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New US legislation providing strong platform for South32’s manganese push in Arizona 
By: Martin Creamer 17th February 2023 The new Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the US has improved the business case for producing manganese in that country. Well-established South... →
Evidence of alleged corruption against ANC eThekwini Municipality employees
14th February 2023 The DA in eThekwini calls on Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda to explain his involvement in the city defying a court interdict awarding a defective tender.... →
Committees briefed by Eskom on loadshedding solution
9th February 2023 The portfolio committees on Public Enterprises and on Mineral Resources and Energy, as well as the Select Committee on Public Enterprises and... →
Seriti Green raises need for Africa to appraise vanadium as electricity storage battery metal
By: Martin Creamer 3rd February 2023 Wind farm builder Seriti Green, which is planning substantial electricity storage capacity at its big renewable energy project in Mpumalanga, has... →
Eskom confirms diesel funding, outlines nuclear fuel options
By: Terence Creamer 2nd February 2023 Struggling power utility Eskom has confirmed that it has secured funding to pay for its diesel requirements for the remainder of the current... →
NECOM outlines plan for adding and recovering 8 800 MW in 2023 
By: Terence Creamer 31st January 2023 Initiatives being coordinated under the aegis of the National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM) will seek to add about 8 800 MW of capacity to the... →
DA’s SoD proposal was never intended to give the ANC government carte blanche
31st January 2023 The recommendation from the ANC, Cosatu and SACP that a national state of disaster be declared over Eskom comes about six months after President... →
Muddling problems and solutions
By: Terence Creamer 27th January 2023 South Africa’s power crisis is effectively death by a thousand cuts. It’s the consequence of decades of poor policy choices and inappropriate... →
