South Africa

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) led by Minister Gwede Mantashe has announced that it continues to interact with all energy and mining sector role players during the...

Transnet declared force majeure on July 12th 2021 saying that it was discontinuing terminal operations in the port of Durban and Richards Bay. The South African logistics company said their...

The Solid Waste Department’s Landfill Gas Extraction and Utilisation Project, currently in operation at the Coastal Park landfill, has earned the first carbon credits from the UN-approved Clean Development Mechanism...

Portia Derby, the chief executive of state-owned rail, port and pipeline company Transnet, has confirmed the plan to include the port of Richards Bay in supporting Transnet’s natural gas strategy,...

South Africa’s Deputy President David Mabuza has confirmed that Eskom’s Medupi Power Station in Limpopo will be fully operational by end of this year. According to DP Mabuza, plans are...

The Kusile Power Station in South Africa is set to be operational by 2023, the Deputy President David Mabuza has confirmed. Mabuza was accompanied by a ministerial task team, including Mineral...

Drought and other water-related risks have in recent years threatened the sustainability of South African businesses, demanding they take a strategic and systemic approach to their water needs and sources....

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s (DMRE) has announced the opening of Bid Window 5 of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), which will procure a...

By Paul Burkhardt  JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has doubled emission limits for sulfur dioxide pollution that will come into effect April 1 at a time when there is growing concern...

By Adéle de Jager, Tax Executive, Bowmans During the 21-day lockdown period, mining operations in South Africa will scale down significantly. The effect on deep-level mines will probably be most...