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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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Maps finds load shedding accelerated the Gen Z shift to streaming

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Dr Sakhile Ngcobo, director, Sibambene Coal

Coal industry needs genuine empowerment

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Global investment in renewables to hit $2.6trn

6 Sep 2019

Vuslat Bayoglu, managing director, Menar

Coal and entrepreneurship

6 Sep 2019

Democratising energy is necessary for Africans to move into the digital age

Democratising energy is necessary for Africans to move into the digital age

5 Sep 2019

New logistics barometer to assess industry performance

New logistics barometer to assess industry performance

5 Sep 2019

Eskom hopes to dodge load shedding this summer

4 Sep 2019

Lake Turkana Wind Power turbines. LTW

How Kenya's mega wind power project is hurting communities

Zoe Cormack 3 Sep 2019

Smart cities will depend on faster adoption of 4IR

Smart cities will depend on faster adoption of 4IR

Taru Madangombe 3 Sep 2019

Maleka appointed as Eskom's interim group treasurer

Maleka appointed as Eskom's interim group treasurer

2 Sep 2019

Gabon on track to increase oil production

Gabon on track to increase oil production

30 Aug 2019

Medupi's last unit produces first power

Medupi's last unit produces first power

29 Aug 2019

BizTrends 2020: Make the vision Towards Africa 2020 possible

BizTrends 2020: Make the vision Towards Africa 2020 possible

Bizcommunity.com 29 Aug 2019

Coal mines need to be taken to task over water pollution

Coal mines need to be taken to task over water pollution

28 Aug 2019

Ecolog, Dynology sign MoU to expand defence and energy sector cooperation

Ecolog, Dynology sign MoU to expand defence and energy sector cooperation

28 Aug 2019

Special paper on the future of Eskom expected soon

Special paper on the future of Eskom expected soon

26 Aug 2019

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Fossil fuel extraction could be contributing to climate change by heating Earth from within

Rizwan Nawaz & Adel Sharif 23 Aug 2019

Indaba addresses issues facing women in mining

Indaba addresses issues facing women in mining

22 Aug 2019

Ghana's pact with China to explore bauxite threatens a unique forest

Ghana's pact with China to explore bauxite threatens a unique forest

Alfred Oteng-Yeboah 22 Aug 2019

Gwede Mantashe, minister of energy and mineral resources, Image credit: GovernmentZA

Nuclear still a possibility in SA energy plan

22 Aug 2019

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

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

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Image source: Getty/Gallo

Global investment in renewables to hit $2.6trn

6 Sep 2019

New logistics barometer to assess industry performance

New logistics barometer to assess industry performance

5 Sep 2019

Smart cities will depend on faster adoption of 4IR

Smart cities will depend on faster adoption of 4IR

Taru Madangombe 3 Sep 2019

Gabon on track to increase oil production

Gabon on track to increase oil production

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Maleka appointed as Eskom's interim group treasurer

Maleka appointed as Eskom's interim group treasurer

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Ecolog, Dynology sign MoU to expand defence and energy sector cooperation

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28 Aug 2019

Special paper on the future of Eskom expected soon

Special paper on the future of Eskom expected soon

26 Aug 2019

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Fossil fuel extraction could be contributing to climate change by heating Earth from within

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Indaba addresses issues facing women in mining

Indaba addresses issues facing women in mining

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Ghana's pact with China to explore bauxite threatens a unique forest

Ghana's pact with China to explore bauxite threatens a unique forest

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Gwede Mantashe, minister of energy and mineral resources, Image credit: GovernmentZA

Nuclear still a possibility in SA energy plan

22 Aug 2019

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

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

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