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Jacques Moolman

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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

The CSIR’s 2024 power generation statistics found that the power Eskom sells to South Africans is more than three times as expensive, on average, as what new wind and solar can deliver (R1.95 per kWh vs 50-60 cents per kWh). Above: Eskom’s Lethabo power station in the Free State. Photo: Simisa Bearbeitung (Auschnitt, Farben): Pechristener via

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Department monitors safety in mines

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Tebogo Modise, chair, Select Committee on Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy

Committee to look into re-skilling of mine workers

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Dr Thuthula Balfour

Research to understand Covid-19's effect on the mining industry

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Covid-19: Can employees withdraw from the workplace?

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