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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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Equatorial Guinea to build West Africa's first LNG storage and regas plant

Equatorial Guinea to build West Africa's first LNG storage and regas plant

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Airline passengers can reduce up to 80% of their CO2 emissions

21 Aug 2019

Francesca de Gasparis, Safcei executive director

Call for more vigilance in energy procurement projects

21 Aug 2019

Lukas van der Merwe

Bolstering mining safety through technology

20 Aug 2019

Maguga Dam is one of the hydro power projects in Eswatini

Eswatini moves forward with renewable energy plans

Koketso Lediga 20 Aug 2019

Chiboni Evans, CEO of the South African Electrotechnical Council

Energy still a key challenge to African industrialisation

19 Aug 2019

Energy planning can support the success of young businesses

Energy planning can support the success of young businesses

Lia Labuschagne, SAICA 19 Aug 2019

Safe drone usage on mines

Safe drone usage on mines

16 Aug 2019

Jean-Marc Thystère-Tchicaya, minister of hydrocarbons of the Republic of Congo

Oil discovery a game-changer for Congo

16 Aug 2019

Ambiguity of the transformation rules made it possible for mining companies to renege on their commitments. Shutterstock

Disconnect between business and state contributed to Marikana massacre

15 Aug 2019

What Appeal Court's fracking judgment means

What Appeal Court's fracking judgment means

Wilmien Wicomb 15 Aug 2019

Professor Fred Cawood, director of the Wits Mining Institute

Best practice report on mining health and safety

14 Aug 2019

Kumba Iron Ore's Sishen Mine

Kumba, Rosond sign R2bn next-generation drilling rig deal

13 Aug 2019

Clever ways to finance exploration

Clever ways to finance exploration

12 Aug 2019

Oryx Oil South Africa appoints new managing director

Oryx Oil South Africa appoints new managing director

Oryx Energies 12 Aug 2019

Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG development. Photo credit: BP

Senegal on the cusp of an energy renaissance

Sebastian Wagner 8 Aug 2019

CONMESA notes accelerated decline in construction, mining equipment sales

CONMESA notes accelerated decline in construction, mining equipment sales

8 Aug 2019

Michelle Goliath played a major role in establishing the first ethically sourced, fair, women-owned, artisanal diamond process.

#WomensMonth: Creating a space for women artisanal miners

8 Aug 2019

Cotonou, capital of Benin

Benin bolsters West African LNG market

Mickael Vogel 7 Aug 2019

Firefighters search for victims after the Brumandinho tailings dam failure in January 2019. Yuri Edmundo/EPA

Investors push for positive global change in tailings management

Luis Alberto Torres-Cruz 7 Aug 2019

Climate change emerging as a legal liability risk for lenders in SA

Climate change emerging as a legal liability risk for lenders in SA

7 Aug 2019

Albertine Graben region in Uganda

Uganda looking for growth from second licensing round

6 Aug 2019

Electricity pylon. Wikimedia Commons

Lessons to be learnt from Ghana's excess electricity shambles

Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie 5 Aug 2019

The atmospheric tower destined to the Dangote Refinery in Nigeria. Image: The Gaurdian, Nigeria

Jobs and revenue: The potential of downstream development in Africa

5 Aug 2019

Dr Martin Clark

Making Magic for mining

2 Aug 2019

Port of Richards Bay

New LNG terminal kicks off SA's gas plans

1 Aug 2019

Outgoing Eskom Group Chief Executive Officer, Phakamani Hadebe

Eskom's annual results reveal just how deep in the red it is

31 Jul 2019

Industrial users of gas have brought the energy regulator’s methodology under the scrutiny of the courts.

