KwaZulu-Natal

The United Nations Industrial Organization (UNIDO) is implementing a project – Fostering Low Carbon and Positive Energy Industrial Spaces (LC-PEIS) - with funding from the Government of Flanders.... 

“When packaging carries more information, more variants and more risk, reliability is a competitive advantage.” Packaging performance is rarely treated as strategic until something fails: a batch... 

Mining lithium for batteries is a growing part of South Africa's plan to use the global shift towards green energy to revive its economy, but now it faces a challenge from thousands of angry... 

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has confirmed that its CEO, Reginald Demana, has resigned with effect from August 31. Demana will move to a new, not yet known, position in... 

Construction materials supplier AfriSam is investing in mobile aggregate production equipment and concrete batching plants as major infrastructure projects increasingly emerge beyond South Africa’s... 

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) insists that it is fundamentally stronger than was the case 18 months ago and that “profitability is within reach”, after reporting a headline loss... 

Independent governance ratings agency Ratings Afrika’s newest yearly Municipal Financial Sustainability Index (MFSI) confirms the severe financial distress facing the majority of South Africa’s... 

Construction of the first-phase titanium dioxide pigment plant has started. 

Engen is proud to announce the launch of the Engen Xtreme Young Spinners Programme, a purpose-driven youth development initiative aimed at nurturing the next generation of spin bowling talent. In... 

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has put in place a roughly R20-billion project pipeline for the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA), running up to the end of 2031. ACSA spokesperson Ofentse... 

The National Treasury is temporarily withholding the July equitable share transfers to 70 municipalities across all nine provinces in an effort to “instil fiscal discipline and ensure that public... 

The construction of the first phase of the Nyanza Light Metals plant to advance ilmenite up the value curve in the form of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment has begun at the Richards Bay Industrial... 

As a global producer of materials across the aluminium value chain, Alcoa Corporation is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium business into the future, South32 COO Africa... 

The latest Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) shows a marginal year-on-year increase of 0.3%. The first-quarter index was boosted by year-on-year increases of more than 5% in the value of both... 

This week we profile Dr Jonathan Atkinson, MD of Solidaridad Southern Africa, an international civil society organisation operating in more than 40 countries on five continents that works with... 

As South Africans mark Mandela Month, a time dedicated to service, solidarity and making a positive difference in the lives of others, nonprofit organisation PinkDrive and mineral sands producer... 

Martin Creamer discusses South32’s conditional agreement to sell Hillside Aluminium to Alcoa; Sibanye-Stillwater calling for new longer-term platinum group metal applications; and DRDGOLD’s... 

Foundation piling for the first-phase plant started in June 2026. 

Having been placed in suspension in January 2020, the Zulti South project has been approved by diversified mining company Rio Tinto, which will invest $473-million in the project, extending the...