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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... →
Information Regulator SA signs MOU with Eswatini Communications Commission
20th June 2024 Earlier today, 19 June 2024, the Information Regulator (IR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with delegates from the Eswatini... →
City of Tshwane pushing ahead with plan to procure 1 000 MW by 2026
By: Terence Creamer 19th June 2024 The City of Tshwane is signalling its intention to proceed with plans to procure and/or revive 1 000 MW of electricity generation capacity by 2026... →
Fast-greening Richards Bay Minerals now eyeing on-site renewables, storage, aggregation
By: Martin Creamer 19th June 2024 Energy-intensive Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), which consumes an average of 1.8 terawatts of power a year, was able to secure its latest 140 MW wind... →
Only 40% of developing-country utilities are financially sustainable, World Bank warns
By: Schalk Burger 19th June 2024 The majority of electric utilities in developing countries are ill-equipped to meet growing demand for power and add more renewable energy into the... →
AI can make African elections more efficient – but trust must be built and proper rules put in place
18th June 2024 Time magazine has dubbed 2024 a “super election year”. An astonishing 4-billion people are eligible to vote in countries across the world this... →
De-risking vaccine production in Africa presents substantial challenges, but not insurmountable
18th June 2024 Several public and private stakeholders in our healthcare sector were shocked to learn of Moderna’s decision to abandon its plans to establish a... →
Rampant cobalt smuggling and corruption deny billions to DRC
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th June 2024 The country’s extractive reform strategy doesn’t address the impact of illegal cobalt mining on people, the environment and the economy. The... →