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Unleashing Africa's full power potential
[Webb Meko] South Africa and Africa's largely untapped natural gas supply could lead to radical transformation of the continent... read


BizTrends 2016
The ins and outs for energy in 2016

Sindy Peters

Prices are going up, the nuclear deal's going down, natural gas wants in, renewables are certainly not out, and lithium-ion batteries are here to stay. These are some of the trends in the energy sector for 2016... read
Energy efficiency in the mining industry

Professor Jan du Plessis

The current state of the mining industry can only be described as an industry in distress. The continuous spiral of lowering commodity prices with the combined steep mining inflation has put many mining operations at the risk of closing down... read
Shifting towards e-mobility

Hiten Parmar

Global statistics reveal that world populations have grown exponentially, but have the supporting services and infrastructure grown in proportion to cater for this? The answer is no... read
Year of radical innovation in built environment

Alta Schoultz

Much of our modern life is rooted in the way we have designed our cities... read


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Markets
Nigeria minister sees emergency OPEC meeting in March
Nigerian oil minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said on Tuesday, 12 January, that he expects an extraordinary meeting of the OPEC oil cartel in "early March" to address nosediving crude prices... read
Mining
CSIR student researcher detects sinkhole in Pretoria
A student researcher at the CSIR recently detected a formation of a sinkhole in Centurion, Pretoria, using technology named Azimuth... read
NUM, Msobo Coal in talks to resolve strike over lay-offs

Siseko Njobeni

NUM, the Department of Mineral Resources and Msobo Coal are set to meet to resolve a dispute at Msobo that has seen NUM members embark on a strike... read
De Beers tackles Asian firm over use of synthetic diamond patent

Allan Seccombe

De Beers has launched legal action against IIa (pronounced two-a), a Singapore firm, alleging patent infringement in the making of synthetic diamonds... read
Anglo American sells Tarmac Middle East interests to Colas
Anglo American has sold its interests in the operating joint venture entities to Colas Moyen Orient SAS (Colas), a subsidiary of Colas SA... read
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
Renusol partners with Lumax Energy
Renusol, a German photovoltaic (PV) mounting systems manufacturer, has partnered with South African wholesaler Lumax Energy, who will now sell Renusol's entire product portfolio... read
Africa
Nigeria needs investment to increase its renewable energy output

Ademola Adenle

Energy remains one of the main constraints for economic growth in Nigeria. The lack of reliable access and irregular power supply is a persistent problem affecting businesses across the country. It also discourages foreign investors... read
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Business
Branding lessons learned from religion (Part 2)

Jimmy Tembo

We went through part 1 of this article without defining branding... read
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