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SA must embrace energy management as a strategic imperative
Corporate South Africa has both the incentive and responsibility to embrace energy management as a strategic imperative... read more>>



Mining & Energy
Save the date: BizTrends 2015 Imbizo Johannesburg

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A stellar line-up of industry leaders will discuss current trends in the marketing communications industry, as well as do some crystal ball gazing for 2016 at Bizcommunity.com's special trend event on 17 September at the Sandton Convention Centre... read more>>
Energy
Gas-to-power projects in spotlight at investors' briefing
Delta Natural Gas (DNG) will be the forum sponsor of the South Africa: Gas Options (SA:GO) investors' briefing to be hosted by EnergyNet... read more>>
Now chair quits embattled PetroSA

Samuel Mungadze

The interim chairwoman of the board of state oil company PetroSA has quit, plunging it further into chaos after it suspended two executive directors last month... read more>>
Building sustainable relationships key to Ver-Bolt's success
Trevor Nienaber, owner of Ver-Bolt, says one of the biggest lessons he has learned since helping establish the company in 1980, is that maintaining and nurturing relationships with customers and suppliers is the best way to create a sustainable business model... read more>>
Markets
Competitiveness depends on innovation and technology
Innovation and technology are game changers in the mining sector. Minimising risks means maintaining production and reducing lost-time incidents... read more>>
Mining Resources
Steelpoort shows economic logic of violent protests
For a long time, the African National Congress (ANC) government has claimed to be the buffer between the rich and the poor... read more>>
SA mineral riches traced to ancient volcanoes
South Africa's extensive bounty of valuable minerals can be traced to ancient super volcanoes, according to a researcher. read more>>
Sustainability
Why local content in Africa's extractive sector won't work without home grown human capital

Akanimo Odon

Significant investments have been poured into the development and growth of the extractive industry in Africa. But there is a disconnect between the industry and institutions of higher education... read more>>
Africa
As desert encroaches, Niger turns to natural gas
Threatened by the advance of a desert that already covers two-thirds of Niger, the poor Sahel nation hopes to halt rapid deforestation by promoting natural gas... read more>>
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Tips for saving on your mobile bill
Have you ever had the feeling that you were paying too much for your mobile contract but that you didn't know how to fix it? read more>>
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