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South Africa needs more nautical scientists and maritime engineers – if you love the sea these may be the careers for you
18th September 2024 When most people are asked to picture an engineer at work, they probably imagine a civil engineer in a hard hat at a construction site, a chemical... →
Platinum group metals can play essential decarb role beyond hydrogen – Heraeus 
By: Martin Creamer 17th September 2024 Platinum group metal (PGM) catalysis can play an essential decarbonising role beyond hydrogen generation, where its use in proton exchange membrane... →
South Africa: LAC confirms that conciliation is a necessary step when challenging the substantive fairness of retrenchments post-facilitation
17th September 2024 On 10 September 2024, the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) delivered a significant judgment in the case of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa... →
Stronger-than-ever feasibility thumbs up for R18bn platinum group metals project in Limpopo
By: Martin Creamer 16th September 2024 The latest independent definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project in Limpopo is even more emphatic on... →
Cluster mining model promising steady-state advantage for Copper 360
By: Martin Creamer 13th September 2024 Conventional mining typically focuses on a single large operation. In contrast, what is unfolding on South Africa’s Northern Cape Copper Belt is... →
South Africa’s green hydrogen hub: EU grants not nearly enough to get industry going
12th September 2024 South Africa is poised to become a major player in the global energy transition, thanks to its vast renewable energy resources (sun and wind) and... →
Transnet breaches loan terms again as debt weighs on investment
By: Bloomberg 11th September 2024 Transnet breached loan covenants for a second year running as the South African port and rail operator staggers under a debt burden that’s... →
Digging out of Africa’s debt crisis
By: In On Africa IOA 11th September 2024 Analysis in brief: Africa’s debt load has reached a crisis point. The repayment of monies borrowed to advance the development of African peoples is... →
