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Middle East tension spoils petrol party in SA for November

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Dan Marokane rejoins Eskom as CEO

Dan Marokane takes on Eskom CEO job

10 Dec 2023

AEC: 'African nations must reject promises of aid and handouts to abandon their oil and gas as COP28 wraps up'

African Energy Chamber is an outspoken advocate for African oil and gas

NJ Ayuk 10 Dec 2023

An Anglo American employee at the Kumba Iron Ore mine. Anglo signed an MOU with Swedish H2 Green Steel in April to use products from Kumba.

Anglo American outlines financial plans, eyes long-term demand growth

Lindsey Schutters 8 Dec 2023

A haul truck is seen at the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mokopane. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Anglo American readies cost cuts in wake of PGM market downturn

Felix Njini and Clara Denina 7 Dec 2023

Bloomberg: Dan Marokane to succeed Andre de Ruyter as permanent Eskom CEO

Harshita Meenaktshi and Bhargav Acharya 7 Dec 2023

The green area is where Searcher Geodata will do its seismic survey in 2024. Map from consultant’s environmental assessment report

Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January

Steve Kretzmann 7 Dec 2023

Source: iStock.

South Africa's economic crisis deepens: Recession looms

Katja Hamilton 6 Dec 2023

Johann de Bruin, CEO at Erudite

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Roland Innes, Group CEO at DYNA Training

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Requirements for environmental authorisation for renewable energy facility published

6 Dec 2023

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#COP28: Zambia's first green bond to be issued by year-end by Copperbelt Energy Corp

Chris Mfula 6 Dec 2023

EDF Renewables ticks DMRE boxes, gets Nedbank funding to sell to Eskom

EDF Renewables ticks DMRE boxes, gets Nedbank funding to sell to Eskom

5 Dec 2023

Exxaro and Council of Geoscience sign MOU for sustainability

Exxaro in sustainability and decarbonisation partnership with Council of Geoscience

5 Dec 2023

Joseph Nganga addresses the crowd at the BESS Consortium launch. Source: Supplied.

#COP28: African countries commit to battery storage consortium

4 Dec 2023

Aysha construction began in 2016 with majority investment from Exim Bank of China.

Ethiopia signs $600m UAE deal to expand Aysha wind farm project

Dawit Endeshwa 3 Dec 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the G77 Summit. Source: x.com

#COP28: Ramaphosa calls for unity among developing nations

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Supplied image: Nicolway NSE solar system

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Ryno Bosman 1 Dec 2023

Solar PV panels atop the Shoprite Group Centurion distribution centre 2. Source: Supplied

Shoprite Group doubles renewable energy use, champions proactive climate action

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How to secure Africa’s energy future in the face of a climate crisis

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Clouds pass over the pit head at Sibanye Gold's Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria. Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Sibanye-Stillwater to cut US jobs as PGM prices fall

Nelson Banya 30 Nov 2023

A steel blast furnace. Source: Foresaken Films/Unsplash

Seifsa: ArcelorMittal closure will have devastating implications for SA

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Dr Nombasa Tsengwa, Exxaro CEO delivering the interim results in August 2023. Source: x.com

Exxaro 2023 statement outlines more pain for coal market, selling ferroalloys unit

Lindsey Schutters 29 Nov 2023

Number 11 shaft, Impala Rustenburg. Source: Supplied.

75 injured, 11 fatalities in Impala Rustenburg winder rope incident

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Mahle’s wireless charging system wins SAE approval as global standard

Mahle’s wireless charging system wins SAE approval as global standard

27 Nov 2023

Eskom's Palmiet pumped storage hydro plant has an installed capacity of 400MW. Source: Eskom

Eskom drops load shedding to stage 4 after diesel delivery

26 Nov 2023

Russia's Nornickel finally exits South Africa

Polina Devitt, Anastasia Lyrchikova and Nelson Banya 26 Nov 2023

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Morocco's competition regulator fines fuel companies $180m

Ahmed Eljechtimi 24 Nov 2023

Mark Caruso when he was still executive at Mineral Commodities with Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe in February 2019. Caruso is pursuing defamation claims against environmental activists. Archive photo: DMR

Aussie mining company “Slapp suit” partly settled out of court

John Yeld 23 Nov 2023

The massive (330m x 61m x 33.5m) Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel is a spread moored FPSO connected through a subsea production system to 44 wells (21 oil producers and 23 water injectors) via umbilicals, flow lines and risers. Source: TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies says Nigeria Egina offshore oil spill is under control

Camillus Eboh 23 Nov 2023

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AEC: 'African nations must reject promises of aid and handouts to abandon their oil and gas as COP28 wraps up'

African Energy Chamber is an outspoken advocate for African oil and gas

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#COP28: Zambia's first green bond to be issued by year-end by Copperbelt Energy Corp

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Aysha construction began in 2016 with majority investment from Exim Bank of China.

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A haul truck is seen at the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mokopane. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Anglo American readies cost cuts in wake of PGM market downturn

Felix Njini and Clara Denina 7 Dec 2023

Bloomberg: Dan Marokane to succeed Andre de Ruyter as permanent Eskom CEO

Harshita Meenaktshi and Bhargav Acharya 7 Dec 2023

The green area is where Searcher Geodata will do its seismic survey in 2024. Map from consultant’s environmental assessment report

Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January

Steve Kretzmann 7 Dec 2023

Source: iStock.

