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KATHERINE BROWN
If the Eskom crisis isn't resolved soon, the national unemployment crisis will become even more dire because of impending mass retrenchment in the mining industry... read
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The Namibian Cabinet has approved a revised market model, which will allow independent power producers (IPPs) to sell electricity directly to customers and not just to the Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower)...read
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A 1,758-carat diamond, second only in size to the famous Cullinan diamond, has been unearthed by Lucara Diamond Corp at its Karowe mine in Botswana.read
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Energy
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ExxonMobil has increased its offshore exploration acreage in Namibia with the addition of approximately 28,000km2. Read
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KATE STUBBS
The exploration of alternative energy sources and projects has been all the 'buzz' again, particularly in response to challenges Eskom continues to face... Read
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Markets & Investment
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NAFIS ALAM
The US has unnerved the world oil market by ramping up the pressure in its long-running dispute with Iran. It has announced that, after May 1, it won't renew the exemptions given to eight countries that enable them to buy Iranian oil... Read
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Mining
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CIARAN RYAN
Twenty-two former underground miners are claiming more than R80 million in damages from Sasol Coal after they contracted serious lung and other diseases as a result of years of inhaling coal dust while working in underground coal mines... Read
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LILI NUPEN & ROSS MCLEAN
While the square kilometre array (SKA) telescope is one of the most exciting projects in South Africa's scientific and academic fields with long-term benefits to the country's economy, it is likely to impact the use and exploitation of mineral resources in the Northern Cape... Read
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Science & Engineering
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AMIN AL-HABAIBEH
Whenever I visit the Sahara I am struck by how sunny and hot it is and how clear the sky can be... Read
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DR MISHECK MUTIZE
The rising gap between developmental needs and available financial resources - including poor revenue collection - has pushed sub-Saharan African governments to consider different options to support their budgets... Read
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ERNST WITTMANN
Over the past few months, we have seen a storm of hype about 5G, the next evolution in mobile network technology. Handset manufacturers are starting to come to market with 5G-ready smartphones... Read
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