Tasneem Bulbulia

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Tasneem Bulbulia

Tasneem Bulbulia is a Creamer Media Senior Contributing Editor Online for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

Tharisa signs long-term PPA for wheeled power

25th July 2024 JSE- and LSE-listed Tharisa has entered into a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for the procurement of wheeled renewable energy for the Tharisa mine, situated on the western limb of the Bushveld Complex, in South Africa. The 15-year PPA will see Etana Energy meet up to 44% of the Tharisa... →

Environment Minister, stakeholders welcome signing of Climate Change Act

24th July 2024 Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George and trade union UASA have welcomed the Climate Change Bill’s assent into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa on July 23. “The President’s signing of the Bill into law marks a significant milestone in our nation's commitment to... →

Shoprite Group implementing electricity wheeling at Cape Town office

24th July 2024 Retailer the Shoprite Group is wheeling renewable electricity at its home office in Brackenfell, Cape Town, marking its third site to implement this energy solution. The retailer becomes one of the first businesses to wheel renewable electricity through the city’s energy grid, it highlights in a... →

West African on track to meet full-year guidance following strong quarter, half-year

24th July 2024 ASX-listed West African Resources’ Sanbrado gold operations, in Burkina Faso, delivered another solid quarter of low-cost gold production, and the company is on track to achieve the upper end of its full-year guidance of 190 000 oz to 210 000 oz of gold at an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of less... →

Sanbrado delivered another solid quarter of low-cost gold production

Stable coal consumption expected through to 2025 as electricity demand surpasses renewables supply

24th July 2024 Despite the rapid expansion of renewable-energy generation capacity, the considerable growth of electricity demand in key economies indicates the world’s consumption of coal will stay largely stable this year and next, intergovernmental agency the International Energy Agency (IEA) says. Global... →

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Global coal demand is set to remain broadly unchanged both this year and in 2025

Collaboration, investment pivotal to a successful energy transition

24th July 2024 Coal, as a plentiful natural endowment in the country, is poised to remain a pivotal part of the South Africa’s energy mix for the foreseeable future; however, this comes with risks and challenges, and it is imperative that more renewable-energy capacity, new technologies, considerable investment... →

Energy Council of South Africa CEO James Mackay

World Bank Group leadership highlights progress, reaffirms support for South Africa, Namibia

24th July 2024 A delegation of the World Bank Group’s (WBG’s) board of executive directors (EDs) has noted South Africa’s and Namibia’s progress in achieving their development goals and has reaffirmed the bank’s commitment to providing support to the two countries. The 11 EDs and alternate EDs were hosted by... →

Huawei FusionSolar launches new inverter for the South African market

23rd July 2024 Global provider of solar solutions Huawei FusionSolar has launched its largest commercial and industrial (C&I) inverter available to the market to date, the 150K high-power C&I inverter series. The series comprises the SUN2000-150K-MGO and the SUN5000-150K-MGO. →

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150KTL inverter demo

PCC, WWF welcome signing into law of Climate Change Bill

23rd July 2024 The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have welcomed the signing into law of the Climate Change Bill. The Presidency has announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Climate Change Bill, which sets out a national climate change... →

PCC Commissioner and executive director Dr Crispian Olver

Macpherson echoes Ramaphosa’s call to turn country into a construction site

19th July 2024 Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has welcomed the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the national government intends to turn South Africa into a construction site through increased infrastructure investment, and support for Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) as... →

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Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson

Seriti progressing Mpumalanga wind energy project as it transforms to diversified energy company

19th July 2024 Seriti Green, a Seriti Resources subsidiary, is progressing the country’s first majority black-owned wind farm, the Ummbila Emoyeni project in Mpumalanga, which would also mark the province’s pioneer wind energy facility. This was highlighted by the group during an unveiling of the project to... →

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Construction of phase one of Emoyeni is underway

Komatsu centre leveraging data to improve mining equipment performance on-site

17th July 2024 Mining and industrial machinery developer and manufacturer Komatsu’s Smart Services Centre, in eMalahleni, is capitalising on data to assist coal mining companies to optimise productivity, ensure reliable equipment and strive for zero harm at the lowest possible costs, the company says. Speaking... →

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Data monitoring and analysis

Recent weather disasters highlight importance of funding, initiatives to address climate crisis – Ramaphosa

16th July 2024 As South Africa hosts the Climate Resilience Symposium this week at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, in Pretoria, the country’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change has already become evident, demonstrating the need to speed up and bolster initiatives to mitigate... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Improved operational performance drives increase in Northam’s full-year refined output

