Commentary
Lifting the Lid On Ghana’s Illegal Small-scale Mining Problem
By Gabriel Botchwey and Gordon Crawford Small-scale gold mining in what is modern day Ghana can be traced as far...
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What Lies Ahead For Miners
The world is changing and miners in many instances need to adapt their practices and product offering just to stay...
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Hydropedology Focus Added To water Use Licence Consideration
Growing awareness around the importance of wetlands is leading the Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation (DHSWS) to request specialist hydropedological studies from...
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A Shifting Insurance Focus To Large-scale Renewable Energy Projects
Across the continent and including South Africa, the majority of large-scale construction projects for infrastructure and renewable energy plants are...
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Methane Emissions Spike: Natural Gas Production, Fracking and Agriculture – Is One The Main Culprit?
The level of methane in the atmosphere has risen dramatically in the last decade – and climate scientists are worried....
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5 Largest Cobalt Mines in the World
By Priscila Barrera In the past few years, interest in cobalt has increased due to its use in lithium-ion batteries used...
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A cyberattack Could Wreak Destruction Comparable To a Nuclear Weapon
People around the world may be worried about nuclear tensions rising, but I think they’re missing the fact that a...
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Top 10 Oil-producing Countries
By Georgia Williams Oil prices remain far from the highs they saw in 2008, but have rebounded a great deal since 2016,...
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Will Trump Bring Back the Gold Standard?
By Nicole Rashotte The gold standard hasn’t been used in the US since the 1970s, but in the last several years there’s...
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Man-made Disaster: Half of Cybersecurity Incidents In Industrial Networks Happen Due To Employee Errors
Despite automation, the human factor can still put industrial processes at risk: employee errors or unintentional actions were behind 52%...
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