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Coal, Oil & Gas

NGO considers appealing Shell's oil project approval

16 Jul 2025

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Shell gets go-ahead to drill off SA's west coast

11 Jul 2025

The Nedbank Top Empowerment Conference 2025 is around the corner

Media

The Nedbank Top Empowerment Conference 2025 is around the corner

Issued by Topco Media 7 Jul 2025

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Mining

How SA can play crucial role in African mining

Eduardo Muñoz 2 Jul 2025

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Mining

Inefficiencies have an outsized impact on mining operations. Here's why

Arjen de Bruin 23 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf The Mineral Resources Development Bill (MRD) does not reflect inputs from the Minerals Council South Africa

Mining

Minerals Council South Africa inputs not reflected in MRD Bill

28 May 2025

Construction & Engineering

Five months without water in Komani

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 30 Apr 2025

Source: © Mail & Guardian Paste technology can reduce the risk of particle segregation, improve the stability of deposited tailings and eliminate the pond on top of tailings deposits and potentially lower overall costs

Science & Engineering

Using proven approaches to rehabilitate legacy mines

Shameer Hareeparsad 17 Apr 2025

Source: © International Mining Murray Macnab, group executive technical director UMS says mining is here to stay and underground mining is the future. Picture: Shaft sinking

Mining

Underground mining the future

Murray Macnab 26 Mar 2025

Source: © First Mining DRC-Zambia The Longonjo Mining Project in Angola, one of the projects the government is promoting investment into

Energy & Mining

Angola ramps up mining projects to unlock its industry potential

11 Mar 2025

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Infrastructure & Utilities

Gauteng's illegal boreholes and other water infrastructure woes: What can we do about it?

Danielle van der Vaart and Kiera Bracher 6 Mar 2025

#OrchidsandOnions: "Istanbul is the new cool" – A look at GoTürkiye’s latest campaign

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: "Istanbul is the new cool" – A look at GoTürkiye’s latest campaign

Brendan Seery 25 Feb 2025

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Taxation & Regulation

#BizTrends2025: America's path to ‘liquid gold’: Trump reveals new tariffs and national energy strategy

Katja Hamilton 21 Jan 2025

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Environmental Law

Deadline looms for unconventional gas regulations inputs

8 Jan 2025

Mining enters its AI era

Mining

Mining enters its AI era

17 Dec 2024

The mining industry is a great option for school leavers

Mining

Making mining sexy again for school leavers

Jacques Farmer 26 Nov 2024

Fiyinfolu Okedare is director at Forvis Mazars in Nigeria

Coal, Oil & Gas

Big benefits of investing in Africa's upstream sector

Fiyinfolu Okedare 6 Nov 2024

Awards celebrate ingenuity and outstanding levels of innovation

Mining

Awards celebrate ingenuity and outstanding levels of innovation

Issued by Electra Mining 3 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf A platform rig used in the oil and gas industry. Phezulu Natural Energy Resources is demanding that PetroSA disclose internal documents showing how and why it selected Russia’s Gazprombank and scandal-plagued Equator Holdings for multibillion-rand gas deals

Coal, Oil & Gas

Rival bidder takes PetroSA to court over Gazprom-Equator tenders

Susan Comrie 23 Sep 2024

Activists picket outside the High Court in Gqeberha in 2022 against seismic surveys off the Wild Coast. Archive photo: Joseph Chirume / GroundUp

Environmental Law

Wild Coast: Constitutional Court says no to Shell appeal bid

Tania Broughton 28 Aug 2024

Electra Mining Africa to unveil innovative new products, technologies and services

Mining

Electra Mining Africa to unveil innovative new products, technologies and services

Issued by Electra Mining 26 Aug 2024

Markets & Investment

FT Africa Summit 2024: Global leaders unite in London to drive Africa's sustainable growth and nnovation

19 Aug 2024

Oliver Top Empowerment Awards 2024 - Winners announced!