South Africa's economic crisis deepens: Recession looms

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Johann de Bruin, CEO at Erudite

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Johann de Bruin 6 Dec 2023

Roland Innes, Group CEO at DYNA Training

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Image source: Kervin Edward Lara from

Requirements for environmental authorisation for renewable energy facility published

6 Dec 2023

EDF Renewables ticks DMRE boxes, gets Nedbank funding to sell to Eskom

EDF Renewables ticks DMRE boxes, gets Nedbank funding to sell to Eskom

5 Dec 2023

Exxaro and Council of Geoscience sign MOU for sustainability

Exxaro in sustainability and decarbonisation partnership with Council of Geoscience

5 Dec 2023

Joseph Nganga addresses the crowd at the BESS Consortium launch. Source: Supplied.

#COP28: African countries commit to battery storage consortium

4 Dec 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the G77 Summit. Source: x.com

#COP28: Ramaphosa calls for unity among developing nations

3 Dec 2023

Supplied image: Nicolway NSE solar system

Importance of solar literacy as renewable energy adoption increases

Ryno Bosman 1 Dec 2023

Solar PV panels atop the Shoprite Group Centurion distribution centre 2. Source: Supplied

Shoprite Group doubles renewable energy use, champions proactive climate action

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Clouds pass over the pit head at Sibanye Gold's Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria. Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Sibanye-Stillwater to cut US jobs as PGM prices fall

Nelson Banya 30 Nov 2023

A steel blast furnace. Source: Foresaken Films/Unsplash

Seifsa: ArcelorMittal closure will have devastating implications for SA

30 Nov 2023

Dr Nombasa Tsengwa, Exxaro CEO delivering the interim results in August 2023. Source: x.com

Exxaro 2023 statement outlines more pain for coal market, selling ferroalloys unit

Lindsey Schutters 29 Nov 2023

Number 11 shaft, Impala Rustenburg. Source: Supplied.

75 injured, 11 fatalities in Impala Rustenburg winder rope incident

Lindsey Schutters 28 Nov 2023

Dominique d'Hotman, head of ooba Solar

Fewer than 4% of SA homes have adopted solar, but it is growing fast

27 Nov 2023

Mahle’s wireless charging system wins SAE approval as global standard

Mahle’s wireless charging system wins SAE approval as global standard

27 Nov 2023

Eskom's Palmiet pumped storage hydro plant has an installed capacity of 400MW. Source: Eskom

Eskom drops load shedding to stage 4 after diesel delivery

26 Nov 2023

Russia's Nornickel finally exits South Africa

Polina Devitt, Anastasia Lyrchikova and Nelson Banya 26 Nov 2023

Image source: scyther5 –

Morocco's competition regulator fines fuel companies $180m

Ahmed Eljechtimi 24 Nov 2023

Mark Caruso when he was still executive at Mineral Commodities with Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe in February 2019. Caruso is pursuing defamation claims against environmental activists. Archive photo: DMR

Aussie mining company “Slapp suit” partly settled out of court

John Yeld 23 Nov 2023

The massive (330m x 61m x 33.5m) Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel is a spread moored FPSO connected through a subsea production system to 44 wells (21 oil producers and 23 water injectors) via umbilicals, flow lines and risers. Source: TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies says Nigeria Egina offshore oil spill is under control

Camillus Eboh 23 Nov 2023

Source: Sam Forson/Pexels

Treasury secures $1.6bn in loans to support Just Energy Transition

23 Nov 2023

The Chamber of Mines building will be renamed.

African Rainbow Minerals invests R20m into research at Wits, gets building named after it

23 Nov 2023

Image: Supplied

Green energy boom and its impact on jobs in SA

22 Nov 2023

Mercedes-Benz SA plant receives renewable energy boost with R100m investment

Mercedes-Benz SA plant receives renewable energy boost with R100m investment

22 Nov 2023

Inaugural Sanedi annual energy conference. Source: Supplied

South Africa’s collaborative approach to energy transition

22 Nov 2023

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Income Tax Act amendments - the silver lining to load shedding?

Nirvasha Singh and Sakiwe Canca 22 Nov 2023

Electric vehicle charging. Source: Hyuandai Motor group/Pexels

Sibanye-Stillwater launches $500m convertible bonds to fund battery metals expansion

Lindsey Schutters 21 Nov 2023

Transnet curbs coal trucks at Richards Bay terminal due to congestion

Transnet curbs coal trucks at Richards Bay terminal due to congestion

Nelson Banya 21 Nov 2023

African Energy Chamber predicts 'relative calm' market

African Energy Chamber predicts 'relative calm' market

NJ Ayuk 20 Nov 2023

MV Switchgear awarded new contracts. Source: Supplied.

MV Switchgear secures new contract for Kamoa-Kakula copper mine

20 Nov 2023

Construction begins on South Africa's first EV stations free from load shedding

Construction begins on South Africa's first EV stations free from load shedding

20 Nov 2023

Miner holds a manganese ore sample in South Africa.

South Africa’s manganese economy is ready to meet global demand

20 Nov 2023

Image supplied. Hohm Energy’s Ho Ho Hohm… the gift that keeps on giving social media campaign is a play on the stereotypical festive season commercial

Ho Ho Hohm… the gift that keeps on giving

20 Nov 2023