydrogen Systems is too small. Plans for the Denmark site to be one of the largest for assembling the machines that make hydrogen... 


Tamra Capstick-Dale
Tamra Capstick-Dale
30th October 2020

This week we profile Tamra Capstick-Dale, MD of Corporate Image, a public affairs, corporate affairs and crisis management consultancy 


Company offers linings, ceramic tile distribution for mining
Company offers linings, ceramic tile distribution for mining
28th October 2020

Mining industry products and solutions provider Aviocean Global’s primary objective is to service and supply quality and cost effective products and solutions to the mining industry, with an extra... 


Vivo Energy, Robex to set up a solar plant at Mali mine
28th October 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Canadian mining company Robex Resources and Vivo Energy, which sells and distributes Shell- and Engen-branded fuels and lubricants in Africa, have reached an agreement for Vivo Energy to supply... 


West Kenya gold project, Kenya
West Kenya gold project, Kenya
23rd October 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

A pit optimisation study has suggested the potential of developing an initial openpit at each of the deposits. 


Hurricane Delta steams across Gulf of Mexico, halting 80% of oil output
8th October 2020 By: Reuters

Hurricane Delta began its march through prime US offshore oil producing areas in the US Gulf of Mexico on Thursday as energy companies moved drilling rigs and pulled workers off platforms. The... 


Fossil fuel firms not doing enough on emissions, funds say
Fossil fuel firms not doing enough on emissions, funds say
7th October 2020 By: Bloomberg

None of Europe’s largest oil, gas and coal companies are on track to limit global warming to within 2 °C, according to a report by money managers overseeing more than $22-trillion. Energy and... 


Copper heads for biggest loss since March as growth worry mounts
2nd October 2020 By: Bloomberg

Copper extended declines, heading for the biggest loss since March amid concerns over the pace of economic recovery as traders looked for signs of progress in US fiscal-stimulus talks. US... 


Elandsfontein phosphate project, South Africa
Elandsfontein phosphate project, South Africa
2nd October 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Kropz has made its second quarterly drawdown request of $4-million under the equity facility with its major shareholder. 


Giyani to start drilling programme at Botswana manganese project
22nd September 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals has started a feasibility study field programme for its K.Hill manganese project, in Botswana, with the appointment of a drilling contractor, project management and... 


Zimbabwe may hold solution to Africa’s energy crisis
Zimbabwe may hold solution to Africa’s energy crisis
21st September 2020

Back in the early 1990s, Mobil was exploring for oil in Zimbabwe when it came across large hydrocarbon resources in the Cabora Bassa Basin. The petroleum giant explored over an area extending all... 


BHP CEO Mike Henry
Top miner BHP sees profit in a world speeding up climate action
16th September 2020 By: Bloomberg

BHP Group, a major industrial polluter, says it will benefit most from a global shift toward faster and more dramatic measures to address climate change, and aims to profit from doing so itself.The... 


BP says the era of oil-demand growth is over
BP says the era of oil-demand growth is over
15th September 2020 By: Bloomberg

BP said the relentless growth of oil demand is over, becoming the first supermajor to call the end of an era many thought would last another decade or more. Oil consumption may never return to... 


Rugged and Compact—the BTC14 for Quad-Monitor Thin Client Applications from Pepperl+Fuchs
14th September 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The control room is the hub for technical production, planning, and control processes. Using established thin client technology, current production statuses are transmitted to multiple monitors in... 


Rio Tinto may need to tap outsider for new chief
Rio Tinto may need to tap outsider for new chief
11th September 2020 By: Reuters

Four years after mining giant Rio Tinto swept out its veteran managers to make way for a new generation of business heads, its leadership team has come unstuck. The world's biggest iron ore miner... 


Elandsfontein phosphate project, South Africa
Elandsfontein phosphate project, South Africa
11th September 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

The appeal hearing against the Elandsfontein project's water-use licence, which was due to reconvene on September 3, has been postponed. 


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