South Africa

South African Energy Crisis Adversely Affected Mining Industry, Admits President Ramaphosa

2023-02-13T16:47:35+00:00

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that the country's ongoing electricity crisis has had a significant and damaging impact on the mining industry, a crucial sector of the economy. He made the statement while speaking at the Investing in African Mining Indaba conference, where the Minerals Council of South Africa estimated that total mining volumes Read More

South African Energy Crisis Adversely Affected Mining Industry, Admits President Ramaphosa2023-02-13T16:47:35+00:00

South Africa’s Eskom Seeks To Avoid Power Blackouts By Polluting More

2023-02-13T16:46:28+00:00

Eskom, the South African state-owned utility and the world's largest sulfur dioxide (SO2) emitter, is seeking approval to release more of the pollutant linked to health issues such as heart attacks and asthma. The company has requested environmental clearance to bypass the flue-gas desulphurization (FGD) unit that removes SO2 from emissions at its Kusile coal-fired power Read More

South Africa’s Eskom Seeks To Avoid Power Blackouts By Polluting More2023-02-13T16:46:28+00:00

New 100MW Licensing Threshold To Unleash $3.8B Renewables Spend By South African Miners

2022-06-15T13:45:43+00:00

South African mining companies are likely to embark on renewable energy projects worth $3.8 billion in the near future to take advantage of the South African government’s landmark decision in 2021 to increase the licensing threshold for embedded generation projects from 1 MW to 100 MW. This outlay would encompass up to 3,900 MW of wind, Read More

New 100MW Licensing Threshold To Unleash $3.8B Renewables Spend By South African Miners2022-06-15T13:45:43+00:00

Africa And The Path To Zero Carbon

2022-02-02T17:11:02+00:00

Peter Drager, Head Of Development - Hybrid and Offgrid, juwi Renewable Energies, delved at length on the prospects for zero-carbon mining in Africa in an interview with Energy and Mines. There is no one-size-fits-all approach, Drager said, given the number of countries in the continent, their political structures and different strategies for electrification. However, Drager observed Read More

Africa And The Path To Zero Carbon2022-02-02T17:11:02+00:00

Pan African’s Solar Plants: Towards “Beyond Compliance” ESG

2022-01-31T15:08:41+00:00

Speaking to Energy and Mines, Cobus Loots, CEO, Pan African Resources said the company’s renewable energy initiatives would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance business sustainability through cost efficiencies, and cut production downtime due to grid disruptions. Pan African is a mid-tier gold producer with its operations in South Africa. The country’s industry is heavily dependent Read More

Pan African’s Solar Plants: Towards “Beyond Compliance” ESG2022-01-31T15:08:41+00:00

Gold Fields’ 40MW Solar PV Project At Gauteng Inches Closer To Approval

2021-02-09T13:34:27+00:00

Gold Fields Limited’s proposed 40 MW solar PV plant at its South Deep gold mining operation in Gauteng, South Africa may finally see the light of day. The electricity sub-committee of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), at its virtual meeting on February 5 recommended the company’s license application for approval by the Energy Read More

Gold Fields’ 40MW Solar PV Project At Gauteng Inches Closer To Approval2021-02-09T13:34:27+00:00

Bushveld Energy Selects Abengoa For A Solar Power Plant With Vanadium Flow Battery Storage

2020-12-03T15:32:03+00:00

Johannesburg-based Bushveld Energy has selected Abengoa, a Spanish multinational company in the infrastructure, energy, and water sectors, for the construction of a hybrid microgrid power plant at the Vametco Alloys mine in South Africa. The plant is an integrated power solution comprising a 3.5 MW solar photovoltaic plant and a battery energy storage system (BESS) that Read More

Bushveld Energy Selects Abengoa For A Solar Power Plant With Vanadium Flow Battery Storage2020-12-03T15:32:03+00:00

SA’s Energy Crisis: “Cut Red Tape, Bring Renewable Energy Online,” Demands Miners’ Body

2020-01-31T13:52:19+00:00

The Minerals Council South Africa, the apex body representing the country’s mining industry, made an impassioned plea to the government to address the country’s crippling power problems, pvmagazine reported. “At the forefront of the constraints on the economy, and on the mining industry, is the insecurity of power supply and its continuing rapidly escalating cost…Eskom is Read More

SA’s Energy Crisis: “Cut Red Tape, Bring Renewable Energy Online,” Demands Miners’ Body2020-01-31T13:52:19+00:00

Carbon Tax a Burden on South African Miners

2019-09-20T18:08:54+00:00

South Africa’s Minerals Council finds that the additional expense for miners from the new carbon tax could be as high as R5.5 billion annually. The council extrapolated this estimate from a survey of 18 companies. South Africa and a host of other countries implemented a Carbon Tax with effect from June 1, 2019. The tax is Read More

Carbon Tax a Burden on South African Miners2019-09-20T18:08:54+00:00

Hydrogen in mining – the missing piece of the energy puzzle

2019-09-03T05:16:05+00:00

Today we publish issue 6 of the Energy and Mines Magazine. Our main feature focuses on the uses and potential of Hydrogen in the mining industry. As solar panels and wind turbines become more commonplace on mines, hydrogen is poised to become the most talked about clean energy solution of the next decade. The article features Read More

Hydrogen in mining – the missing piece of the energy puzzle2019-09-03T05:16:05+00:00
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