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Two loaders work outside the ore processing and recovery plant at De Beers' Snap Lake Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Pressure makes (no) diamonds: SA mining production takes a dip

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Volkswagen charges up Kariega component plant with 1,410 solar panels

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Eskom assures SA that there was no radiation leak at Koeberg

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EU starts first investment roadshow in South Africa targeting minerals

Colleen Goko and Tim Cocks 2 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Sechaba Mokhethi.

Lesotho explores R5bn floating solar project on its highland reservoirs

Sechaba Mokhethi 1 Jun 2026

Glencore's South African smelter cancels planned job cuts after electricity deal

Glencore's South African smelter cancels planned job cuts after electricity deal

Nelson Banya 1 Jun 2026

Source: Supplied. Andrew Dewey, managing director of Swindon Property.

Good news for prime offices, bad news for five-day commutes

Andrew Dewey 29 May 2026

Oil steadies as market awaits possible US-Iran ceasefire deal

Oil steadies as market awaits possible US-Iran ceasefire deal

Seher Dareen, Helen Clark, Sudarshan Varadhan 29 May 2026

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Planned Rand Water maintenance may affect municipalities, industries and mines

28 May 2026

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Construction of solar facility set to power 60,000 households

28 May 2026

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How South African businesses can offset the rising diesel price

Ricky Luntz 28 May 2026

Nelson Mandela Bridge with Johannesburg CBD in the background. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Johannesburg sees light at the end of the tunnel in new deal with Eskom

27 May 2026

Werner Duvenhage, alongside International Atomic Energy Agency's Yukiya Amano, at Rossing Uranium Limited in Namibia, which he served from 2013 to 2018. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Werner Duvenhage says sayonara to Rio Tinto after 13 "instrumental" years

27 May 2026

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New partnership to energise virtual wheeling in South Africa

26 May 2026

Source: GroundUp/Kimberly Mutandiro.

Katlehong residents use digger to tear up main road during protest

Kimberly Mutandiro 26 May 2026

#AfricaMonth: Expertise to unlock mining’s catalytic impact on Africa’s infrastructure

#AfricaMonth: Expertise to unlock mining’s catalytic impact on Africa’s infrastructure

SRK Consulting 26 May 2026

Pooled renewable electricity wheeling

Pooled renewable electricity wheeling

Catchwords 25 May 2026

Air Products’ partnerships with longstanding industrial gas customers a key differentiator

Air Products’ partnerships with longstanding industrial gas customers a key differentiator

Air Products South Africa 25 May 2026

Fuel pump nozzles for gasoline at a TotalEnergies gas station in Paris, France. Image credit: Reuters/Benoit Tessier

Iran war is exposing South Africa’s dependency on diesel: what went wrong

Lisette IJssel de Schepper 25 May 2026

Oil containers at the Port of Fujairah, as the US-Israel conflict with Iran limits marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Image credit: Reuters/Amr Alfiky/File Photo

It’s bleak street in SA mining as rising fuel price starts to take its toll

Maroefah Smith 22 May 2026

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Eskom in talks with World Bank over nuclear expansion in SA

Wendell Roelf 21 May 2026

Renewable energy development driving change in Nelson Mandela Bay

Renewable energy development driving change in Nelson Mandela Bay

Yellow Door Energy 21 May 2026

Based in Cape Town, the Astron Energy Refinery, formerly the Chevron Oil Refinery, is the third-largest crude oil refinery in South Africa. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

South Africa to pump R2.86bn into mineral and petroleum sector

20 May 2026

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South Africa’s economic hub could plunge into darkness over Eskom debt

20 May 2026

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Solar boom exposes critical engineering workforce gap

19 May 2026

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Eskom’s coal supply secured as Exxaro opens New Matla Mine 1

19 May 2026

Favourable outlook for the mining sector in Zambia

Favourable outlook for the mining sector in Zambia

SRK Consulting 19 May 2026

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New R500m deal strengthens Fedgroup’s role in South Africa’s energy transition

18 May 2026

Protesters outside the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s offices in Cape Town in August 2025. Archive photo: Matthew Hirsch

No plan to review SA’s coal exports to Israel, says Parks Tau

Matthew Hirsch 18 May 2026

Steam rises at sunrise from the Lethabo Power Station, a coal-fired power station owned by state power utility Eskom near Sasolburg. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Eskom hikes and rising fixed charges squeeze households and SMEs

15 May 2026

People, planet, prosperity: Driving change through solar power

People, planet, prosperity: Driving change through solar power

Yellow Door Energy 15 May 2026

Eskom's Arnot Power Station in Middelburg. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

A year without loadshedding, but weak demand and high tariffs threaten jobs and Eskom revenue

14 May 2026

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African Rainbow Energy's new deal to speed up private power for SA businesses

12 May 2026

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Inspired Evolution $40m investment will accelerate CrossBoundary Energy’s mission to provide clean, affordable, and reliable power to commercial and industrial clients. Image supplied.

CrossBoundary secures $40m to build solar and battery power for African businesses

4 May 2026

UJ’s Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka warns of "mineral colonisation" in Africa

UJ’s Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka warns of "mineral colonisation" in Africa

19 Mar 2026

Gold Fields' Damang gold mine lease is up for grabs

Gold Fields' Damang gold mine lease is up for grabs

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 18 Mar 2026

Natural gas championed as Africa's transition fuel amid energy crisis

Natural gas championed as Africa's transition fuel amid energy crisis

9 Mar 2026

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