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Mining

Valterra anticipates 88% profit drop after Anglo demerger

18 Jul 2025

Image credit: Reuters

Mining

Govt in 'firefighting mode' to save ArcelorMittal's 3,500 jobs

15 Jul 2025

7 reasons why good office design adds to your bottomline

Interior Design

7 reasons why good office design adds to your bottomline

Vinette Diab-Nicholls, Issued by Giava Interiors 10 Jul 2025

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Sustainability

Backpedalling on PPS will devastate scrap metals

8 Jul 2025

Image credit: Tim van der Kuip on Unsplash

Environment & Natural Resources

Sustainable resource extraction is a non-negotiable

4 Jul 2025

Tafadzwa Chibanguza to replace Lucio Trentini as SEIFSA CEO

Science & Engineering

Tafadzwa Chibanguza to replace Lucio Trentini as SEIFSA CEO

1 Jul 2025

Source: Supplied. Chantal Marx, Head: Investments Research at FNB Wealth and Investments.

Markets & Investment

Gold leaps to near-record prices as inflation fears loom

27 Jun 2025

The last awards ceremony, Friday 20 June, saw South African Bananas, Johannesburg, awarded a Gold Lion (Source: © Instagram)

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Saving the best for last: SA bags a Gold Lion

Danette Breitenbach 22 Jun 2025

Joe Public has been awarded a Silver and two Bronze Lions

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Joe Public delivers SA's first metal

Danette Breitenbach 16 Jun 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

South African assets sink on risk aversion after Israel's strike on Iran

13 Jun 2025

Has the Steel and Metal Fabrication Master Plan delivered or collapsed?

Science & Engineering

Has the Steel and Metal Fabrication Master Plan delivered or collapsed?

Elias Monage 6 Jun 2025

False Bay TVET College: Powering artisan careers locally and globally

Skills Training

False Bay TVET College: Powering artisan careers locally and globally

Issued by False Bay College 20 May 2025

Source: © 123rf The PGMs and gold industries account for the biggest declines ( 9.9% and 11.1% year-on-year (yo-y), respectively) in the March 2025 mining production statistics

Markets & Investment

Declines for PGMS and gold industries in Q1 2025

16 May 2025

Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater says there are many “pleasing aspects from the Q1 2025 operating results. Pictured: Driefontein Mine. (Image: Sibanye-Stillwater)

Markets & Investment

Sibanye-Stillwater Q1 2025 operating results "pleasing"

13 May 2025

VML South Africa named Agency of the Year at 2025 Smarties Awards

Marketing & Media

VML South Africa named Agency of the Year at 2025 Smarties Awards

Issued by VML 13 May 2025

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Tiny technology that can find pollution in South Africa’s water and trap it

Philiswa Nomngongo 6 May 2025

Ogilvy SA won four Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East Africa including gold for its Bread of the Nation campaign for AB InBev SA

Advertising

Ogilvy wins all SA’s Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East and Africa

29 Apr 2025

Source: © Implats Despite the challenging operating environment during the period under review, Implats remains on track to deliver within the guided Group parameters for FY2025. Pictured: Impala Rustenburg

Markets & Investment

Implats Q3 results: Mining house on track to deliver despite challenging operating environment

25 Apr 2025

On the penultimate date of the Bookmark Awards entries closing, Tilesh Bhaga, creative director, digital and innovation at VML South Africa and experienced Bookmark Awards judge, gives 6 tips to a winning Bookmarks entry (Image supplied)

IAB Bookmarks Awards

6 tips to create a winning Bookmark Awards entry

Tilesh Bhaga 23 Apr 2025

Source: Facebook. Grabouw Khoisan Council.

Property

Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance

Liezl Human 24 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Although the production data for March will only be released in May, the figures for January and February suggest a notable quarterly decline for mining production in the first quarter of 2025

Markets & Investment

Mining production decline points to Q1 2025 contraction

16 Apr 2025

The panel featuring communications leaders from Armenia, Ukraine, Ghana, Switzerland and South Africa at the World Communications Forum’s PR Summit in Davos with Lebo Madia, PR Powerhouse, centre (In blue) (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - Trust Engineers: The rise of strategic communicators in an age of AI, conflict and cultural complexity

Lebo Madiba 16 Apr 2025

This year’s Loeries campaign from Halo is something completely different, and a break with the clichéd ‘black and gold’ look and feel for an awards event (Image supplied)

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2025: "Is this all you’ve got? Then, you are not yet done!” Halo’s Loeries 2025 campaign

11 Apr 2025

Source: © The 2025 EMEA Sabre Awards saw South Africa’s public relations and communications agencies, Retroviral and Razor PR, fly the flag high

PR & Communications

Retroviral and Razor PR fly the flag at the Sabre EMEA Awards

Danette Breitenbach 3 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters.

