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Sasol fire heightens South Africa’s dependence on fuel imports
By: Bloomberg 14th January 2025 A fire that shut Sasol’s Natref oil refinery leaves South Africa with only one crude-processing plant running, highlighting a growing reliance on... →
Smoggy Sasolburg illustrates conflict between economy and clean air
By: Reuters 17th December 2024 From the moment Mpho Putsoenyane's daughter Hlompho was born in Zamdela, a South African township beside the smokestacks and gas flares of Sasol's... →
South Africa back on investor radar screen, Roger Baxter reports 
By: Martin Creamer 14th November 2024 People are sitting up and taking notice of South Africa being very much back on the investment radar screen, Southern Palladium executive... →
SA: Gwede Mantashe: Address by Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mintek 90 Conference (11/11/2024)
12th November 2024 This is a momentous conference because we are not only celebrating the 90th anniversary of Mintek, but we have come together as stakeholders to... →
South Africa’s rising fuel imports cause supply shortage risk 
By: Bloomberg 14th October 2024 South Africa’s rapid switch to become a net importer of fuel creates supply risks requiring infrastructure to store and transport the fuel,... →
Battery manganese project begins in Mpumalanga, orders placed for long-lead items
By: Martin Creamer 1st October 2024 Manganese Metal Company (MMC) of Mbombela is on its way to becoming a Western world beater in the supply of high-purity manganese sulphate... →
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... →
Astron’s a terrific asset, ferrochrome’s helping world to decarbonise, says Glencore
By: Martin Creamer 8th August 2024 Astron Energy, which has successfully rebranded one of South Africa’s transport fuel forecourt networks, is described by Glencore CEO Gary Nagle as... →
