• Mitigating factors

    Mitigating factors

    South African coal producer Thungela Resources is partnering with the Council of Geosciences to research ways to address and reduce emissions from burning thermal coal. The organisations have signed a… Read more

    Hot stuff

    Hot stuff

    Kenya is sharing its geothermal knowhow with Malawi. Kenya’s smaller neighbour, which is also located on the East Africa Rift system, is said to have geothermal potential of 200 MW, reports… Read more

    New horizons

    New horizons

    South Africa’s green hydrogen ambitions been given boost to the tune of almost ZAR500 million. Businesstech reports that the European Union (EU), as part of a bigger ZAR630 million grant package,… Read more

    Iron supplement

    Iron supplement

    South Africa’s Kumba Iron Ore has given the nod to an extra investment of ZAR7.6 billion in upgrading its ore processing plant at Sishen. The total now earmarked for installing ultra-high… Read more

    Trading tracks

    Trading tracks

    China is to rehabilitate one of Africa’s oldest railways – the 1 860 km Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority line (TAZARA). Although China made the proposal in March to refurbish the line,… Read more