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November 29, 2024

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Coal ash liability can be asset for multiple industries

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Coal ash liability can be asset for multiple industries

By: Marleny ArnoldiWhile State-owned electricity utility Eskom produces more than 34-million tons of coal ash a year, only 7% to 10% is beneficiated, with the remaining material accumulating in dumps scattered across Gauteng, the Free State and Mpumalanga, where it poses a significant environmental threat. The... →

First Word

South Africa is duty-bound to win back lost ferrochrome market share

By: Martin CreamerSouth Africa’s private sector once ruled the ferrochrome industry very convincingly, and rightly so, given this country’s chrome endowment and the major success it achieved in adding much value to that endowment. Then along came the totally unacceptable rise of electricity tariffs by errant... →

News & Insight

Africa’s mobile network operators seek renewable energy for connectivity

By: Natasha OdendaalAs Africa embraces the digital age, and demand for robust, reliable digital connectivity rapidly increases, the continent’s energy challenges are negatively affecting mobile network operators and their customers. Despite an abundance of renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind and... →

Energy council calls for overhaul of public IPP procurement model

By: Terence CreamerThe Energy Council of South Africa has called for an overhaul of the way government procures new electricity generation and storage capacity from independent power producers (IPPs), describing the current model as outdated. Addressing the Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy, CEO James... →

First hot-rolled coil produced at Scaw’s new R5bn mill

By: Terence CreamerThe first hot-rolled coil (HRC) has been produced at Scaw Metals’ Union Junction complex in Ekurhuleni, heralding the reintroduction of competition into South Africa’s flat-steel market. The R5-billion steel investment, which has been 75% funded by Absa and Investec and 25% funded by the... →

Johannesburg Planetarium relaunches as Wits Anglo American Digital Dome

By: Sabrina JardimThe University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), in partnership with diversified mining company Anglo American, have relaunched the old Johannesburg Planetarium as the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, after major refurbishments. Wits has noted that the new Digital Dome is the largest of its kind in... →

Public Works to blacklist ‘criminal’ contractors as delayed projects soar to R3-billion

By: Irma VenterOut of the 206 infrastructure projects overseen by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) this financial year, 164 are experiencing delays, says Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson. Addressing Parliament this month, he said this represented a 79% delay rate... →

Repair work starts on Lesotho Highlands Water Project tunnel

By: Natasha OdendaalProgress is being made on the maintenance and repair of the Lesotho Highlands water tunnel, which was shut down more than a month ago to undertake the critical work that will ensure the infrastructure’s longevity. Since the total shutdown on October 1 for six months, the tunnel, which transfers a... →

Rethinking of training for energy transition urged

By: Rebecca CampbellSouth Africa has to focus on developing top-level human resources in order to ensure that the country minimises mistakes and project failures during the just energy transition (JET). So cautioned South African specialist consultancy Idea 2 Business systems engineering solutions adviser Dr Harry... →

Teraco to build 40 MW data centre at Isando Campus

By: Schalk BurgerData centre and information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure company Teraco has started building a new 40 MW hyperscale data centre at its Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. The facility, known as JB7, is currently scheduled for completion in 2026 and will incorporate the... →

Volkswagen rolls out electric tractors in Rwanda

By: Irma VenterVolkswagen Group Africa (VWA) has announced the start of operations of a modern farming pilot project in Gashora, Rwanda, that will see the roll-out of specially developed VW-badged electric tractors (e-tractors) for use by farmers in the area. The GenFarm Project aims to facilitate... →

Editorial Insight

From crisis to . . .

By: Terence CreamerIt was fascinating to listen to Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati outline, in a recent exchange with the Centre for Development and Enterprises’ Ann Bernstein, why he believed the latest turnaround campaign at Eskom had delivered where others had failed. Government’s financial and political support,... →

Mining Weekly News

South Africa has impressively low battery manganese incentive price, Mintek@90 hears

By: Martin CreamerSouth Africa’s current process of dissolving the world’s purest manganese metal to make battery grade manganese has got the lowest incentive price of any of the new, non-Chinese high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate suppliers, or future suppliers, the Mintek@90 conference heard on Monday.... →

South32’s manganese rail infrastructure upgraded

By: Darren ParkerMultidisciplinary professional firm WSP has completed a comprehensive upgrade of diversified miner South32’s manganese rail infrastructure in the Northern Cape. The project was carried out by WPS’s Project Raptor team, which forms part of the company’s Transport and Infrastructure (T&I) division. →

Why gold equities are continuing to underperform the gold price

By: Martin CreamerWhy is it that gold equities are continuing to underperform the gold price? That is a question Mining Weekly put to Barrick president and CEO Dr Mark Bristow after he noted the lag of gold equities during the presentation of the third-quarter results of his New York- and Toronto-listed gold and... →

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