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High hopes for potentially game-changing technology at platinum group metal mines 
By: Martin Creamer 2nd July 2024 Development of an innovative new mining method for narrow tabular steep dipping orebodies has reached an advanced stage after four years of effort.... →
South African Communist Party Central Committee statement
1st July 2024 The South African Communist Party Central Committee convened its regular, once-every-four-months plenary from Friday to Sunday, 28 to 30 June 2024,... →
Terror attacks and kidnappings spread in Nigeria: why Lagos could be a target
26th June 2024 Crimes that were previously associated with Nigeria’s northern region – like kidnapping for ransom and terrorism – appear to be spreading to the... →
Defusing CBAM
By: Terence Creamer 21st June 2024 South Africa is strenuously opposing the European Union’s (EU’s) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) that, under its evolving design and... →
Green copper, vapour refining envisaged at Orion’s Northern Cape base metals mines
By: Martin Creamer 20th June 2024 Green copper and clean smelting and refining are envisaged at Orion Minerals’ quickly advancing base metals mines in South Africa’s well-endowed... →
Biodiversity finance in Namibia
20th June 2024 Namibia’s extraordinary biodiversity brings great potential to generate revenue for tourism, creating incentives for conservation and resource... →
Cutting new cabinet down to size is crucial
18th June 2024 The composition and size of the next cabinet is going to be critical to determining whether the next government succeeds. Its task will be mammoth:... →
Eskom targets JETP funds and partnerships for 2 GW clean-energy pipeline
By: Terence Creamer 14th June 2024 Having recently confirmed a decoupling of its just energy transition strategy from the decommissioning of its coal-fired power stations, Eskom is... →
