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S&P Global is a multinational financial information and analytics company headquartered in New York City. The organisation provides credit ratings, benchmarks, data and research across capital, commodity and automotive markets worldwide. It operates through several divisions, including S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global Commodity Insights and S&P Global Mobility. S&P Global Ratings is one of the three dominant credit rating agencies globally, assessing the creditworthiness of sovereign nations, corporations and financial instruments. S&P Global Commodity Insights, formerly IHS Markit, delivers price assessments, news and analysis for energy, metals and agricultural markets, including widely referenced oil price benchmarks. The company serves financial institutions, corporations, governments and individual investors with data platforms, indices and analytical tools. S&P Global employs tens of thousands of people across more than 35 countries. The firm was founded in 1888 as Poor's Publishing and merged with Standard Statistics in 1941 to form Standard & Poor's, later rebranding to S&P Global in 2016 to reflect its broader scope beyond ratings and indices.

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Coal
China's coal power on the rise again in 2026, reversing first-in-a-decade decline
Updated 5 hours ago By: Reuters

China's coal-fired power generation is set to rebound this year from its first fall in a decade, analysts said, due to the impact of El Nino and the Iran war and as renewable sources of energy have... 


AEW 2026 to Position Transmission at the Center of Africa’s Data Center Buildout
17th June 2026

The rapid expansion of AI and cloud computing is driving substantial capital deployment into Africa’s digital infrastructure. This positions high capacity hyperscale campuses as a core asset class. 


Prime Minister Mark Carney
Carney climate plan at risk as Canadian oil companies stress need to boost production
18th March 2026 By: Reuters

A key plank of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's climate plan will likely miss its target implementation date, industry sources said, raising new doubts about Canada meeting its environmental... 


Econometrix Chief Economist Dr Azar Jammine speaking at AfriSam’s annual Budget Breakfast event in Sandton in February
AfriSam budget breakfast highlights economic upside from commodity price surge
13th March 2026 By: Dimpho Madiba

The strong rally in commodities such as gold, platinum, rhodium and palladium is creating significant windfall opportunities for South Africa to support its economic turnaround. Speaking at... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
South Africa at pivotal point in evolution of its mining industry, says Minerals Council
20th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Mining built South Africa once. With clarity, confidence, and coherent policy, mining can help to build South Africa’s future again – and do so inclusively. A successful and growing mining industry... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
South Africa at pivotal point in evolution of its mining industry, says Minerals Council
4th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Mining built South Africa once. With clarity, confidence, and coherent policy, mining can help to build South Africa’s future again – and do so inclusively. A successful and growing mining industry... 


A hard hat with the Rio Tinto logo
Glencore and Rio Tinto hold buyout talks to create $207bn mega-miner
9th January 2026 By: Reuters

Glencore and Rio Tinto, said late on Thursday they were in early buyout talks that could potentially create the world's largest mining company with a combined market value of nearly $207-billion.... 


Copper produced in Chile
AI to boost copper demand 50% by 2040, but more mines needed to ensure supply, S&P says
8th January 2026 By: Reuters

Growth in the artificial intelligence and defence sectors will boost global copper demand 50% by 2040, but supplies are expected to fall short by more than 10-million metric tons annually without... 


Photo of Terence Creamer
I saw the crescent . . .
12th December 2025 By: Terence Creamer

As the sun sets on 2025, South Africa’s long-awaited recovery is becoming visible like the first sliver of a waxing crescent days after a new moon. While still modest, the 0.5% GDP expansion in the... 


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Shift in mood
5th December 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The complex and multidimensional nature of life in any country means that more than one thing is invariably true at the same time. Moreover, these truths can be highly contradictory, or as Charles... 


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