Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has already approved 75 applications from private companies wanting to generate energy for self use.
Besides the obviouts dialogue about legislative amendments needed for mining companies to generate their own power, there is also the question of whether the minister consulted with other relevant departments in ensuring this policy decision is given due effect...
Gillian Niven & Paula-Ann Novotny 3 days ago
The 2020 Africa Energy Forum will take place in Barcelona, Spain from 30 June to 3 July under the overarching theme of 'Investment and impact'...
3 days ago
Djibouti's electricity demand is expected to considerably increase due to various large-scale infrastructure projects including ports, free trade zones...
14 Feb 2020
In his State of the Nation Address (Sona), President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that the regulatory environment is to be changed in order to facilitate uncapped commercial and industrial distributed generation for own use....
14 Feb 2020
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has welcomed the decision by the High Court in Pretoria to dismiss an urgent relief sought by Eskom...
13 Feb 2020
Although the International Monetary Fund gave South Africa's economic growth prospects a downward revision for this year, 2020 could still hold significant opportunities for business owners who know where to look...
David Morobe 12 Feb 2020
While Eskom's massive debt and lack of maintenance has resulted in load shedding and an inability to service the debt...
11 Feb 2020
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, created a flurry of headlines when he told the Investing in African Mining Indaba that mines could generate their own electricity...
Jason van der Poel, Mzukisi Kota & Alexandra Felekis 10 Feb 2020
A total of 11 South Africans among record number of participants selected for Open Africa Power...
UCT Graduate School of Business 7 Feb 2020
The petrol price will come down by 13 cents a litre this week...
4 Feb 2020
The demands of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) provide new growth opportunties for the mining industry, which must position itself, including reskilling the workforce, to take advantage of this new reality
Nicci Botha 3 Feb 2020
As the trend towards digitisation becomes pervasive across many industries and operations, the benefits offered to power distribution systems should not be overlooked...
Quintin Mccutcheon 31 Jan 2020
Since late last year South Africans have, once again, been subjected to power cuts by the power utility, Eskom. The need for what's called loadshedding - planned power outages - led to the recent resignation of Eskom's chairperson and a flurry of concern about the current and future reliability of electricity supply...
Seán Mfundza Muller & Mike Muller 23 Jan 2020
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Energy & Mining Trends 2020
