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Get the frack out of our land
[Nathi Olifant] Texas-based company Rhino Oil and Gas faced a barrage of angry questions and objections at a public hearing into fracking plans in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands... read


Energy
Communities to hear more about shale gas development
A team for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) on shale gas development will hold briefing sessions with communities in the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape as well as the Western Cape this week... read
Major step towards greater access to energy sources
The official opening of the International Electro-technical Commission Africa Regional Centre (IEC-AFRC) took place in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday, 2 November 2015... read
Markets
Glencore silver lining to raise cash as copper output slumps
Debt-laden mining and commodities giant Glencore is selling a share of its future silver output to help reduce its towering debt, as its copper production has taken a hit... read
Mining
Wits lecturer researches mine planning software
The development of mine planning software has evolved so fast that Wits University School of Mining Engineering lecturer, Dr Bekir Genc, decided to conduct his PhD on the topic... read
Nuclear Power
Why South Africa should not build eight new nuclear power stations

Hartmut Winkler

It has been an eventful year in South Africa, characterised by power cuts, parliamentary confrontations about wasteful expenditure and student fee protests. There has, however, been a massive elephant in the room that has impacted all these issues but enjoyed surprisingly scarce attention... read
Nuclear power plants will secure SA's energy future
In order to make environmental preservation a priority globally, there must be a move to eliminate the burning of fossil fuels... read
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