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BRICS energy cooperation: Why Russia and South Africa still need each other
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 28th February 2019 While the controversial $76-billion nuclear energy deal between South Africa and Russia is off the cards, the country — and by extension, the... →
Coal capped at 150 Mt/y – Glencore 
By: Martin Creamer 20th February 2019 Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore has capped its coal capacity at 150-million tonnes of coal a year, a figure that it is close to... →
AfDB optimistic about Eskom’s turnaround prospects
By: Terence Creamer 19th February 2019 The African Development Bank (AfDB), which has extended billions of rands in loans to Eskom, says it is optimistic the actions being taken to... →
South32 finalising preferred list of coal mine bidders
By: Martin Creamer 14th February 2019 The complete preferred list of bidders for South32’s energy coal interests is still being finalised, South32 CEO Graham Kerr told Mining Weekly... →
Barrick’s Loulo gold mine going solar
By: Martin Creamer 14th February 2019 As part of its cost-reduction me and drive to manage its carbon footprint, the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine is to install a 24 MW off-grid solar hybrid... →
Advancing Renewables in Developing Countries: Progress of projects supported through the IRENA/ADFD Project Facility
14th February 2019 The IRENA/ADFD Project Facility represents a partnership between the two key organisations to promote renewable energy in developing countries.... →
Eskom: Eskom is currently loadshedding and the risk of Stage 1 rotational loadshedding remains high over the weekend
30th November 2018 While Eskom is currently implementing Stage 2 loadshedding and despite demand being generally lower over the weekend, the probability of... →
Randgold/Barrick merger giving gold mining investment new attraction
By: Martin Creamer 6th November 2018 During gold mining’s years of prosperity, the industry was able to harvest and feed off itself. But in recent years, it has lost $100-billion worth... →
