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November 08, 2024

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Organised business embraces, with caveats, Climate Change Act

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Organised business embraces, with caveats, Climate Change Act

By: Tasneem BulbuliaWith climate change perceived as one of the critical challenges threatening the viability of businesses, infrastructure and natural ecosystems, industry bodies Minerals Council South Africa and Business Unity South Africa (Busa) have welcomed the gazetting of the Climate Change Act (CCA) into... →

First Word

Policymakers must be made to advance fuel cell electric vehicles without delay

By: Martin CreamerA call on policymakers to advance fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) alongside battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is a must in South Africa. European policymakers are being alerted to the urgent necessity of equal FCEV/BEV rollout as a climate priority. Our country is blessed with platinum group... →

News & Insight

African maritime transport showing good development

By: Rebecca CampbellAfrica has registered some impressive progress in the shipping sector, United Nations Trade and Development (Unctad) has reported, in its 'Review of Maritime Transport 2024'. From the first half of 2018 to the equivalent period last year, port calls in Africa by container ships increased by 20%.... →

Balancell moves into bigger, new factory, seeks strict regulations on imports

By: Irma VenterEnergy storage company Balancell has cut the ribbon on its new R80-million assembly plant in Ndabeni, Cape Town. The lithium ferro-phosphate battery assembler’s previous facility was limited to 250 MWh capacity a year, with the new operation scaled up to 1 GWh. →

Digital solutions service to mitigate auto-sector challenges launched

By: Natasha OdendaalA new digital solution service has been launched with the aim of mitigating some of the challenges the automotive sector has battled for years, including fraud, high costs and deteriorating consumer creditworthiness. Kredo Mobility, unveiled by industry veteran and Kredo Mobility founder and CEO... →

Experts weigh in on increasingly decentralised freight logistics model

By: Marleny ArnoldiAs government and the private sector work to accelerate reforms and improve efficiencies in the logistics sector, experts from a range of spheres have emphasised the importance of targeted investment and collaboration to ensure the sustainability and inclusivity of the economic growth that is... →

Ford seeing progress in southern corridor development, albeit slow – Hill

By: Irma VenterThe automotive industry is “definitely seeing progress” in its discussions with Transnet on developing the southern rail corridor between Gauteng and Gqeberha and Coega, in the Eastern Cape, says Ford Motor Company Africa president Neale Hill. Discussions on this project started in 2019 already. →

IPP sourcing tweaks to unlock 10 GW of renewables amid grid pressures and green industrialisation vision mulled

By: Terence CreamerThe South African government is considering far-reaching changes to the way public procurement of independent power producer (IPP) generation capacity is being carried out so as to accelerate deployments in a way that navigates the country’s prevailing grid constraints, while also creating the... →

Municipalities urged to take urgent action on pollution

By: Natasha OdendaalThe Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is urging municipalities to step up efforts to resolve pollution of South Africa’s rivers. Municipalities that are discharging raw sewerage into water courses need to take decisive action and tackle their municipal wastewater infrastructure challenges... →

Nissan is at work to make and sell more vehicles in South Africa – Klenkiewicz

By: Irma VenterNissan South Africa (SA) will see production drop to under 20 000 units this year, down from almost 25 000 units last year, but it is not the end of local assembly at the Rosslyn plant, says MD Maciej Klenkiewicz. The drop in production follows the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which railroaded... →

Surge in Q3 renewables registrations to 2GW may signal market shift from loadshedding to economics

By: Terence CreamerDespite welcome relief from loadshedding in South Africa, a total of 3.3 GW of renewable-energy projects were registered with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) this year, with more than 2 GW registered in the third quarter alone. Analysis conducted by Gaylor Montmasson-Clair,... →

‘Deep collaboration’ through regional value chains could unlock rapid African industrialisation

By: Terence CreamerThere is potential to catalyse rapid industrialisation in Africa by pursuing policies that actively leverage both existing demand and continental moves towards trade integration to increase the production of manufactured goods, a well-known industrial policy and automotive specialist has argued.... →

Editorial Insight

Private embrace

By: Terence CreamerBuilding much-needed public infrastructure and scaling up private sector participation in the delivery of such infrastructure emerged as the key theme of the first Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) of the Government of National Unity. The document includes a full chapter, Chapter 5,... →

Mining Weekly News

Anglo advancing copper, iron-ore, crop nutrients investment proposition

By: Martin CreamerDiversified mining company Anglo American said on Thursday that it is making “excellent” portfolio simplification progress to create an investment proposition focused on copper, premium iron-ore and crop nutrients assets. “This highly cash generative and much higher margin portfolio will offer... →

Commissioning of demo plant for Botswana battery-grade manganese project under way

By: Tasneem BulbuliaTSX-listed Giyani Metals, which is developing the K.Hill Battery-Grade manganese project, in Botswana, says the demo plant being manufactured in Johannesburg, South Africa, is now in the commissioning phase. Since the company’s last report in September, the steam boiler, plant air supply system... →

Cummins targets doubling of its Africa revenue by 2030

By: BloombergCummins aims to double its revenue from Africa by the end of the decade as the US engine and power generator maker capitalizes on demand to provide 300 million people on the continent with electricity. The growing gap between demand and supply for power will spur orders for the company’s product,... →

Harmony delivers gold recovery project with 30% of building work going to locals

By: Martin CreamerWith the streaming agreement between Franco-Nevada and Mine Waste Solutions (MWS) over, Harmony Gold will from now on benefit fully from the soaring gold price that is coinciding with the delivery on time and on budget of Phase 1 of the 15-year-life Kareerand tailings retreatment facility (TSF),... →

Pan African lists new instrument under JSE’s sustainability segment

By: Martin CreamerGold producer Pan African Resources on Monday announced the listing of a sustainability-linked instrument under the sustainability segment of the JSE. Following an oversubscribed bookbuild, Pan African Resources (PAR) Funding Company’s PARS03 notes worth R840-million will be listed under a... →

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