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Implats warns of supply crisis
Implats would bring two modern mines into production shortly before supply from SA "drops off a cliff"... read


New SAIMM head: more precise approaches for mining
New SAIMM head: more precise approaches for mining
More precise approaches need to be employed to optimise underground mining operations than are currently being used... read


Mittal to cough up R1,5bn for cartel conduct
Mittal to cough up R1,5bn for cartel conduct
The Competition Commission has shown it means business by hefting a massive R1,5bn fine on ArcelorMittal SA for cartel conduct... read



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The Sun Exchange is a digital currency, crowd-investing platform designed to fund solar energy in the developing world... read
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Energy
SA fuel-from-waste producer lands big international contract
SA fuel-from-waste producer lands big international contract
In February of this year, the country's first RDF plant was launched, and will now start supplying its fuel internationally... read
Ingula Unit 1 comes into commercial operation
Ingula Unit 1 comes into commercial operation
A third unit of Eskom's Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme came into commercial operation on Tuesday, 30 August, said the power utility... read
Markets & Investment
Resolve, SJS Energy partnership to optimise fuel industry supply chain
Resolve, SJS Energy partnership to optimise fuel industry supply chain
A new business unit called Resolve Energy Solutions has been created to capitalise on significant opportunities that exist in the fuel industry, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa... read
Mining
- Prospectors pan for gold at a gold mine on a cocoa farm near Bouafle, Ivory Coast in March. A gold rush in the Ivory Coast and Ghana threatens cocoa production in the two nations, which account for 60 percent of the world's supply of cocoa. Luc Gnago / Reuters
Ivory Coast cocoa farmers seek gold in face of drought
Once a cocoa planter, Ferdinand Konan Yao has joined the ranks of fellow farmers who have abandoned Ivory Coast's top cash crop to work in clandestine gold mines buried deep in the plantations... read
Asteroids may knock the wind out of platinum producers' sails
Asteroids may knock the wind out of platinum producers' sails
A metallic asteroid with a diameter of about 1,000m could contain more than 100,000 tonnes of platinum, enough to induce some night sweats... read
Design flaws led to deadly Brazil mine disaster
Design flaws led to deadly Brazil mine disaster
Design flaws led to the collapse of a mine dam and the loss of 19 lives in Brazil's worst environmental disaster... read
Counting the costs of conflict in SA's mining sector
Counting the costs of conflict in SA's mining sector

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business

With security in the mining sector in South Africa running into the multi-million bracket each month, industry experts say tensions between business and local stakeholders need to be better managed to foster sustainable business and economic growth... read
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
Clay Nesler and Neil Cameron
Green buildings: conserving energy, preserving the environment and saving money

Clay Nesler and Neil Cameron

There is a global shift towards energy efficiency, environmental sustainability and green buildings. South Africa's recent signing of the Paris Agreements, coupled with increasing demand on the power grid is driving many businesses to invest in energy efficiency and alternative energy sources... read
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa announces R205m line upgrade
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa announces R205m line upgrade
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa is upgrading its Phoenix plant at an estimated cost of R205m, to boost production capacity and speed up turnaround times... read
Blinkered view on nuclear is bad for SA's economic future
Blinkered view on nuclear is bad for SA's economic future

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business

If South Africa and the rest of the continent are to have any hope at long-term power sector reform, it's essential to have a more honest conversation about the role of renewables... read
Business
Johan Eksteen is overall winner of 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year competition
Johan Eksteen is overall winner of 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year competition
Johan Eksteen, owner of Agricon and a previous finalist in the Sanlam and Business/Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition, is the overall winner of the 2016 competition, announced in Johannesburg on 1 September 2016... read
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