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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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Illicit mining is carried out on lands sold by traditional rulers. Wikimedia Commons

Ghana's traditional and state powers must collaborate to halt illegal mining

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IRP 2019 and the slow transition to a low-carbon economy

IRP 2019 and the slow transition to a low-carbon economy

Gillian Niven, Paula-Ann Novotny and Jeanique Pretorius 12 Nov 2019

Mining in a circular economy meets stumbling blocks

Mining in a circular economy meets stumbling blocks

Garyn Rapson & Paula-Ann Novotny 12 Nov 2019

A cemetery in Phola, a black residential area near Witbank, to which some graves were relocated to make way for coal mining. Supplied

Mining activities continue to dispossess black families in South Africa

Dineo Skosana 12 Nov 2019

Healthcare facilities at mines have vulnerable data - is it being adequately protected?

Hemant Harie 11 Nov 2019

Renewable energy technologies will in the next two years be competitive on price with fossil fuels. Shutterstock

The transition from fossils to renewables and its impact on consumer prices

Roula Inglesi-Lotz & George Alex Thopil 11 Nov 2019

Deputy President David Mabuza

Lack of maintenance compromising Eskom's power plant fleet

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Photo: Africa Energy Corp

#AOW2019: Brulpadda's challenges inspire innovation

Nicci Botha 8 Nov 2019

LE South Africa introduces oil-spill-eating enzyme technology

LE South Africa introduces oil-spill-eating enzyme technology

8 Nov 2019

Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo

#AOW2019: Facing the challenges

7 Nov 2019

Low-cost alloys would pave the way for affordable medical implants and prosthetics. Monstar Studio/Shutterstock

South Africa is one step closer to processed titanium alloys

Michael Oluwatosin 7 Nov 2019

Gwede Mantashe, SA minister of minerals and energy

#AOW2019: Mantashe calls for gas investment

Nicci Botha 6 Nov 2019

Jon Clark EMEIA leader oil & gas transaction advisory services, Ernst & Young

#AOW2019: Fuelling the future

Nicci Botha 6 Nov 2019

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia (left) and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.Their countries are in a row over territory. Daniel Irungu/EPA

Western countries take sides in Kenya's maritime row with Somalia

Patrick Muthengi Maluki 5 Nov 2019

Africa's oil & gas industry poised for further growth

Africa's oil & gas industry poised for further growth

4 Nov 2019

Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Equitorial Guinea's minister of mines and hydrocarbons

Kosmos strikes oil in Equatorial Guinea

4 Nov 2019

The convergence of IT and OT systems in the mining industry

The convergence of IT and OT systems in the mining industry

4 Nov 2019

A main street of a poor neighbourhood in Cape Town during recent power cuts. EPA/Nic Bothma

How failing power utility is fuelling South Africa's economic crisis

Mark Swilling 1 Nov 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

#MTBPS2019: Little growth expected in mining sector

31 Oct 2019

#MTBPS2019: Mboweni gives Eskom an ultimatum

#MTBPS2019: Mboweni gives Eskom an ultimatum

31 Oct 2019

South Africa's future energy mix: wind, solar and coal, but no nuclear

Hartmut Winkler 30 Oct 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Gordhan outlines Eskom rescue plan, while board cites political interference

30 Oct 2019

Fuel price set to drop in November

30 Oct 2019

Senegal on the cusp of LNG boom

29 Oct 2019

An estimated R5bn in income to the Bakgatla community cannot be accounted for. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

The chief, the mines and the lost Bakgatla billions

Wilmien Wicomb 28 Oct 2019

The mining pollution crisis that can be avoided with water treatment solutions

The mining pollution crisis that can be avoided with water treatment solutions

Starbright 28 Oct 2019

Cameroon boosts hydroelectric capacity

Cameroon boosts hydroelectric capacity

25 Oct 2019

Image: The Mandela Initiative

Creativity is key to good mining stakeholder communication

25 Oct 2019

Minister of Innovation and Technology of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Getahun Mekuria Kuma.and Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev,

Ethiopia and Russia sign peaceful atomic energy deal

24 Oct 2019

Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Equatorial Guinea's minister of mines and hydrocarbons and Sergey Gorkov, director general and chairman of the board of Rosge

Equatorial Guinea signs exploration MoU with Rosgeo

23 Oct 2019

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Illicit mining is carried out on lands sold by traditional rulers. Wikimedia Commons

Ghana's traditional and state powers must collaborate to halt illegal mining

James Boafo 13 Nov 2019

LE South Africa introduces oil-spill-eating enzyme technology

LE South Africa introduces oil-spill-eating enzyme technology

8 Nov 2019

Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo

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Gwede Mantashe, SA minister of minerals and energy

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President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia (left) and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.Their countries are in a row over territory. Daniel Irungu/EPA

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Kosmos strikes oil in Equatorial Guinea

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The convergence of IT and OT systems in the mining industry

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A main street of a poor neighbourhood in Cape Town during recent power cuts. EPA/Nic Bothma

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#MTBPS2019: Little growth expected in mining sector

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South Africa's future energy mix: wind, solar and coal, but no nuclear

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Gordhan outlines Eskom rescue plan, while board cites political interference

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Senegal on the cusp of LNG boom

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An estimated R5bn in income to the Bakgatla community cannot be accounted for. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

The chief, the mines and the lost Bakgatla billions

Wilmien Wicomb 28 Oct 2019

The mining pollution crisis that can be avoided with water treatment solutions

The mining pollution crisis that can be avoided with water treatment solutions

Starbright 28 Oct 2019

Cameroon boosts hydroelectric capacity

Cameroon boosts hydroelectric capacity

25 Oct 2019

Image: The Mandela Initiative

Creativity is key to good mining stakeholder communication

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Minister of Innovation and Technology of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Getahun Mekuria Kuma.and Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev,

Ethiopia and Russia sign peaceful atomic energy deal

24 Oct 2019

Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Equatorial Guinea's minister of mines and hydrocarbons and Sergey Gorkov, director general and chairman of the board of Rosge

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Sherif Andrawes, BDO’s global head of natural resources

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23 Oct 2019

Eskom takes Deloitte to court

Eskom takes Deloitte to court

22 Oct 2019

Nadia Statham, general manager commercial, BME

Technology equals efficiency in mining

22 Oct 2019

Load shedding: SA needs urgent electricity sector reforms

22 Oct 2019

Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, Somalia's minister of petroleum and mineral resources

Somalia open for business, says petroleum minister

21 Oct 2019

Study reveals maritime economy's potential to boost SA's economy, job market

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21 Oct 2019

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Securing abandoned mines

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Mineral Resources and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe

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Nuclear presents greater opportunities than just energy generation

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Wind power is far more than just energy

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Change the law, implement vouchers, to end Eskom's disastrous monopoly

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