16th July 2024 JSE-listed Northam Platinum achieved a 10.3% year-on-year increase in total equivalent refined platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold (4E) metal production from its own operations for the financial year ended June 30. Including bought material, refined 4E metal production was 10.6% higher... →

South Africa’s largest wheeling project celebrates official commissioning

16th July 2024 Vertically-integrated renewable-energy solutions provider the Sola Group has celebrated the official commissioning of South Africa’s largest operational wheeling project, which will add 256 MW of renewables capacity to the national grid to power mineral sands miner Tronox Mineral Sands’... →

Selemela solar park

Africa’s rich critical mineral potential underscored

12th July 2024 During the first day of the London Indaba, on June 25, held under the theme “Investing in Resources and Mining in Africa”, panel discussions unpacked what the continent’s mining jurisdictions could do to make the industry more attractive, the challenges of reduced available finance and how... →

Harmony included in FTSE4Good Index Series once again

11th July 2024 Miner Harmony Gold Mining Company has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series for the seventh consecutive year. The FTSE4Good Index Series measures the performance of companies that demonstrate specific environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. →

CEO Peter Steenkamp

Transportation focus shifting to people-centred approach

10th July 2024 There is an increased focus on the role of transportation in society and how it can be used to improve peoples’ quality of life, rather than focusing only on building and maintaining systems. This was outlined by Transportation Research Board (TRB) executive director Victoria Sheehan during a... →

Marula subsidiary acquires interest in high-grade historic cobalt mine in South Africa

10th July 2024 Africa-focused mining and development company Marula Mining, through its wholly owned South African subsidiary Muchai Mining South Africa, has signed a binding term sheet with South African mining company Mansena Cobalt to acquire a 51% shareholding in Mansena Kruisrivier Cobalt (MKC). MKC is the... →

Tharisa’s third-quarter production in line with expectations

10th July 2024 Johannesburg- and London-listed Tharisa’s operational performance for the third quarter of its 2024 financial year was aligned to expectations, CEO Phoevos Pouroulis says, with improved mining and plant recoveries resulting in overall platinum group metals (PGM) and chrome concentrate production... →

The Tharisa mine

DigiMine head graduates with PhD in engineering from Wits

10th July 2024 Dr Muhammad Ahsan Mahboob, head of the Digital Mining Laboratory (DigiMine) at Wits University, was awarded his PhD in engineering from the School of Mining Engineering, Wits University, in a celebratory ceremony held at the Wits Great Hall on July 8. Mahboob's PhD thesis: “A Data Science... →

Dr Muhammad Ahsan Mahboob

Atlantic reports Ewoyaa fatality

10th July 2024 Aim- and ASX-listed Atlantic Lithium reports that a member of the workforce at its Ewoyaa lithium project, in Ghana, was fatally injured on Tuesday. Site activities have been suspended. The appropriate authorities have been notified and an investigation is under way to establish the circumstances... →

Transport conference outlines challenges, opportunities in necessary reskilling/upskilling

8th July 2024 South Africa’s transport industry is a significant contributor to the country’s gross domestic product; however, it is being impacted on by several factors, which necessitates the reskilling and upskilling of participants, to ensure the industry’s sustainability and improved performance moving... →

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Transport Minister Barbara Creecy

Latest Cesa survey highlights pressing need for joint public, private effort on infrastructure

5th July 2024 Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) on Tuesday released its Bi-Annual Economic and Capacity Survey (BECS) findings, revealing a stark 22% decline from July to December of 23, marking the lowest level since 2019, at 32. The ongoing downturn persisted into early 2024, dropping further to 30... →

Chris Campbell

SAB profiles impact of responsible consumption platform

2nd July 2024 At an event held at the group’s premises in Bryanston, Johannesburg, on July 2, beverage manufacturing group South African Breweries (SAB) showcased progress achieved by its responsible consumption platform SAB Sharp. The platform is built on comprehensive research and global best practices and... →

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Drive Sharp has seen the implementation of 28 alcohol evidence centres, with over 18 000 arrests made

Business welcomes finalisation of Cabinet, highlights focus areas for economic growth

1st July 2024 Business organisations have responded to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a final agreement for a Government of National Unity (GNU) and the new Cabinet, with consensus that an announcement finally being made bodes well for the new administration and provides a platform for it to begin... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Panel explores relevance of listed market for mining capital

26th June 2024 The world is infinitely more complex now, with the energy transition, longer lead times and geopolitical fracturing, than in previous years and this presents challenges and questions around mining equity investment, as this is no longer as simple an exercise as before. This was one of the areas... →

London Indaba speakers highlight opportunities to bolster Africa’s critical minerals involvement

