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Batteries and decentralised power seen as key way to boost security of supply
By: Cameron Mackay 1st July 2022 Industry body the South African Energy Storage Association chairperson Mikhail Nikomarov emphasises the importance of a decentralised power system and the benefits it can provide, and how this can be supported using battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the local market. “Energy storage... →
Hydro project achieves commercial operation
27th May 2022 The Nyamwamba 11, 7.8MW hydropower project reached its PPA Commercial Operation Date (COD) on March 17, 2022. →
China’s slumping economy to cut coal use even as output swells
By: Bloomberg 26th May 2022 China’s demand for thermal coal is likely to keep falling through the rest of the first half, as virus restrictions continue to mire the economy in a deep slump. Alongside measures to boost output and build stockpiles, that’ll give China a better chance of satisfying peak power demand over the... →
First Quantum approves $1.35bn capex for Kansanshi expansion, Enterprise projects
By: Darren Parker 9th May 2022 TSX-listed First Quantum Minerals’ board of directors has given the go-ahead for the immediate roll-out of two projects in Zambia – the S3 expansion at its Kansanshi copper/gold mine, as well as the roll-out of the Enterprise nickel project. “First Quantum has been working constructively with the... →
Earthworks start for new 500 000 t/y Kamoa copper smelter 
By: Donna Slater 3rd May 2022 In its endeavours to ramp up copper production and become the third-largest copper producer, diversified miner Ivanhoe Mines has started earthworks on a 500 000 t/y direct-to-blister flash smelter at its Democratic Republic of Congo- (DRC-) based and 39.6%-owned Kamoa-Kakula copper mining... →
South Africa would do well to highlight its key iridium status to world that needs this very rare metal

By: Martin Creamer 3rd May 2022 South Africa would do well to highlight its key iridium supply status to gain the full confidence of a world that requires this very rare platinum group metal (PGM) to advance the fast-moving hydrogen economy. Iridium is a potent co-roleplayer with PGM stalwart platinum when it comes to... →
MEMSA hosts inaugural Innovation Awards to showcase local OEMs
28th April 2022 The inaugural Innovation Awards, hosted by Mining Equipment Manufacturers of South Africa (MEMSA) on Wednesday 6 April 2022, was a celebration of local excellence in technological development and manufacturing capability, according to CEO Lehlohonolo Molloyi. “A lot of decision-makers in... →
Epiroc gets large mining equipment order from DRC copper mine
By: Darren Parker 22nd April 2022 Swedish original-equipment manufacturer Epiroc has received a large order from copper miner Kamoa Copper for mining equipment that will be used at the Kamoa-Kakula underground copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Kamoa Copper operates Kamoa-Kakula as a joint venture between... →
Miner expands beneficiation facilities
By: Nadine James 22nd April 2022 Platinum-group metals (PGMs) producer Impala Platinum (Implats) has committed about R12-billion over five years to expand its Southern African processing facilities. The company notes that the investment in its South African and Zimbabwean smelting and refining facilities will benefit the... →
Greater fuel cell adoption would be a massive boost for South Africa’s platinum group metals

By: Martin Creamer 13th April 2022 The enactment by more governments of policies to enable greater hydrogen fuel cell mobility would be a massive boost for South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGMs) sector, Mining Weekly can today report. Adoption of hydrogen fuel cell mobility has already been significantly enabled by the German... →
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