Materials & Equipment

ArcelorMittal South Africa is in talks to defer long steel plant closure

Nelson Banya 24 Mar 2025

Markets & Investment

Loaded for Bear: With $3,000 an ounce breached, the sky is the only limit for the price of gold

Ed Stoddard 19 Mar 2025

Amit Saini, a director at Eastern Cape-based Coega Steels Pty Ltd, does not doubt South Africa can be Africa’s green-steel hub. Pictured are steel billets produced in the Gqeberha mini mill’s induction furnace. (Image supplied) Supplied

Sustainability

SA perfectly placed to lead “green-steel revolution”, needs expanded domestic beneficiation policies

18 Mar 2025

How plastic is revolutionising fuel-efficient cars and green mobility

ESG & Sustainability

How plastic is revolutionising fuel-efficient cars and green mobility

Issued by Safripol 12 Mar 2025

Jeep Apparel and John Craig partner for new collection

Fashion & Homeware

Jeep Apparel and John Craig partner for new collection

12 Mar 2025

ArcelorMittal closure confirmed, but hope floats in steel market

Materials & Equipment

ArcelorMittal closure confirmed, but hope floats in steel market

Lindsey Schutters 28 Feb 2025

An aerial view of Shaft 11 at Impala Platinum Mine, in Rustenburg. Source: Reuters/Shafiek Tassiem

Mining

PGM crisis makes Implats consider Canada closure

Nelson Banya and Felix Njini 28 Feb 2025

Trends and innovations shaping the growing food and beverage sector on show at Propak Africa 2025

Food & bev. services

Trends and innovations shaping the growing food and beverage sector on show at Propak Africa 2025

Issued by PROPAK AFRICA 2025 27 Feb 2025

GreenIron selects ABB for automation system at Sandviken facility

Materials & Equipment

GreenIron selects ABB for automation system at Sandviken facility

25 Feb 2025

A pit head is seen at the Tumela platinum mine, an Anglo-American open pit mine located in Thabazimbi. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Rains affect Amplats Tumela production

Nelson Banya 24 Feb 2025

Kenneth Shelembe from Mahlungulu near Nondweni in rural KwaZulu-Natal says he has been able to make a living wage as a waste picker. Photos: Bongane Motaung / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Waste management project is changing lives in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Bongane Motaung 20 Feb 2025

Rethinking welding techniques can revolutionise sustainability

Materials & Equipment

Rethinking welding techniques can revolutionise sustainability

Roman Mornau 20 Feb 2025

Ross Kudo, commercial lawyer

Corporate & Commercial Law

Litigation financing and the threat it poses to SA courts

Ross Kudo 18 Feb 2025

Asus gave the workhorse ExpertBook a glow up that transformed it into a title contender for the enterprise crown.

Hardware

Asus ExpertBook P5 shows Lunar Lake advantage

Lindsey Schutters 17 Feb 2025

Unveiling Cell C’s audio identity

Production

Unveiling Cell C’s audio identity

Issued by Howard Audio 7 Feb 2025

Climate Change

The impact of Donald Trump’s anti-climate measures on our heating planet

Bruce Campbell 6 Feb 2025

Markets & Investment

Navigating uncertainty: How Trump’s turbulent leadership propels gold towards new heights in 2025

Ed Stoddard 6 Feb 2025

Hot Wheels Formula 1 collection reveals new product line

Design & Manufacturing

Hot Wheels Formula 1 collection reveals new product line

28 Jan 2025

Samsung Galaxy S25 series sets the standard of AI phone as a true AI companion

Mobile & Apps

Samsung Galaxy S25 series sets the standard of AI phone as a true AI companion

Issued by Samsung 29 Jan 2025

Kate Bester is project and contracts Manager at Jet Demolition

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Sustainable demolition is key for circular construction

Kate Bester 23 Jan 2025

Rescued miners are seen as they are processed by police after being rescued at the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been underground for months, in Stilfontein. Source: Reuters/Ihsaan Haffejee

Mining

Sixty bodies retrieved from Stilfontein

Alexander Winning and Bhargav Acharya 15 Jan 2025

How a single system helps signage companies

Printing

How a single system helps signage companies

Anton Oosthuizen, Issued by QuickEasy Software 14 Jan 2025

Arjen de Bruin, Group CEO at OIM Consulting

Mining

5 trends reshaping the mining sector in 2025

Arjen de Bruin 13 Jan 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Dollar starts 2025 on a high

Andre Cilliers 2 Jan 2025