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Lithium batteries are not being recycled at the rate that they should

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Minister Ramokgopa is determined to deliver a new IRP plan before the year is out.

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Rio Tinto teams up with PinkDrive for community health screenings

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Gen Z is spending less on TVs and buying a handful of devices that can do more things. Source: Tech Daily/Unsplash

Maps finds load shedding accelerated the Gen Z shift to streaming

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Carbon tax revenues could be harnessed to help South Africa's poor

Carbon tax revenues could be harnessed to help South Africa's poor

Harald Winkler and Andrew Marquard 31 May 2019

Solar power could stabilise Nigeria's electricity grid and save it money

Samuel Ayokunle Olowosejeje 31 May 2019

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Regulatory change and safeguarding against corruption in the Australian mining industry

Scott Harris 30 May 2019

Otto Shikongo, CEO of Debmarine Namibia

What SA can learn about offshore mining from Namibia

Otto Shikongo 30 May 2019

Neal Froneman, CEO, Sibanye-Stillwater

Massive shareholder support for Lonmin take-over deal

29 May 2019

WSP helps restore stable electricity access to 20,000-plus customers in Zim

WSP helps restore stable electricity access to 20,000-plus customers in Zim

29 May 2019

Emma Dempster, director in the projects and energy sector, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Change to licensing regulations adds a surge to grid

29 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

What carbon tax means to energy-intensive businesses

28 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Mineworkers' wellbeing imperative to development plan

28 May 2019

Phakamani Hadebe

Eskom's Hadebe resigns for health reasons

27 May 2019

$400m investment into the Gamsberg mine in Northern Cape, CNN reports

$400m investment into the Gamsberg mine in Northern Cape, CNN reports

24 May 2019

2019 Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards winners revealed

2019 Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards winners revealed

23 May 2019

Image: Western Cape Government

Nersa confirms receipt of energy plan deviation letter

23 May 2019

#IABSummit19: Dudu Mkhwanazi to speak on the connected city

#IABSummit19: Dudu Mkhwanazi to speak on the connected city

Jessica Tennant 23 May 2019

Konkola copper mine. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Zambia threatens to liquidate Vedanta's Konkola Copper Mines

22 May 2019

Source: Environment News South Africa

2nd draft of Proposed Financial Provisioning Regulations published for comment

Garyn Rapson 21 May 2019

Laurence Smith, executive, Graphic Image Technologies

Beef up visual security to clamp down on illegal mining

Laurence Smith 21 May 2019

Rendering of Japan's 2020 Olympic stadium. Source: Renewable Energy World

How Japan's renewables-powered Olympics could kick off a global race for clean energy

Niki J P Alsford 20 May 2019

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

20 May 2019

New guideline on medico-legal investigations of mine deaths

Kate Collier 20 May 2019

Eskom chief executive, Phakamani Hadebe

#AUW2019: Investors won't fund fossil fuels

Nicci Botha 17 May 2019

UCT GSB professor joins prestigious global initiative to end energy poverty

UCT GSB professor joins prestigious global initiative to end energy poverty

UCT Graduate School of Business 17 May 2019

Story of Zambian solar energy company wins global case study competition

Story of Zambian solar energy company wins global case study competition

UCT Graduate School of Business 17 May 2019

#AUW2019: Customer mistrust hampers power utility digitalisation

#AUW2019: Customer mistrust hampers power utility digitalisation

16 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

#AUW2019: Is the Eskom debt trap real?

Nicci Botha 15 May 2019

Energy Minister, Jeff Radebe

#AUW2019: Coal still critical to IRP, Radebe says

Nicci Botha 15 May 2019

Phumzile Tshelane

Necsa CEO removed from office

14 May 2019

Funding gaps in infrastructure and energy projects in Africa

Funding gaps in infrastructure and energy projects in Africa

Mike Webb 14 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

DMaaS - a solution for mining's 4th Industrial Revolution

14 May 2019

Maarten Ackerman

3 key post-election investor questions for Ramaphosa

Maarten Ackerman 14 May 2019

Africa news

Carbon tax revenues could be harnessed to help South Africa's poor

Carbon tax revenues could be harnessed to help South Africa's poor

Harald Winkler and Andrew Marquard 31 May 2019

Solar power could stabilise Nigeria's electricity grid and save it money

Samuel Ayokunle Olowosejeje 31 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Regulatory change and safeguarding against corruption in the Australian mining industry

