Mauritanides, the largest and only biennial mining and energy conference and exhibition held in Mauritania since 2010, has posted a strong 30% increase in sponsors & exhibitors compared to the... 

ASX-listed Australian Bauxite on Tuesday reported that its subsidiary ALCORE has secured the minimum funding required to start Stage 1 of the ALCORE project. Site construction works started in... 

Speciality chemicals and gas supplier A-Gas highlights its concern regarding disposable cylinders being used as packaging to import hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and... 

The era of the monster frack has arrived in North America, and Chesapeake Energy Corp. is singing its praises. Chesapeake said Thursday at an analyst conference that it set a new record for... 

Nigeria and Spain, last month expressed their readiness to strengthen their bilateral trade relationship for mutual benefit across the spectrum in the oil and gas industry. State-owned oil... 

Demand for oil and gas from markets in Africa remains high but low crude prices combined with poor physical infrastructure, inadequate logistical solutions and onerous government regulations have... 

Corrosion protection supplier Cortec announced last month that its Vapor Phase Corrosion Inhibitor (VpCI) technology for the aircraft, aviation and aerospace industries, scales new heights for... 

Vale Mozambique, the local subsidiary of major Brazilian mining group has given the assurance that the recent collapse of a coal stacker at the port of Nacala-à-Velha (Nacala) will not interfere... 

The minerals extraction sector of the Mozambican economy grew by 14.9% in the fourth quarter of last year, in comparison to the fourth quarter of 2013. This was recently reported by the country’s... 

A new global study shows that mining operations are powerful engines of growth for host countries. Mining-country governments must budget on commodity prices falling not rising, global... 

Research regarding the use of South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGMs) in fuel cells and water electrolysis will enable electrification of remote communities and the use of hydrogen as a primary... 

n a bid to further incentivise the forthcoming auction of coal blocks, the Indian government is considering tagging extraction rights of coal bed methane (CBM) to the blocks up for bidding. In a... 

The World CTX 2013 Summit, which will be held in Mumbai and Jamnagar in India, from December 2 to 4, will feature a practise-based programme on coal and petroleum coke (petcoke) projects worldwide... 

Integrated energy and chemicals company Sasol continues to grow both locally and internationally as it experiences growth globally in its operations. 

The Mozambican government last week announced that it was launching an unprecedented public tender for geological research and mineral prospecting rights. The unprecedented aspect is that... 

The exploitation of shale gas in South Africa could be a "game changer" for the gas sector, a senior Department of Energy (DoE) official said on Tuesday. But he also appealed for patience to allow... 

Environmental solutions company Procon Environmental Technologies has noticed that local coal mines are creating landfill sites where they undertake their own remediation on site to prevent... 

Environmental solutions company Procon Environmental Technologies has delivered one of its Mycelx filtration units to a water treatment plant at South African ferrochrome producer Samancor Chrome’s... 

Attached please find a press release on: Molopo is pleased to announce, as a result of its sole risk drilling and technical activities, a major reserves revision to its Mungi Field and the... 

The mining industry in Botswana seems to be diversifying its resources and shifting its focus to other sectors, such as the coal-mining industry, following the decrease in sales in its main asset,... 

Toronto-listed energy company CIC Energy reiterated that it could not proceed with the Botswana-based Mmamabula project without regulatory approvals from the South African government. 

South Africa is currently significantly behind First World countries, such as the US, Australia, UK and the European Union (EU), in controlling and abating volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted... 

Sasol Petroleum International reports that operating profit declined by 50%, to R300-million for the year, primarily owing to a significant increase in exploration costs offset by higher selling... 

Sasol Secunda operates the world's only coal-based synthetic fuels manufacturing facility, which uses unique Sasol Fisher-Tropsch technology to manufacture synthesis gas from low-grade coal. This... 

The Sasol gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology uses three chemical processes to convert natural gas, or a similar gaseous hydrocarbon, into liquid fuels and related petrochemicals. The heart of the GTL... 

Mining heavyweight Anglo American has proved that environmental sustainability is high on the agenda, as its various divisions shone at this year's Nedbank Capital Green Mining Awards. 

The Malawi government is in talks with the World Bank, the European Union and the French government with a view to getting them to finance a $36-million geological exploration and remapping... 

South Africa's largest diversified resources company, Exxaro, has big plans to open up the Waterberg coalfield's treasure chest. The coalfield has an estimated resource of 75-billion tons... 

South Africa's largest diversified resources company, Exxaro, has big plans to open up the Waterberg coalfield's treasure chest. 

Effective corrosion control is now possible with the use of concrete-product manufacturing company Terraforce’s Terracrete range of moulded concrete blocks. Terraforce is developing a way to... 

THE global air transport industry, recently under attack over the issue of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global warming, is not, in fact, a significant source of such emissions. Of total... 

The domestic chemical industry into the second largest manufacturing sector in South Africa, second only to the food sector turnover, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reports. Given that... 

International oil mogul Shell has released its first Technology Report. The report covers technological innovations, alternative fuel sources and current projects undertaken by Shell International.