The Danish and South African governments are partnering on a project to map the wind resources of the coal region of Mpumalanga, where access to the grid for new renewables projects is less constrained and where initiatives are under way to explore alternative livelihoods for workers and communities who could be affected by coal mine [...]

A South African court temporarily blocked a deal between the nation’s state-owned logistics firm and a company owned by Filipino billionaire Enrique Razon to expand and run sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest container port after AP Moller-Maersk challenged the award. Maersk unit APM Terminals was among the unsuccessful bidders in a tender run last year by South Africa’s state-owned [...]

The key problems in implementing renewable energy in Africa (including South Africa) are regulatory, participants in a panel discussion at Africa Oil Week (AOW) reported, on Wednesday. AOW is being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The issues were not so much the amount of regulatory compliance needed but, what was often much [...]

The bulk earthworks phase of the Nyanza Light Metals plant to advance ilmenite up the value curve as titanium dioxide pigment (TiO2) has begun at the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. Nyanza will process ilmenite produced from the mining of heavy mineral sands, which are abundant in Africa, to [...]

A $21-billion increase over current investment levels is required to realise the off-grid potential of solar power to contribute to universal energy access, according to the latest ‘Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report’ (MTR) 2024, published on October 8 by the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) and the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association (Gogla).  The [...]

Ensuring the security of the country’s energy supplies and addressing energy poverty were objectives of the South African government, Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe told delegates at the Africa Oil Week 2024 conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on Tuesday. He was delivering the official welcoming address. The country needed a [...]

The contract route chosen to recover gold from the mine dumps of the West Rand’s Mogale City reduced the project by R300-million. In addition, the technical prowess of a Krugersdorp fabrication and erection company down the road took the carbon-in-leach (CIL) gold processing tanks out of the project’s critical path, and power supply infrastructure was [...]

South Africa’s overall emissions will reach their peak this year and will be followed by a downward trend that will culminate in the lowest emissions this decade in 2030, the draft first 'Biennial Transparency Report' (BTR) shows. The BTR, which was published by Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George on October 7 [...]

BMW Group South Africa’s (BMW SA’s) Rosslyn plant, in Tshwane, has started production of the fourth-generation BMW X3, following a R4.2-billion investment. It is the only facility in the BMW global production network to build the X3 as a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV).

TotalEnergies Angola MD Martin Deffontaines has reported that the company is driving new upstream programmes in the country, ranging from offshore exploration, to infill drilling, and greenfield projects. In an onstage interview with African Energy Chamber senior VP Verner Ayukegba during the recent Angola Oil and Gas conference and exhibition, Deffontaines discussed the company’s Kaminho [...]

South Africa is far behind in its work to transition to a carbon-neutral energy system by 2050, and the significant proposed electricity tariff increases being sought by State-owned Eskom, could lead to some businesses and industrial hubs being closed down, mining companies have warned. The companies have pointed out during discussions at this year's Joburg [...]

Eskom has been using diesel-fuelled auxiliary turbines extensively to stave off power cuts in South Africa following delays in restoring some generation capacity. The utility fired up the units after 2 685 megawatts of capacity failed to return to service on September 23 as planned, Eskom said in a reply to questions. “Additionally, higher-than-expected electricity [...]