Scott Harris 30 May 2019

Otto Shikongo, CEO of Debmarine Namibia

What SA can learn about offshore mining from Namibia

Otto Shikongo 30 May 2019

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Neal Froneman, CEO, Sibanye-Stillwater

Massive shareholder support for Lonmin take-over deal

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WSP helps restore stable electricity access to 20,000-plus customers in Zim

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29 May 2019

Emma Dempster, director in the projects and energy sector, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Change to licensing regulations adds a surge to grid

29 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

What carbon tax means to energy-intensive businesses

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Mineworkers' wellbeing imperative to development plan

28 May 2019

Phakamani Hadebe

Eskom's Hadebe resigns for health reasons

27 May 2019

$400m investment into the Gamsberg mine in Northern Cape, CNN reports

$400m investment into the Gamsberg mine in Northern Cape, CNN reports

24 May 2019

2019 Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards winners revealed

2019 Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards winners revealed

23 May 2019

Image: Western Cape Government

Nersa confirms receipt of energy plan deviation letter

23 May 2019

#IABSummit19: Dudu Mkhwanazi to speak on the connected city

#IABSummit19: Dudu Mkhwanazi to speak on the connected city

Jessica Tennant 23 May 2019

Konkola copper mine. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Zambia threatens to liquidate Vedanta's Konkola Copper Mines

22 May 2019

Source: Environment News South Africa

2nd draft of Proposed Financial Provisioning Regulations published for comment

Garyn Rapson 21 May 2019

Laurence Smith, executive, Graphic Image Technologies

Beef up visual security to clamp down on illegal mining

Laurence Smith 21 May 2019

Rendering of Japan's 2020 Olympic stadium. Source: Renewable Energy World

How Japan's renewables-powered Olympics could kick off a global race for clean energy

Niki J P Alsford 20 May 2019

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

20 May 2019

New guideline on medico-legal investigations of mine deaths

Kate Collier 20 May 2019

Eskom chief executive, Phakamani Hadebe

#AUW2019: Investors won't fund fossil fuels

Nicci Botha 17 May 2019

UCT GSB professor joins prestigious global initiative to end energy poverty

UCT GSB professor joins prestigious global initiative to end energy poverty

UCT Graduate School of Business 17 May 2019

Story of Zambian solar energy company wins global case study competition

Story of Zambian solar energy company wins global case study competition

UCT Graduate School of Business 17 May 2019

#AUW2019: Customer mistrust hampers power utility digitalisation

#AUW2019: Customer mistrust hampers power utility digitalisation

16 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

#AUW2019: Is the Eskom debt trap real?

Nicci Botha 15 May 2019

Energy Minister, Jeff Radebe

#AUW2019: Coal still critical to IRP, Radebe says

Nicci Botha 15 May 2019

Phumzile Tshelane

Necsa CEO removed from office

14 May 2019

Funding gaps in infrastructure and energy projects in Africa

Funding gaps in infrastructure and energy projects in Africa

Mike Webb 14 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

DMaaS - a solution for mining's 4th Industrial Revolution

14 May 2019

Maarten Ackerman

3 key post-election investor questions for Ramaphosa

Maarten Ackerman 14 May 2019

The energy sector needs tech innovation

14 May 2019

Sergio Pugliese, AEC president for Angola

Q&A with Angola's new African Energy Chamber president

13 May 2019

2018/2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards finalists announced

2018/2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards finalists announced

13 May 2019

Have your say in Bojanala SEZ designation

Have your say in Bojanala SEZ designation

13 May 2019

Call for ideas to help mitigate energy crisis

Call for ideas to help mitigate energy crisis

10 May 2019

DoE launches wind resource map

DoE launches wind resource map

9 May 2019

Strategic Fuel Fund signs deal for Block B2

Strategic Fuel Fund signs deal for Block B2

9 May 2019

A high-reach demolition excavator fitted with a hydraulic shear, working immediately adjacent to an operational facility.

Jet Demolition pioneers cold-cutting tech for petrochemical demolition

8 May 2019

The true cost of downtime in the mining sector

The true cost of downtime in the mining sector

7 May 2019

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Women in power need a thick skin and a good sense of humour

3 May 2019

Penny Herbst, director: strategy, GreenCo

Finance model for energy projects in Africa needs to change

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SA reaches for the stars - but at what cost to mining?

Lili Nupen & Ross McLean 29 Apr 2019

Re-imagining waste-to-energy for micro-generation

Re-imagining waste-to-energy for micro-generation

Kate Stubbs 29 Apr 2019

Botswana's largest diamond find

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