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Sharp drop in SA power generation
Electricity generated by South Africa dropped by 3.3% for July compared to the same period last year, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday, 3 September... read more>>



Energy
Energy war room a success
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says the work of the war room set up to tackle the country's energy challenges has led to Eskom going for over 25 days without implementing load shedding... read more>>
Advantages of load-limiting programmes

Martin Vergunst

One of the most obvious advantages to smart metering platforms is the ability for household and business consumers to opt into load-limiting programmes with their electricity suppliers... read more>>
Markets
Oakbay banking on uranium rewards

Charlotte Mathews

Oakbay Resources & Energy is pinning its immediate future on a state-of-the-art uranium processing plant it picked up cheaply five years ago... read more>>
Sasol records earnings uptick but Heps down
Sasol announced on Monday, 7 September, that it increased earnings to R29.7bn from R29.6bn in the prior year in its full-year results for the year ended June 30 2015. read more>>
Mining
Gold mine industry must manage haemorrhage of jobs

Roger Dixon

As gold mining in South Africa heads into its sunset years, it is wishful to think that a 'silver bullet' such as mechanisation will create a sustainable future; rather, the industry's stakeholders should be squaring up to the formidable social and environmental challenges that the inevitable mine closures will bring... read more>>
Plan to save jobs in mining sector announced
Minister of Mineral Resources Ngoako Ramatlhodi has announced interventions aimed at saving jobs in the mining sector... read more>>
Construction of largest GRP tank completed
IWC's manufacturing facility in Isando, Johannesburg recently completed the construction of one of its largest ever glass-fibre reinforced plastics (GRP) tanks... read more>>
Have oil companies learnt anything from the Niger Delta crisis?

Jeremy Lind

Over the past decade, oil and gas exploration operations have multiplied across sub-Saharan Africa, often in remote areas far from political and commercial capitals... read more>>
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
Investment in sustainable energy SA's solution
A mind-shift towards sustainable energy solutions may have played a significant role in Eskom managing to provide an uninterrupted power supply for 18 consecutive days... read more>>
NERSA to hold renewable energy hearings
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) will hold public hearings on the renewable energy power plant license applications next week... read more>>
Introducing solar power in mining industry is complex
Cronimet Mining Power Solutions GmbH (CRMPS) has built a first photovoltaic (PV) diesel hybrid power plant in the MW-scale at its Thabazimbi chromium mine... read more>>
Biogas backpack revolutionises cooking in Ethiopia

Shamin Chibba

A small green revolution is taking place in Ethiopia and it comes in the form of a large gas-filled backpack... read more>>
Fact and fiction: solar power

Sven Lindström

Solar energy and the solar industry has exploded in the last decade, and is today an established and competitive renewable energy source... read more>>
Business
Save your bottom (line) with well-being

Linda Trim

Have you ever spent the day at work but never actually achieved anything? Have no fear, you are not alone. Due to poor workplace well-being, presenteeism is a phenomenon spreading far and wide across the globe... read more>>
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