Henry Lazenby
Henry Lazenby is Creamer Media Sr Deputy Editor: North America for Mining Weekly.
Tel: +27 11 622 3744 / +1 647 352 1305
Email: newsdesk@engineeringnews.co.za / henry@miningweekly.com
Eskom’s excess generation capacity builds as Kusile Unit 1 ties-in to national grid
28th December 2016 South Africa’s electricity utility Eskom has connected the first power-generating unit of the new Kusile coal-fired power station, in Mpumalanga;... →
Burkina Faso miners report ‘business as usual’ following military coup, violent protests
17th September 2015 Canadian gold miners reported on Thursday that their respective operations were at this stage unaffected by the latest wave of political unrest to... →
Barrick Gold to suspend Lumwana copper ops after Zambia passes new royalty law
18th December 2014 Canada’s Barrick Gold Corp will suspend operations at its Lumwana copper mine, in Zambia’s Northwestern province, after the country enacted... →
Mining ops continue unfettered despite Burkina Faso civil unrest
31st October 2014 Canadian gold miners with operations in Burkina Faso on Thursday said despite the declared state of emergency, their operations were continuing... →
Six Cronimet projects progress to next South African IPP round
10th March 2014 Mining and energy solutions firm Cronimet Mining were recently selected to proceed to the next round of approval for independent power producers... →
SA Deputy Minerals Minister defends MPRDA revision at PDAC
5th March 2013 South Africa’s Deputy Minister for Mineral Resources Godfrey Oliphant has defended the current review of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources... →
CAR rebels halt advance, agree to peace talks
3rd January 2013 Rebels in Central African Republic (CAR) said they had halted their advance on the capital on Wednesday and agreed to start peace talks, averting a... →
Adcorp says March employment up, union membership down
10th April 2012 A total of 108 826 new jobs were created in South Africa in March, an increase from the 24 000 jobs created in February and 80 000 jobs created in... →
Zuma announces R2.5bn for FET colleges
4th April 2012 The National Skills Fund and the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) are to allocate R2.5-billion towards the refurbishment and... →
DoE initiates fuel price review, urges motorists to be efficient
3rd April 2012 Department of Energy (DoE) chief director for hydrocarbons Muzi Mkhize said on Tuesday that the department was reviewing how South Africa... →
City of Johannesburg tables development plan
29th March 2012 The City of Johannesburg on Thursday tabled its Integrated Development Plan (IDP) and Flagship Programmes for the next five years to the city... →
Africa starting to attract private equity investment beyond SA’s borders
20th March 2012 Opportunities for private equity (PE) investments beyond South Africa’s borders were starting to attract more interest from investors, Ernst &... →
Special economic zones risky, says FMF’s Louw
19th March 2012 The Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI’s) initiative to create special economic zones (SEZs) may potentially provide significant and sustained... →
Public comment invited on plan to enlarge five national parks
8th March 2012 Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has gazetted a declaration that sections of adjoining land become part of five South African... →
Secondary Gauteng roads to bear the brunt of freeway tolling
6th March 2012 Secondary roads in Gauteng will bear the brunt of motorists trying to avoid paying toll fees on the highways, members of the South African... →
Determining carbon tax rate a fine balancing act – Treasury
29th February 2012 Determining the correct rate for a carbon tax in South Africa is a fine balancing act, National Treasury deputy director-general Ismail Momoniat... →
Too much debt set to remain a global concern for years to come
28th February 2012 It is ‘business unusual’ across the globe as economic parameters are out of the normal range of growth and expectations, economic analyst UBS head... →
Zuma unveils plans for new heritage projects
10th February 2012 South Africa would proceed with, and undertake a number of new heritage projects this year, including new museums and centres in memory of South... →
Skills projects could be better aligned with workplace demand
9th February 2012 South Africa is in need of increased high-level integration of the country’s multiple programmes, policies and strategies to better align skills... →
Most urban South Africans confident about the safety of tap water
6th February 2012 Most South Africans living in urban areas believe that their tap water is safe to drink, a study commissioned by the Water Research Commission... →
Gauteng to build 79 new schools, refurbish existing ones
2nd February 2012 The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is seeking expressions of interest from building contractors for the construction of 79 new schools and... →
Policy decisions hamper economic growth
25th January 2012 South Africa's economic policy choices were failing to deliver the economic growth and development required to deal with the country’s high levels... →
Amid global uncertainty Africa needs to seize emerging opportunities
19th January 2012 There is renewed and growing investor interest in Africa, which is poised to continue to grow, despite the turmoil being caused by the eurozone... →
Tyre recycling plan unsustainable, jobs potential overestimated
18th January 2012 Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has overestimated the number of jobs that can be created through the new tyre recycling... →
Minister Molewa unveils plan to deal with waste tyres
17th January 2012 A levy of R2.30/kg would be introduced on new tyres manufactured in or imported into South Africa from February 1 to pay for the collection and... →
Eskom says performance of power stations improving
16th January 2012 State-owned power utility Eskom on Monday reported that it continued to make progress with its maintenance programme, and that the performance of... →
Energy intensive users prepared to reduce demand
10th January 2012 Power utility Eskom’s biggest industrial customers, mainly mining and manufacturing companies, on Tuesday indicated that they would scale down... →
Universities fail to produce enough graduates in business-oriented fields
10th January 2012 South African tertiary institutions are failing to produce enough graduates in business-oriented fields, staffing solutions company Adcorp said on... →
Ecsa seeks to improve engineering graduate output
10th January 2012 Despite an improvement in the 2011 matric results, the Engineering Council of South Africa (Ecsa) has again warned that the country was not... →
Census data processing to start in January
12th December 2011 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has trained about 880 people to deal with a new methodology to capture the data from the Census 2011... →
More involvement from SA bosses cultivates success
7th December 2011 South Africa’s employers have received a mixed report card, with slightly less than half of all survey respondents of the Kelly Global Workforce... →
Gauteng has the highest OECD metro-region unemployment rate
30th November 2011 At 26.0% in the first quarter this year, the Gauteng city-region has the highest unemployment rate among about twenty metropolitan territories... →
Municipal infrastructure agency to help accelerate service delivery
25th November 2011 A new Municipal Infrastructure Support Agency (Misa) would be established next month to accelerate service delivery and enhance capacity among... →
Fund approves R352m for job-creation projects
9th November 2011 The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) said this week that the Jobs Fund investment committee has approved R352-million in cofunding for... →
Less talk, more action needed on corruption – Minister
21st October 2011 Government and the private sector must rise above strategising and planning and start to soil their hands in the fight against corruption, Public... →
South Sudan becomes ITU's 193rd member state
5th October 2011 The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced on Wednesday that the world’s youngest country, South Sudan, has joined the United... →
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