Tag: Extractive industries

This Trade Update focuses on Algeria, Egypt and Mauritania’s (AEM) industrialisation approach and highlights key sectors and drivers of these countries’ industrialisation effor...

Stats SA budget reinforces commitment to country development (SAnews) Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says as government commences with the work of the seventh adm...

Unpacking South Africa’s trade priorities under GNU (CNBC Africa) South Africa’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Competition is undergoing a significant transition as the rul...

As the drive to achieve net zero intensifies, the demand for critical minerals, essential inputs in many low-carbon technologies, is expected to grow exponentially. The global ener...

SAA to add 64% new destinations as it rebuilds (Engineering News) South African Airways (SAA) plans to add 64% new destinations from its hub in Johannesburg by the end of April as...

TotalEnergies plans to exit South African offshore gas finds (Engineering News) TotalEnergies plans to exit its discoveries of gas-condensate off the tip of South Africa to priori...

Namibia’s audacious plan to become a global green hydrogen hub (Engineering News) From modest beginnings, Namibia is banking on a whole new supply chain taking shape — from th...

ONE’s newest vessel unloads, loads containers in Durban (Engineering News) Container and shipping company Ocean Network Express’ (ONE’s) newest vessel Recommendation exchang...

The western Sahel state of Mauritania features on both the United Nations list of Least Developed Countries and the US-based Fund for Peace’s Fragile States Index. Yet it is both...

Algeria is a surprise major beneficiary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The invasion by Vladimir Putin’s government saw European countries scrambling to reduc...

Gas still has a crucial role to play in South Africa’s energy mix (Engineering News) Gas has an important role to play in South Africa’s energy transition journey, Kearney par...

Minerals Council, Geoscience, IDC going all out to boost South African exploration (Engineering News) A collective effort was apparent on Friday when Minerals Council South Africa...

Kenya, Uganda to extend oil pipeline from Eldoret to Kampala (The East African) Kenya and Uganda have agreed to jointly extend the oil pipeline from Eldoret to Uganda in a deal th...

South Africa may curb Shell’s oil exploration over gas-pump exit (Engineering News) South Africa’s energy ministry signaled it may grant fewer oil exploration permits to Shell...

Shell confirms plan to divest from SA downstream operations (Daily Maverick) “Shell has decided to reshape the Downstream portfolio and intends to divest our shareholding in She...

NCOP approves Climate Change Bill (Engineering News) The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has approved the Climate Change Bill. “The Climate Change Bill will provide th...

US official announces business partnership with Kenya (Voice of America) About 1,300 delegates and 400 companies participated in the fourth American Chamber of Commerce summit in ...

South African fossil fuel subsidies hit record R118bn in 2023 (Engineering News) A new study has found that South Africa’s fossil fuel subsidies tripled between 2018 and 2023, r...

BLSA calls for immediate reworking of IRP, describing assumptions as ‘spurious’ (Engineering News) Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), whose members include the largest d...

Infrastructure investment central to achievement of SA’s development goals (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa says investment in infrastructure is central to the achievement of ...