Minister of Mineral Resources, Gwede Mantashe, says Total’s significant gas discovery in the Outeniqua Basin off the southern coast of South Africa represents an exciting time for South Africa. The French oil and gas company announced on Thursday...
The Kathu Solar Park, one of South Africa’s largest renewable energy projects, has officially gone live with developers ENGIE announcing commercial operation. The 100 MW Greenfield Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project will provide clean and...
A new study has found that the digitisation of engineering processes can help businesses save on capital expenditure but also operational expenditure. The report, which was revealed by Schneider Electric, presents concrete evidence of the power of...
Intermittent storms in parts of South Africa have stabilised dam levels keeping them at a national average of 62.5%. This is according to the latest weekly report issued by Department of Water and Sanitation. The report shows that the country’s...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Messe Muenchen South Africa, organisers of IFAT Africa, to collaborate on the 2019 exhibition and conference. The event, which gathers...
Energy Minister Jeff Radebe has urged the mining industry to adopt energy efficient activities on its journey towards sustainability. Speaking at the Investing in African Mining Indaba at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Wednesday,...
A new study has found that it is possible to neutralize the dangerous climate effects associated with the phenomenon of rapidly thawing permafrost. With the Arctic warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet the threat presented by the rapid...
Four young agricultural engineers are set to add their expertise to the Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development Department in the North West as part of a drive to improve and strengthen agricultural engineering services in the province. The...
A consortium of local and international banks has granted Eskom a R15 billion loan facility. The government guaranteed facility will form part of the financing of Eskom’s current capital expenditure programme. The power utility’s Group Chief...
The third quarter of 2018 was a challenging one for plant equipment sales recording a decline of just 21 units over last year’s figure of 1455 machines sold. Lawrence Peters, chairman of the Construction and Mining Equipment Suppliers Association...
