Mining is so much more than just digging up rocks. Sustainable development, community welfare, greenhouse gas emissions and traceability of the source of minerals all play a substantial role in developing the industry as an economic driver in Africa...
Nicci Botha 12 Feb 2020
West Africa still holds a certain lustre among gold miners, although they are cautious about the regulatory and security risks...
Nicci Botha 6 Feb 2020
Junior mining is a relatively new concept in South Africa, and is often confused with illegal mining or artisanal mining, but they are, in fact, new entrant small and medium size enterprises...
Nicci Botha 5 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
Given the capital intensive nature of the oil & gas industry, investors have historically always been worried about the same three questions. How much oil is in the ground? How much is it going to cost to get it out? How much can it be sold for?
Nicci Botha 6 Nov 2019
There will be certainty about the country's energy mix after the long-awaited Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) is presented to cabinet next week,
Nicci Botha 9 Oct 2019
The local mining industry finds itself in a transition as it moves from conventional deep mining to shallower, mechanised mining...
Danette Breitenbach 27 Sep 2019
Even if the country remained committed to long-term coal-fired energy in a world rapidly transforming to green energy, it would have difficulty finding investors to build the infrastructure...
Nicci Botha 17 May 2019
Energy experts Ted Blom and Dr Grové Steyn differ in their opinion on the nature of the Eskom debt burden and thrashed it out in a panel discussion at the African Utility Week...
Nicci Botha 15 May 2019
Energy Minister Jeff Radebe's vague promise that South Africa's long-overdue energy blueprint, the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), will be "concluded imminently" did, however, clearly indicate that coal would still play a prominent role in the country's energy mix...
Nicci Botha 15 May 2019
Africa is home to 30% of the world's mineral reserves. The irony is that a continent that is so rich in minerals is home of the world's poorest people...
Nicci Botha 7 Feb 2019
The mining industry is a key player in the future growth and development of the South African economy, with huge potential for exploration, production and beneficiation...
Nicci Botha 6 Feb 2019
The Mining Charter has provided clarity for investors on what's expected of them, but there's still work to do if the industry is to help grow the economy...
Nicci Botha 5 Feb 2019
Madagascar has a new energy policy with the ambitious plan of providing universal access and energy security to its citizens by 2030. But this plan is not without its challenges...
Nicci Botha 13 Dec 2018
Africa Oil Week held in Cape Town recently was a veritable who's who of oil and gas players on the continent. A ministerial panel gave insight into the aspirations of some of the countries...
Nicci Botha 12 Nov 2018
South Africa's much mooted seventh refinery is on the way...
Nicci Botha 7 Nov 2018
Precious metals and regulatory uncertainty are dragging down the South African mining industry, in stark comparison to a positive global market...
Danette Breitenbach 9 Oct 2018
The two great disruptions happening in the world economy are the rise of China and renewable energy (RE)...
Nicci Botha 10 Sep 2018
Both South Africa and Mozambique show promise in the oil and gas sector, and collaboration between the two countries to create a substantial hub could significantly grow the region's economy...
Nicci Botha 28 Mar 2018
Over the past decade, local mining's financial performance has been stable, but there's been no growth and the cost side of the business has increased...
Danette Breitenbach 4 Oct 2017
G20 task force issues new Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Framework...
Sharon Snell 5 Jul 2017
While the road ahead may still present significant challenges, some of Africa's most long-standing internal trade barriers are beginning to show signs of falling. We interview David Williams, Maersk Line Africa chief executive and global head of Safmarine to find out more...
Ilse van den Berg 30 May 2017
Marius Oosthuizen, a lecturer in strategic foresight at GIBS, unpacked some of the trends shaping the future of utilities...
Sindy Peters 23 May 2017
When electricity reaches Zambia through the solar market, we could see a dramatic decrease in poverty and a surge in creative entrepreneurs contributing to a thriving economy...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 19 Apr 2017
While commodities may be on the rise globally, South Africa is a mixed bag...
Danette Breitenbach 10 Apr 2017
People should be buying gold on the back of a strong dollar and a recessionary economic environment...
Nicci Botha 6 Feb 2017
African energy programmes in the face of global political and economic headwinds...
Nicci Botha 6 Feb 2017
"Zuma must go" was the call from Sipho Pityana, AngloGold Ashanti chairman...
Danette Breitenbach 5 Oct 2016
Infrastructure Africa will this year showcase some of Africa's mega projects...
Sindy Peters 18 May 2016
Dr Fabio Gabrieli, director: dry bulk and energy commodity strategist at Mercurial Energy Trading, poses some tough questions to the captains of the coal mining industry...
Nicci Botha 10 Feb 2016
