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Tasneem Bulbulia is a Creamer Media Senior Contributing Editor Online for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Event highlights gains, challenges in competition law space
As South Africa commemorates 25 years of the Competition Act, there has been much progress in the competition law landscape and the learnings and insights gleaned from this can be used to support...
Bühler pursuing sustainable solutions for food security, safety in South Africa, Africa
Process solutions provider Bühler Southern Africa is looking to leverage the group’s global experience and innovation expertise, as well as its entrenched position in South Africa, to provide...
Accreditation Day underlines importance of the SANAS
In the current environment of fast-paced technological advancement, accreditation can enable organisations to embrace new technologies and drive innovation, as it provides a framework of trust and...
ARC portfolio companies demonstrate resilience in challenging conditions
JSE-listed African Rainbow Capital (ARC) Investments says that, despite an unfavourable macroeconomic environment for the quarter ended March 31, several portfolio companies have demonstrated...
Sibanye-Stillwater changes covenant flexibility of its credit facilities
JSE- and NYSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater has announced that the lenders of its revolving credit facilities (RCFs), which include a $1-billion and a R5.5-billion RCF, as well as its Silicosis...
Long-term thinking key to managing South Africa’s mine water challenge
While South Africa has made considerable strides in addressing mine water challenges, several areas require improvement and focus to ensure that the country continues on a positive trajectory and...
Long-term thinking key to managing South Africa’s mine water challenge
While South Africa has made considerable strides in addressing mine water challenges, several areas require improvement and focus to ensure that the country continues on a positive trajectory and...
Balancell named fastest growing manufacturing company in Africa in new list
The Financial Times, in partnership with Statista, has published its list of Africa’s 125 Fastest Growing Companies for the Year. In the top spot for manufacturing was Balancell Energy, a South...
Liquidity position of many municipalities at risk
National Treasury has released the ‘Local Government Revenue and Expenditure Report’ for the third quarter of the 2023/24 financial year, which shows an underperformance of actual collections...
SAB announces new alcohol-free beer with Vitamin D
Beverage maker South African Breweries (SAB) has announced a new addition to its portfolio, the premium beer brand, Corona Cero – an alcohol-free beer with Vitamin D. SAB says this is an option for...
Diamcor closes first tranche of increased placement
TSX-V-listed Diamcor Mining has closed a $1.4-million first tranche of a nonbrokered private placement following receipt of conditional acceptance of the offering from the TSX-V. The company now...
Petrol, diesel prices set for big decrease
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced that both grades of petrol – 93 and 95 – will decrease by R1.24 a litre, with effect from June 5. Diesel prices will also decrease by...
Hummingbird bolstered by strong Mali performance, weathers Guinea challenges
Aim-listed Hummingbird became a multi-asset, multi-jurisdiction gold producer in the full -year to December 31, with its Yanfolila mine, in Mali, performing strongly and meeting guidance, and the...
Pan African concludes 5-year wage agreement at Barberton Mines, ESOP matures
JSE-listed Pan African Resources has concluded a milestone five-year wage agreement for increases and other conditions of service with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the representative...
EWSETA undertakes programme to boost renewables skills development, at TVET colleges
The role of technical vocational education and training (TVET) colleges in South Africa’s just energy transition is expected to be bolstered by a partnership led by the Energy and Water Sector...
Lotus’ US shares upgraded to OTCQX Best Market
Africa-focused uranium company Lotus Resources’ shares have started trading on the US-based OTCQX Best Market, an upgrade from the OTCQB Venture Market. The company’s OTC ticker symbol remains LTSRF.
Power Metal, ACAM propose uranium-focused JV
Aim-listed Power Metal Resources has entered into a legally binding subscription agreement with ACAM for the latter to invest £2-million in Power Metal by way of a loan note with attaching...
Fairvest weathers challenges to deliver strong interim performance
Real estate investment trust Fairvest has posted an interim distribution of 67.83c per A share and 21.24c per B share for the six months ended March 31. “Fairvest is operationally strong and agile...
South Africa achieves trade balance surplus of R10.5bn in April
South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R10.5-billion in April, the South African Revenue Services (Sars) reports. This surplus is attributed to exports of R169.5-billion and...
Coega achieves R1bn SMME procurement spend for 2023/24
The Coega Development Corporation’s (CDC’s) Small, Medium-Sized and Microenterprises (SMME) Development Programme has achieved procurement spend of over R1-billion for the 2023/24 financial year....
