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#MiningIndaba: A global economic snapshot
#MiningIndaba: A global economic snapshot
[Nicci Botha] People should be buying gold on the back of a strong dollar and a recessionary economic environment... read
#MiningIndaba: Zwane's progress report
#MiningIndaba: Zwane's progress report
[Nicci Botha] Minerals minister's opening address at the Investing in African Mining Indaba... read
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The changing face of Africa's energy projects
[Nicci Botha] African energy programmes in the face of global political and economic headwinds... read
Energy
Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme
Eskom's Ingula Unit 3 comes into commercial operation
Unit 3 of Eskom's Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme has been brought into commercial operation, adding 333MW to the electricity grid... read
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Shumba signs option for 75% stake in Botswana coal mine
Shumba Energy has signed an option to acquire 75% of the Morupule South project from Hodges Resources... read
Mining partnership provides a turn-key construction and operating solution
Mining partnership provides a turn-key construction and operating solution
Redpath Mining (South Africa) and construction group, Stefanutti Stocks, have combined their competencies to provide a complete turnkey mining solution both above and below ground... read
Rwanda: Natural resources authority to be split into three bodies
Rwanda: Natural resources authority to be split into three bodies

Eugene Kwibuka

Rwanda has introduced a Bill that seeks to dissolve its natural resources authority and form three independent bodies focused on oil, gas, minerals and land, water, and forestry... read
DRDGOLD ups its measured mineral resource and mineral reserves
DRDGOLD ups its measured mineral resource and mineral reserves
In a revised mineral resources and mineral reserves statement DRDGOLD discloses a 52,6% and a 6,6% increase respectively from those previously reported... read
Deloitte's 10 trends for mining in 2017
Deloitte's 10 trends for mining in 2017
Cautious optimism prevails in the mining industry, with commodity prices on the rise, shallow growth returning to different end markets, and most mining companies in better cost positions than in the recent past. .. read
Pricing scandal hits Zimbabwe's Mbada Diamonds
Pricing scandal hits Zimbabwe's Mbada Diamonds
Mbada Diamonds could have deprived the Zimbabwean government of millions of dollars by under-declaring its diamond sales over the years... read
CoAL moves closer to restarting Vele colliery
CoAL moves closer to restarting Vele colliery
Coal of Africa (CoAL) took a step closer towards restarting its Vele colliery, winning environmental approval for the diversion of a stream... read
Only end-to-end transformation can save mining productivity
Only end-to-end transformation can save mining productivity
A change in attitude will be the only way for mines to escape low productivity levels and find a path back to long-term sustainability... read
Mimosa platinum mine. Source:
Absa ruckus distracts from real problems

Ron Derby

One can't help but feel a level of deflection by certain political forces in South Africa over the behaviour of the leading banks during apartheid... read
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
Eskom sticks on price for renewables
Eskom sticks on price for renewables

Linda Ensor

The standoff between the Department of Energy and power utility Eskom looks set to continue for a while, with both sides digging in on their positions on price... read
Report released on state of renewable energy, infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa
Report released on state of renewable energy, infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa
Financial risk consultancy JCRA have released a report in partnership with the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) that looks at the state of renewable energy and infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa... read
Business
Switch your radar on
Switch your radar on

Danette Breitenbach

Many in the business world are glad to see the back of 2016, but one month into 2017 and not much has changed. This is because what we are experiencing is not just a bump in the road; we are living in an inflection point in history where all the rules are being rewritten... read
Business
How workspace design can affect the bottomline
How workspace design can affect the bottomline
According to Hassan Shaikh, founder of Revolve, a specialist corporate and retail interior design strategy agency, SA companies are getting workspace design wrong... read
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