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#BestofBiz 2024: Energy & Mining

Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2024: Energy & Mining

17 Dec 2024

Thugela Resources is seeing increases in local production. