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South Africa's energy industry turns to gas
Seeking to reduce its dependence on coal-fired power, South Africa is shifting its energy mix toward natural gas and renewables... read


Energy
Parched days coming

Shaun Smillie

Nineteen years from now South Africa will be facing severe water shortages as demand outstrips supply despite planned government interventions, according to a study to be released today by the Institute for Security Studies... read
Environment & Natural Resources
Local anger is rising against South Africa's 'resource curse'

Patrick Bond

South African society's conflict with a mainstay of the country's corporate economy - resource extraction - is permanently on display in the platinum, gold and coalfields in the north and north-east of the country... read
Markets & Investment
Mineral asset valuations: sticking to the principles
Situations may call for non-compliant valuations to be carried out by mineral asset valuators.. read
Markets & Investment
A golden opportunity
Gold is trending again amid increasing concerns over the health of the global economy and the ability of central banks to engineer a recovery. read
Mining
AMCU loses long-running labour court battle
Labour court rules on AMCU collective bargaining dispute... read
Tanzanian pink diamond fetches $15m
A 32.33 ct exceptional pink diamond recovered in Tanzania, East Africa was sold for US$15 million... read
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
Renewable energy can reduce overall energy need of buildings
Rupesh Vaga, project engineer at EES Africa, says there are two main synergies which can be incorporated into modern building design to reduce the dependency of electrical generation on fossil fuels... read
Global investment in renewable energy on the increase
A report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) indicates that coal and gas-fired electricity generation last year drew less than half the record investment made in solar, wind and other renewables capacity - one of several important firsts for green energy... read
Turning Growthpoint green
Growthpoint Properties is now embarking on its largest rooftop solar installations yet... read
Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell: The car that's a power plant
Researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands engineered and installed an electrical outlet socket on a Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell Vehicle that converts... read
Science & Engineering
Hydrogen fuel cell prototype boosts Implats' green credentials
A R12m project has set the stage for building a sustainable fuel cell industry in South Africa... read
Business
Suffering from busylepsy?

Naseem Javed

When was the last time you heard a senior executive say "I'm just too busy?" The claims of being too busy are primarily an admittance to suffering from 'busylepsy'... read
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