Automotive PGM demand growing owing to extended-range EVs, says WPIC
The continuing growth in automotive platinum demand is being achieved despite rising battery electric vehicle (BEV) market share and a reduction in internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle...
Perseus progressing work streams at Nyanzaga project after buyout
ASX- and TSX-listed Perseus Mining has completed the acquisition of the Nyanzaga gold project, in Tanzania, through the takeover of OreCorp, chairperson and CEO Jeff Quartermaine informs. The...
Katoro prioritised Tanzania project development in 2023
Aim-listed Katoro Gold prioritised resource development at its Haneti project, in Tanzania, during the year ended December 31, 2023, owing to it being mindful of funding constraints. Early in the...
Gemfields earns $35m from May auction of higher-quality emeralds
Miner and coloured gemstones marketer Gemfields Group earned total revenue of $35-million from an auction of higher-quality rough emeralds held from May 13 to 30. The rough emeralds sold were...
Nedbank launches R10m Indalo Fund
Finance institution Nedbank on May 15 announced the launch of the R10-million Indalo Fund at the Indalo Inclusive Symposium at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria. The...
Santam acquires home services marketplace Kandua
Short-term insurer Santam has acquired Kandua, an online marketplace company for home services. Kandua will merge with Santam’s existing home service offering, Home+, forming a wholly owned,...
SABS publishes voluntary national standard for plain language
The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) in March adopted and published the South African National Standard (SANS) 24495 – Plain Language. South Africa has been implementing the principles of...
Endeavour’s Côte d’Ivoire project ahead of schedule
London- and Toronto-listed Endeavour Mining announces that wet commissioning activities are now under way at the Lafigué project, in Côte d’Ivoire. The project is on budget, with construction now...
Mpact appoints new CFO, executive director
JSE-listed Mpact has appointed Hannes Snyman group CFO and executive director of Mpact and Mpact Operations with effect from June 1. He will succeed Brett Clark, who is retiring on May 31.
Johannesburg one of 3 cities to benefit from Suncasa project tackling climate threats
The Scaling Urban Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (Suncasa), a new three-year project, will undertake watershed restoration and adaptation actions in Dire Dawa,...
Nedbank, Transnet mediation over swaps terminated
Mediation between financial services group Nedbank and State-owned Transnet, in respect of interest rate swap transactions (swaps) between the parties that took place in December 2015 and March...
Ivanhoe completes Phase 3 concentrator construction at DRC project ahead of schedule
TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines announced that, on May 26, first ore was fed into the Phase 3 concentrator at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). First ore marks the...
Firebird receives safety permit for Chinese project
ASX-listed Firebird Metals’ subsidiary Hunan Firebird Battery Technologies has received a safety permit for Stage 1 of a proposed battery-grade manganese sulphate plant in China. The plant will use...
Lucapa, partners recover 195 ct diamond from Lulo
ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company and its Lulo alluvial mine partners Endiama and Rosas and Petalas have announced the recovery of a 195 ct Type IIa diamond from the Lulo mine, in Angola. The...
TotalEnergies JV, Austrian firm join forces on proposed Tunisian green hydrogen project
TE H2, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and EREN Groupe, together with Austrian electric company VERBUND, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tunisia to study the...
Multimodal Inland Port Association launched
The Multimodal Inland Port Association (MIPA), which seeks to address a critical need in South Africa’s logistics landscape, was launched in South Africa last week. The association aims to act as...
Labour department, IDC launch round two of the Innovation Fund
The Department of Employment and Labour, in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), has announced the launch of the second round of the National Pathway Management Network’s...
bp, Shell agree to sell Sapref land, associated assets to the CEF
Following successful negotiations, bp Southern Africa and Shell Downstream South Africa (SDSA) have reached an agreement for the sale of their respective 50% ownership of assets located at the...
ALPLA, Re-Purpose partner to strengthen plastics cycle in South Africa
Plastic packaging manufacturer and recycler the ALPLA Group and waste repurposing company Re-Purpose have announced a strategic partnership that is expected to advance sustainable packaging...
Tiger Brands’ interim results impacted by trading conditions, leadership transition
JSE-listed Tiger Brands says it results for the six months ended March 31 reflect a tough trading environment, with negative volume growth across retail and wholesale channels, as well as the...
Patel to leave Cabinet after elections
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has announced that he will conclude his service in Cabinet after next week's election. “I wish to thank the President [Cyril Ramaphosa] and...
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