Renewable Energy

Given the shared geology and geographical proximity between South Africa and Namibia, there is a compelling case for closer collaboration in exploration, infrastructure development, skills... 

Shanghai Platinum Week 2026 has served to highlight that platinum group metals (PGMs) are fundamentally key to the delivery of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan to 2030. China has earmarked close to... 

China's June coal production fell 9.7% from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said on July 15, after a deadly mine accident in late May led to safety checks that tightened supply.... 

Specialist project logistics division of Tradestream, Tradestream Project Logistics, provides comprehensive logistics solutions for large-scale industrial and infrastructure projects throughout... 

Eland’s ramp-up continued on schedule during the 2026 financial year. 

Ivanhoe Mines has maintained 2026 production guidance at 290 000 t to 330 000 t of copper in anode or blister, and 2027 guidance at 380 000 t to 420 000 t. 

De Beers Group has decided to pause production at its Venetia mine for two years to reduce costs while also rephasing capital expenditure on the Venetia Underground Project. 

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... 

Global statistics continue to reaffirm the role of electricity as the future dominant energy carrier. More and more energy services are being electrified, including through electric vehicles, while... 

New research into the crisis afflicting the City of Johannesburg warns that the widening structural imbalance between the metro’s operating expenditure and capital expenditure (capex) poses a... 

Record global electricity demand last year was met entirely by low-carbon sources, resulting in fossil fuels generation being substituted rather than supplemented, the Energy Institute’s... 

Gold-from-mine-waste company DRDGOLD is looking at organic growth of 40% in throughput and 30% in output, using internally funded cash flows and infrastructure that can facilitate additional... 

Fortuna has approved a $73-million early-works programme, of which about $18-million had been spent by June 29, 2026.  

Investment in Karo Platinum is continuing, with a focus on strategic infrastructure projects.  

Power in Africa is not only an issue of infrastructure, but also an economic issue because industry requires reliable, affordable and sustainable energy. Industrial competitiveness is impossible... 

By: Nontu Mkhize - Offer Marketing Manager: Power Services and Industry – Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric Across Sub-Saharan Africa, organisations are under increasing pressure to... 

Diversified resources group Exxaro Resources has, through its wholly-owned renewable-energy business Cennergi, celebrated the commercial operations date milestone of the Lephalale solar project... 

Electromechanical equipment manufacturer ACTOM has expanded its manufacturing footprint at its Pretoria West industrial campus, in Gauteng, with the launch of the ACTOM Static Energy battery... 

The new elution circuit and smelt house facility at DRDGOLD's Far West Gold Recoveries is performing to specification. “The initial capital estimate was met, and we came in on time and within...