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Terence Creamer
Terence Creamer is the Editor of Engineering News and a Deputy Editor for Mining Weekly.
He also has editorial responsibility for Polity.org.za and Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa.
Tel: +2711 622 3744
Aveng may ‘upsize’ R300m recapitalisation should shareholders show appetite
30th November 2020 Infrastructure and contract mining group Aveng has expressed confidence that its recently unveiled debt restructure and recapitalisation plan will provide the “reset” required for its two remaining core businesses, McConnell Dowell and Moolmans, to begin growing again, with the Australasian... →
Renewables display Covid immunity with record 2020 and strong outlook
27th November 2020 New additions of renewable-energy capacity worldwide will increase to a record level of almost 200 GW this year, shrugging off the demand slump that accompanied the Covid-19 crisis and which negatively affected the demand for fossil fuels. In addition, a new International Energy Agency (IEA)... →
Sasol pins low-carbon ‘reset’ hopes on gas, renewables and green hydrogen
27th November 2020 Energy and chemicals group Sasol, which is coming under increasing pressure to reduce its carbon emissions, reports that climate change is now “front and centre” in its unfolding ‘strategic reset’, which will involve a transition away from coal to gas, renewable energy and green hydrogen. In... →
Framework urgently needed
27th November 2020 For years, South Africans have had a vague awareness that some of Eskom’s coal stations are approaching the end of their useful lives and that decommissioning is inevitable. That future prospect is fast becoming an imminent reality. Over the coming five years, Eskom will officially decommission... →
Ramaphosa stresses SA’s gateway-to-Africa role as he seeks to reignite investment amid Covid
27th November 2020 Investment pledges of R109.6-billion were unveiled at the third South African Investment Conference on Wednesday, increasing the total value of commitments made since 2018 to R773.6-billion, or more than 60% of the R1.2-trillion target set by President Cyril Ramaphosa three years ago. Speaking at... →
New investment pledges of R109.6bn unveiled at hybrid investment conference
27th November 2020 President Cyril Ramaphosa used the platform of the third South Africa Investment Conference to underline the country’s potential to act a gateway to the African market, as he sought to reignite investor interest in an economy that has been underperforming for more than a decade and has been... →
Six steps proposed for unlocking larger-scale self-gen projects, amid ongoing government resistance
26th November 2020 Six steps could be taken immediately by the South African government and the energy regulator to unlock more self-generation investment by residential, commercial, industrial, mining and agricultural consumers so as to minimise power shortages and reduce the threat of load-shedding, a newly... →
De Ruyter calls for upscaling of power procurement plans as he questions whether coal IPP will proceed
24th November 2020 Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has again called on government to open the way for the procurement of more new electricity capacity in addition to the 11 800 MW outlined in a recently gazetted Ministerial determination, cautioning that the 1 500 MW of new coal included in the determination is unlikely... →
Nersa sets Feb 5 deadline for written comment on proposed nuclear determination
23rd November 2020 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has given stakeholders until February 5 to comment on a Section 34 determination received from Minerals Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe for the procurement of new nuclear capacity post-2030. The draft determination delivered to... →
Credible pipeline of projects seen as key to achieving R1-trillion infrastructure goal
20th November 2020 President Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted the importance of project preparation to unlocking the mostly private finance that will be needed to realise government’s goal of investing R1-trillion in infrastructure over the coming four years and turning South Africa into a “building site”. Speaking... →
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