25th June 2024 During the first day of the London Indaba, on June 25, held under the theme “Investing in Resources and Mining in Africa”, panel discussions unpacked what the continent’s mining jurisdictions could do to make the industry more attractive, the challenges of reduced available finance and how... →

Orion’s shares halted ahead of capital raising announcement

25th June 2024 JSE- and ASX-listed Orion Minerals’ shares will be placed in a trading halt, pending the release of an announcement regarding a capital raising. Orion expects to make an announcement to the market concerning this matter before the start of trade on June 27. →

Orion's Prieska mine

Marula signs export logistics agreement for Kenyan mine

25th June 2024 Africa-focused mining and development company Marula Mining has entered into an export logistics agreement with Scan Global Logistics (SGL) Group’s Kenya-based subsidiary, SGL Kenya, for the transportation and export of manganese ore from the Larisoro manganese mine located in Samburu County in... →

CEO Jason Brewer

Southern Palladium completes drilling campaign for South African project

24th June 2024 JSE-listed Southern Palladium has completed an initial resource drilling campaign as part of a prefeasibility study (PFS) for the Bengwenyama platinum group metal (PGM) project, located on the eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, and all assays have been received. Eighty-two... →

Nestlé’s South African dairy farm, factory exemplifiers of group’s sustainability goals

24th June 2024 As Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate Nestlé’s seeks to reach its ambitious global target of waste-free operations and net-zero emissions by 2050, two of the group’s South African businesses – the Skimmelkrans dairy farm and the Mossel Bay dairy factory – stand as... →

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Skimmelkrans dairy farm

Linda Lourie appointed HyProMag USA advisory board director

24th June 2024 TSX-V-listed CoTec Holdings and Aim- and TSX-V-listed Mkango Resources have appointed Linda Lourie as an advisory board director for their joint venture (JV), HyProMag USA, effective June 24. Lourie is currently a principal with WestExec Advisors, the Washington Circle Advisory Group; a member of... →

Galileo to undertake Phase 3 drill programme at Zambian project

24th June 2024 Aim-listed Galileo Resources has decided to undertake a Phase 3 drill programme to validate its current view that near-surface copper/gold mineralisation occurs along the Shinganda fault splay over a strike length of potentially more than 4 km, offering scope for the development of a preliminary... →

Drilling programme at Orion’s Okiep project confirms high-grade potential

24th June 2024 JSE- and ASX-listed Orion Minerals has reported further “outstanding” assay results from the confirmation diamond drilling programme in the Flat Mines area at its Okiep copper project (OCP), in the Northern Cape, South Africa. The latest results add further momentum to Orion’s development... →

CEO and MD Errol Smart

MC Mining names interim MD, CEO

24th June 2024 Coal miner MC Mining has appointed nonexecutive director Christine He interim MD and CEO, with effect from July 1. This follows the earlier announcement that Godfrey Gomwe has resigned as MD and CEO of JSE-, Aim- and ASX-listed MC Mining, with effect from June 30. →

Godfrey Gomwe

Gemfields earns $68.7m in revenue from June ruby auction

19th June 2024 London-listed Gemfields Group recorded total auction revenues of $68.7-million from the June auction of mixed-quality rough rubies recovered from the Montepuez ruby mine, in Mozambique. The group reports that 94 of the 97 lots, comprising 217 044 ct, offered for sale in the June auction were sold... →

Latest Cesa survey highlights urgency of joint public, private effort on infrastructure

18th June 2024 Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) on Tuesday released its Bi-Annual Economic and Capacity Survey (BECS) findings, revealing a stark 22% decline from July to December of 23, marking the lowest level since 2019, at 32. The ongoing downturn persisted into early 2024, dropping further to 30... →

Chris Campbell

Diederichs becomes Predictive COO as firm bolsters management to support Guinea project progress

18th June 2024 ASX-listed Predictive Discovery has made several key appointments to further strengthen its board and management team, to support progress with the 5.38-million-ounce Bankan gold project in Guinea. Alberto Lavandeira joins as non-executive director, bringing more than 45 years of development and... →

Galantas’ Omagh trial stoping proves viability of mining method

18th June 2024 TSX-V-listed Galantas Gold has completed its trial stoping programme at the Cavanacaw gold mine at the Omagh project in county Tyrone, Northern Ireland. This programme has enhanced the company’s understanding of the mine development process and confirmed the viability of using a longhole mining... →

Global Atomic’s Niger project nearing financing from US development bank

18th June 2024 TSX-listed Global Atomic is on the verge of securing financing for the development of the Dasa uranium project in Niger. Among the approaches is a proposed $295-million debt financing led by a US development bank that is progressing towards approval. In addition to debt financing, Global Atomic... →

A rig at the Dasa project

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