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The Carbon Majors list of the companies responsible for four fifths of the world’s CO2 emissions includes Sasol. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

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The first trial is being done at military buildings in Limpopo

South African military bases get cool makeover with innovative paint

5 Mar 2024

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Clarens leads Sandton as SA's first 'smart town' with innovative electricity management programme

By Katja Hamilton 29 Feb 2024

A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia, 8 January, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad//File Photo

Exclusive: Facing green pressure, Indonesia halts deep-sea mining disposal

Fransiska Nangoy and Fathin Ungku 9 Feb 2021

Andrew van Zyl, partner and principal consultant at SRK Consulting

Decarbonisation will need more, better mining

5 Feb 2021

Mosadi Kwele speaks at a community meeting held on 19 January 2020, while Itumeleng Nyaka holds the megaphone. Like many others at the meeting, Kwele says Ikwezi Vanadium must respond to the community’s queries before continuing with mining activities at Haakdoornfontein farm. Photo: Masego Mafata

Community and mining company clash over vanadium-rich land

Masego Mafata 28 Jan 2021

Jacques Farmer, managing director, Prisma

Community development in the mining industry requires buy in and training to be effective

Jacques Farmer 19 Jan 2021

REDZ and their role in a just energy transition

18 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: A bright horizon for South Africa's energy landscape

#BizTrends2021: A bright horizon for South Africa's energy landscape

Barry Bredenkamp 7 Jan 2021

Verreaux’s Black Eagle flying high. Author supplied/Megan Murgatroyd

Finding space for both wind farms and eagles in South Africa

Megan Murgatroyd & Arjun Amar 7 Jan 2021

AfDB approves funding for mini-grid advancement in Africa

AfDB approves funding for mini-grid advancement in Africa

31 Dec 2020

Grid or solar: looking for the best energy solution for the rural poor

Grid or solar: looking for the best energy solution for the rural poor

Jörg Peters and Maximiliane Sievert 30 Dec 2020

AfDB approves Desert-to-Power technical support programme

AfDB approves Desert-to-Power technical support programme

28 Dec 2020

Path to a net-zero carbon emission SA requires visualisation, commitment

Path to a net-zero carbon emission SA requires visualisation, commitment

Eckart Zollner 24 Dec 2020

Four ways microbial fuel cells might revolutionise electricity production in the future

Four ways microbial fuel cells might revolutionise electricity production in the future

Godfrey Kyazze 23 Dec 2020

Green Business Support Services Directory offers support to green entrepreneurs and SMMEs

Green Business Support Services Directory offers support to green entrepreneurs and SMMEs

GreenCape 21 Dec 2020

Saretec celebrates graduation of newly certified wind turbine service technicians

Saretec celebrates graduation of newly certified wind turbine service technicians

18 Dec 2020

DiBiCoo project offering sustainable solutions for renewable energy in the biogas sector

DiBiCoo project offering sustainable solutions for renewable energy in the biogas sector

GreenCape 17 Dec 2020

Electricity customers should brace themselves for steeper increases. shutterstock

South Africa's electricity supply: what's tripping the switch

Rod Crompton 14 Dec 2020

#BestofBiz 2020: Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2020: Energy & Mining

14 Dec 2020

Firefighters dousing the fire at the Engen oil refinery in Durban, South Africa, in December 2020. GettyImages

Oil refinery blast is one more reason South Africa should take industrial risks seriously

Nontobeko Mtshali 11 Dec 2020

Coffer dam mining operations in 2017. Image from the report Amendment of Environmental Management Programmes for Mining Rights 554MRC, 10025MR, 512MRC and 513MRC - Volume 2: Mining Right 554MRC, November 2017 by SLR Consulting in association with Placer Resource Management.

Diamond divers warn of damage to seabed from West Coast mining dams

John Yeld 9 Dec 2020

Gas won't save SA's economy

Gas won't save SA's economy

8 Dec 2020

Photo: Martin Adams

Gas-to-power gains momentum on SA energy scene

2 Dec 2020

Cape Town is deploying rooftop solar plants to reduce load shedding

Cape Town to plug in to IPPs

2 Dec 2020

Eckart Zollner, head of business development, EDS Systems

SA's pursuit of net-zero carbon emission requires visualisation and commitment

Eckart Zollner 30 Nov 2020

Climate change and its impact on mining project planning

19 Nov 2020

Meaningful action urgently needed to clean up the energy system

Meaningful action urgently needed to clean up the energy system

John Green 11 Nov 2020

UCT's Dr Jiska de Groot a co-recipient of the 2020 Newton Prize

UCT's Dr Jiska de Groot a co-recipient of the 2020 Newton Prize

10 Nov 2020

Photo by Kelly Lacy from

Proposed process to manage carbon budgets

Gillian Niven and Paula-Ann Novotny 3 Nov 2020

Photo: Canyon Coal

Collaboration crucial to effective mine water management

3 Nov 2020

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020

De Ruyter's plan to fix Eskom - part 2

De Ruyter's plan to fix Eskom - part 2

Nicci Botha 22 Oct 2020

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A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia, 8 January, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad//File Photo

Exclusive: Facing green pressure, Indonesia halts deep-sea mining disposal

Fransiska Nangoy and Fathin Ungku 9 Feb 2021

Andrew van Zyl, partner and principal consultant at SRK Consulting

Decarbonisation will need more, better mining

5 Feb 2021

Mosadi Kwele speaks at a community meeting held on 19 January 2020, while Itumeleng Nyaka holds the megaphone. Like many others at the meeting, Kwele says Ikwezi Vanadium must respond to the community’s queries before continuing with mining activities at Haakdoornfontein farm. Photo: Masego Mafata

