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The Expanded Brics Can Be a Force to Be Reckoned With in Shaping a New World Energy Order
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 27th September 2023 The Brics+6, consisting of six of the world's top oil producers and four of the world's top natural gas producers, will play a key role in... →
From Russia, with little to show for it 
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th August 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin was hoping for a record turnout of African leaders at the second Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg last week... →
Platinum-based hydrogen production is in competitive upscale mode, Heraeus’ Walter reports 
By: Martin Creamer 20th April 2023 Platinum group metals- (PGM-) based proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis is a competitive technology in upscale mode and is making its mark... →
Critical metals for low-carbon economy being studied across 12 universities
By: Martin Creamer 30th March 2023 A consortium across a dozen South African universities has the spotlight on critical metals for a low-carbon future. At a time when the mining... →
Platinum group metals can add million South African jobs plus R8-trillion to economy
By: Martin Creamer 28th March 2023 Collaborative marketing of platinum group metals (PGMs) has the potential to add a million more South African jobs and contribute R8-trillion more... →
Equatorial Guinea Appoints Antonio Oburu Ondo as Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons; Gabriel Obiang Lima Moves to Minister of Finance, Economy and Planning
3rd February 2023 In a recent cabinet shuffle, Equatorial Guinea’s President, H.E. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has appointed Antonio Oburu Ondo, former Managing... →
Burning waste must end: African leaders look to recycling for better health and value
11th November 2022 When African environment ministers met in Senegal in mid-September, they made one of the most important decisions in the history of waste... →
Africa should take the driving seat in its China dealings
12th October 2022 ‘China narratives in Western liberal democracies are not mainstream in the rest of the world.’ This is one of the takeaways from a new report by... →
