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Markets & Investment

Oil price hits 5-month low following Trump's tariff threats

Erwin Seba 13 Oct 2025

Deputy Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Phumzile Mgcina at the 2025 London Indaba. Image supplied.

Mining

#LondonIndaba: Phumzile Mgcina outlines SA’s Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy

25 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf Cabinet has approved the Critical Minerals Strategy

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Cabinet gives Critical Minerals Strategy the green light

15 May 2025

A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. Here’s how

Fuel & Energy

A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. Here’s how

Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Waqas Uzair, Yasir Arafat 26 Mar 2024

Mining

Gold rush for green: Africa poised to seize opportunity for clean technology leadership

NJ Ayuk 1 Jan 2024

Japan signs deal with Namibia to explore for rare earth minerals

Markets & Investment

Japan signs deal with Namibia to explore for rare earth minerals

Nyasha Nyaungwa 11 Aug 2023

Mantashe highlights critical role of geosciences community at industry summit

Science & Engineering

Mantashe highlights critical role of geosciences community at industry summit

25 Oct 2022

GWEC report says wind industry needs to be 10 times bigger by 2050

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

GWEC report says wind industry needs to be 10 times bigger by 2050

Sindy Peters 8 Apr 2022

Automotive execs remain optimistic about the industry's future, survey finds

Commercial & Industrial

Automotive execs remain optimistic about the industry's future, survey finds

1 Dec 2021

Zuneid Yousuf, chairman, African Green Resources.

Sustainability

Why the mining sector is vital to green industry

Zuneid Yousuf 17 Sep 2020

Image: Getty/Gallo

Mining

Recovery plan proposed for mining and energy

22 Jul 2020

A greener future for IT Asset Disposal

Hardware

A greener future for IT Asset Disposal

8 Jun 2020

Deep sea mining could impact negatively on the ocean's biodiversity. Image source: Getty/Gallo

Mining

Deep marine mining faces multiple challenges

17 Jan 2020

The digital economy's environmental footprint is threatening the planet

Climate Change

The digital economy's environmental footprint is threatening the planet

Raynold Wonder Alorse 9 Dec 2019

Klipheuwel Wind Farm

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Wind power is far more than just energy

17 Oct 2019

Wealth from waste - three ways pollution can be turned into something useful

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Wealth from waste - three ways pollution can be turned into something useful

Maria Sotenko 11 Apr 2019

The beneficiation of diamonds has brought great benefits to Botswana. Shutterstock

Mining

Beneficiation is touted as a silver bullet. Why it might not be

Wouter Bam & Karolien De Bruyne 14 Mar 2019

Three ways making a smartphone can harm the environment

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Three ways making a smartphone can harm the environment

Patrick Byrne and Karen Hudson-Edwards 29 Aug 2018

From cobalt to tungsten: how electric cars and smartphones are sparking a new kind of gold rush

Mining

From cobalt to tungsten: how electric cars and smartphones are sparking a new kind of gold rush

Hywel Jones 6 Aug 2018

The hidden carbon cost of everyday products

Climate Change

The hidden carbon cost of everyday products

Kai Whiting and Luis Gabriel Carmona 22 May 2018

The secondary cell phone market in 2016

Mobile

The secondary cell phone market in 2016

Jerry Nelson 6 Apr 2016

Spotlight falls on manufacturing

Manufacturing

Spotlight falls on manufacturing

18 Aug 2015

Novel patented hierarchical zeolite X made from fly ash. Leslie Petrik

Mining Resources

Science breaks new ground in converting coal ash from pollutant to useful products

Leslie Petrik 8 Jul 2015