Constitutional Court ruling ushers in new era for energy regulation in South Africa

Stephen Labson 31 Jul 2019

An artisanal mine. Fairphone/Flickr

The way that minerals are mined affects conflict in eastern Congo

Marijke Verpoorten, Nik Stroop & Peter van der Windt 30 Jul 2019

The AFDA guide to Open Day 2019

The AFDA guide to Open Day 2019

AFDA 30 Jul 2019

Africa news

Equatorial Guinea to build West Africa's first LNG storage and regas plant

Equatorial Guinea to build West Africa's first LNG storage and regas plant

21 Aug 2019

Maguga Dam is one of the hydro power projects in Eswatini

Eswatini moves forward with renewable energy plans

Koketso Lediga 20 Aug 2019

Chiboni Evans, CEO of the South African Electrotechnical Council

Energy still a key challenge to African industrialisation

19 Aug 2019

Jean-Marc Thystère-Tchicaya, minister of hydrocarbons of the Republic of Congo

Oil discovery a game-changer for Congo

16 Aug 2019

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Safe drone usage on mines

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Ambiguity of the transformation rules made it possible for mining companies to renege on their commitments. Shutterstock

Disconnect between business and state contributed to Marikana massacre

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What Appeal Court's fracking judgment means

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Professor Fred Cawood, director of the Wits Mining Institute

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12 Aug 2019

Oryx Oil South Africa appoints new managing director

Oryx Oil South Africa appoints new managing director

Oryx Energies 12 Aug 2019

Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG development. Photo credit: BP

Senegal on the cusp of an energy renaissance

Sebastian Wagner 8 Aug 2019

CONMESA notes accelerated decline in construction, mining equipment sales

CONMESA notes accelerated decline in construction, mining equipment sales

8 Aug 2019

Michelle Goliath played a major role in establishing the first ethically sourced, fair, women-owned, artisanal diamond process.

#WomensMonth: Creating a space for women artisanal miners

8 Aug 2019

Cotonou, capital of Benin

Benin bolsters West African LNG market

Mickael Vogel 7 Aug 2019

Firefighters search for victims after the Brumandinho tailings dam failure in January 2019. Yuri Edmundo/EPA

Investors push for positive global change in tailings management

Luis Alberto Torres-Cruz 7 Aug 2019

Climate change emerging as a legal liability risk for lenders in SA

Climate change emerging as a legal liability risk for lenders in SA

7 Aug 2019

Albertine Graben region in Uganda

Uganda looking for growth from second licensing round

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Electricity pylon. Wikimedia Commons

Lessons to be learnt from Ghana's excess electricity shambles

Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie 5 Aug 2019

The atmospheric tower destined to the Dangote Refinery in Nigeria. Image: The Gaurdian, Nigeria

Jobs and revenue: The potential of downstream development in Africa

5 Aug 2019

Dr Martin Clark

Making Magic for mining

2 Aug 2019

Port of Richards Bay

New LNG terminal kicks off SA's gas plans

1 Aug 2019

Outgoing Eskom Group Chief Executive Officer, Phakamani Hadebe

Eskom's annual results reveal just how deep in the red it is

31 Jul 2019

Industrial users of gas have brought the energy regulator’s methodology under the scrutiny of the courts.

Constitutional Court ruling ushers in new era for energy regulation in South Africa

Stephen Labson 31 Jul 2019

An artisanal mine. Fairphone/Flickr

The way that minerals are mined affects conflict in eastern Congo

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Jabu Mabuza, Eskom's acting CEO and executive chairman

Mabuza takes up the Eskom reins

30 Jul 2019

The AFDA guide to Open Day 2019

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A gas-fired power station will be a cheaper option for Eskom than its current diesel plant. Shutterstock

How liquefied natural gas could change South Africa's fortunes

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Mining remains a people-centric industry. Image: Sibanye-Stillwater

MCSA response: Mining industry focused on more than just technology

29 Jul 2019

Victory for miners as high court approves silicosis settlement

Victory for miners as high court approves silicosis settlement

26 Jul 2019

Community members in Zandspruit west of Johannesburg block roads after their illegal electricity connections were removed. EPA/Kevin Sutherland

Ramaphosa should focus on inequality rather than squeezing poor people

David Dickinson 26 Jul 2019

SA's maturing green energy sector attractive for investors

SA's maturing green energy sector attractive for investors

25 Jul 2019

Anglo American's Mokalakwena Mine

Technology is only one part of what mining needs

Terence Corrigan 24 Jul 2019

Karen Breytenbach

IPPO's Breytenbach dismissed: Is this another case of politicking?

24 Jul 2019

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Treasury proposes additional R59bn for Eskom

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23 Jul 2019

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Kangnas Wind Farm celebrates first turbine lift

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23 Jul 2019

Eskom, GP government work to resolve electricity challenges

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