Media

Oliver Top Empowerment Awards 2024 - Winners announced!

Issued by Topco Media 22 Jul 2024

Local community members and supporters of Sustaining the Wild Coast and Greenpeace celebrated a court victory outside the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda in September 2022. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Court asked to stop Shell’s seismic tests once and for all

Tania Broughton 2 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Lee Callakoppen, Bonitas Medical Fund; Themba Hadebe, Bonitas Medical Fund; Imtiaz Sooliman, Gift of The Givers; Priya Soma Pillay, University of Pretoria and Hope Mpshe of Kalafong Hospital.

Healthcare

Bonitas, Gift of the Givers restore reliable water to Kalafong Hospital

25 Jun 2024

Nick Booth, Corobrik CEO

Materials & Equipment

Corobrik clarifies Rietvlei situation after Greenpeace coal mining accusation

21 Jun 2024

No respite for coffee lovers as higher global prices stoke local inflation

Agro-processing

No respite for coffee lovers as higher global prices stoke local inflation

Paul Makube 20 Jun 2024

Rosond has expertise in surface exploration and underground drilling

Mining

Compcom approves Rosond Holdings deal days after Saudi expansion

Lindsey Schutters 13 Jun 2024

Corporate & Commercial Law

South African appeal court suspends order halting Shell drilling

Wendell Roelf 3 Jun 2024

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Materials & Equipment

Compcom approves Solar Mining acquisition of Problast

Lindsey Schutters 27 May 2024

Critical importance of Machine Tools Market in Africa highlighted at Machine Tools Africa 2024

Construction & Engineering

Critical importance of Machine Tools Market in Africa highlighted at Machine Tools Africa 2024

Issued by Machine Tools Africa 2024 13 May 2024

Where do most of South Africa’s imported cars come from?

Commercial & Industrial

Where do most of South Africa’s imported cars come from?

Ryan Bubear 10 May 2024

Plants are displayed at the booth of American multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver. Source: Reuters/Chris Helgren

Coal, Oil & Gas

$1.3bn Exxon Nigeria asset sale could be approved

Camillus Eboh and Isaac Anyaogu 3 May 2024

Coal, Oil & Gas

Galp Energia says Mopane oil field contains 10bn barrels

Sergio Goncalves 22 Apr 2024

Corobrik Rietvlei quarry

Materials & Equipment

Corobrik denies coal mining ambitions amid environmental concerns

4 Apr 2024

Addressing South Africa’s water scarcity is everyone’s responsibility

Food, Water & Energy Security

Addressing South Africa’s water scarcity is everyone’s responsibility

Issued by Irvine Partners 22 Mar 2024

The subsea cable damage on West Africa could take 5 weeks to repair

Internet

5 week restoration for damaged subsea cables

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 18 Mar 2024

Nat Geo profiles photographers in new series

Streaming

Nat Geo profiles photographers in new series

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 12 Mar 2024

Energy

TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy explore South African Orange Basin

America Hernandez and Ron Bousso 6 Mar 2024

Newzroom Afrika takes a fresh approach for the new year as it marks 5th birthday

Media

Newzroom Afrika takes a fresh approach for the new year as it marks 5th birthday

Issued by Newzroom Afrika 9 Feb 2024

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Skills Training

Applications for Chrysalis Academy now open for women

5 Feb 2024

Coal, Oil & Gas

TotalEnergies acquires more of Namibian oil find

Ron Bousso 10 Jan 2024

Environmental Law

Nigeria's top court says Shell's appeal should be heard after oil spill claim

Camillus Eboh 5 Jan 2024

Rosond unveils 2024 bursary programme, calls for applications

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Rosond unveils 2024 bursary programme, calls for applications

10 Nov 2023

Gwede Mantashe speaks at Africa Energy Week. Source: Lindsey Schutters

Energy & Mining

South Africa's fight against energy poverty is getting dirty

Lindsey Schutters 6 Nov 2023