Community and mining company clash over vanadium-rich land

Masego Mafata 28 Jan 2021

Jacques Farmer, managing director, Prisma

Community development in the mining industry requires buy in and training to be effective

Jacques Farmer 19 Jan 2021

REDZ and their role in a just energy transition

18 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: A bright horizon for South Africa's energy landscape

#BizTrends2021: A bright horizon for South Africa's energy landscape

Barry Bredenkamp 7 Jan 2021

Verreaux’s Black Eagle flying high. Author supplied/Megan Murgatroyd

Finding space for both wind farms and eagles in South Africa

Megan Murgatroyd & Arjun Amar 7 Jan 2021

AfDB approves funding for mini-grid advancement in Africa

AfDB approves funding for mini-grid advancement in Africa

31 Dec 2020

Grid or solar: looking for the best energy solution for the rural poor

Grid or solar: looking for the best energy solution for the rural poor

Jörg Peters and Maximiliane Sievert 30 Dec 2020

AfDB approves Desert-to-Power technical support programme

AfDB approves Desert-to-Power technical support programme

28 Dec 2020

Path to a net-zero carbon emission SA requires visualisation, commitment

Path to a net-zero carbon emission SA requires visualisation, commitment

Eckart Zollner 24 Dec 2020

Four ways microbial fuel cells might revolutionise electricity production in the future

Four ways microbial fuel cells might revolutionise electricity production in the future

Godfrey Kyazze 23 Dec 2020

Green Business Support Services Directory offers support to green entrepreneurs and SMMEs

Green Business Support Services Directory offers support to green entrepreneurs and SMMEs

GreenCape 21 Dec 2020

Saretec celebrates graduation of newly certified wind turbine service technicians

Saretec celebrates graduation of newly certified wind turbine service technicians

18 Dec 2020

DiBiCoo project offering sustainable solutions for renewable energy in the biogas sector

DiBiCoo project offering sustainable solutions for renewable energy in the biogas sector

GreenCape 17 Dec 2020

Electricity customers should brace themselves for steeper increases. shutterstock

South Africa's electricity supply: what's tripping the switch

Rod Crompton 14 Dec 2020

#BestofBiz 2020: Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2020: Energy & Mining

14 Dec 2020

Firefighters dousing the fire at the Engen oil refinery in Durban, South Africa, in December 2020. GettyImages

Oil refinery blast is one more reason South Africa should take industrial risks seriously

Nontobeko Mtshali 11 Dec 2020

Coffer dam mining operations in 2017. Image from the report Amendment of Environmental Management Programmes for Mining Rights 554MRC, 10025MR, 512MRC and 513MRC - Volume 2: Mining Right 554MRC, November 2017 by SLR Consulting in association with Placer Resource Management.

Diamond divers warn of damage to seabed from West Coast mining dams

John Yeld 9 Dec 2020

Gas won't save SA's economy

Gas won't save SA's economy

8 Dec 2020

Photo: Martin Adams

Gas-to-power gains momentum on SA energy scene

2 Dec 2020

Cape Town is deploying rooftop solar plants to reduce load shedding

Cape Town to plug in to IPPs

2 Dec 2020

Eckart Zollner, head of business development, EDS Systems

SA's pursuit of net-zero carbon emission requires visualisation and commitment

Eckart Zollner 30 Nov 2020

Climate change and its impact on mining project planning

19 Nov 2020

Meaningful action urgently needed to clean up the energy system

Meaningful action urgently needed to clean up the energy system

John Green 11 Nov 2020

UCT's Dr Jiska de Groot a co-recipient of the 2020 Newton Prize

UCT's Dr Jiska de Groot a co-recipient of the 2020 Newton Prize

10 Nov 2020

Photo by Kelly Lacy from

Proposed process to manage carbon budgets

Gillian Niven and Paula-Ann Novotny 3 Nov 2020

Photo: Canyon Coal

Collaboration crucial to effective mine water management

3 Nov 2020

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020

De Ruyter's plan to fix Eskom - part 2

De Ruyter's plan to fix Eskom - part 2

Nicci Botha 22 Oct 2020

Andre de Ruyter, CEO, Eskom

De Ruyter's plan to fix Eskom - part 1

Nicci Botha 21 Oct 2020

Mongezi Veti, Exxaro Resources executive head of sustainability

Mining and agriculture: Could repurposed farmland help create jobs at scale?

Mongezi Veti 19 Oct 2020

Photo: Thor Explorations

Walking the ESG talk in the Nigerian mining industry

16 Oct 2020

Lamberto Dai Pra', head, Africa, Asia and Oceania, Enel Green Power

Reskilling is essential for a just energy transition

Nicci Botha 12 Oct 2020

Eric Croeser, Industry X managing director, Accenture

Pursuing a Triple Zero future

Eric Croeser 7 Oct 2020

Climate risk still plagues Sasol despite Lake Charles sale

7 Oct 2020

Traceable, commercially-viable artisanal gold supply chain operational in Côte d'Ivoire

Traceable, commercially-viable artisanal gold supply chain operational in Côte d'Ivoire

29 Sep 2020

The positive impacts of a future low-carbon energy sector

The positive impacts of a future low-carbon energy sector

25 Sep 2020

Lagos only gets about 10% of its electricity needs, leaving its 20-million inhabitants to their own devices. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

What Nigeria's poor power supply really costs and how a hybrid system could work for business

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 23 Sep 2020

NJ Ayuk, executive chairman, African Energy Chamber

LNG projects could transform Mozambique - if Western environmentalists don't interfere

NJ Ayuk 21 Sep 2020

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