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Ferrochrome benchmark price settles higher 
By: Martin Creamer 25th March 2024 The European benchmark ferrochrome price for the second quarter of this year has been settled at $1.52/lb, 5.6% up on the first three months of... →
Senegal to pick new leader as it gears up for energy boom
By: Bloomberg 22nd March 2024 After a tumultuous buildup, Senegalese will elect a new leader on Sunday to oversee one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and a nascent oil... →
Debt, climate change and economic transformation
By: Saliem Fakir 22nd March 2024 Debt is never free lunch, even if it is for the cause of climate change. Debt’s relation is defined by what the creditor demands as the rate of... →
Independent power producer body rejects an IRP that ‘plans to fail’ 
By: Terence Creamer 20th March 2024 The South African Independent Power Producer Association (SAIPPA) has added its voice to a growing chorus of opposition to the draft Integrated... →
SA: Paul Mashatile: Address by Deputy President, on the occasion of the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium 2024 Dinner (18/03/2024)
19th March 2024 The activities of the Symposium today have set the tone for government accountability as shown during the media briefing this afternoon, as well as... →
SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, at the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium, South Africa (SIDSSA) 2024, Century City Conference Centre, Cape Town (19/03/2024)
19th March 2024 It gives me great pleasure to speak at the 2024 Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium, which has become a valuable platform to enable... →
Ferrochrome producer Merafe cites green energy solutions as 2024 opportunity
By: Martin Creamer 18th March 2024 The Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture is exploring renewable energy projects to mitigate power shortages and power costs, Merafe Resources CEO Zanele... →
SAWEA wants IRP overhaul as it questions massively diminished role for wind in current draft
By: Terence Creamer 18th March 2024 The South African Wind Energy Association’s (SAWEA’s) formal response to the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023 (IRP 2023) questions both the... →
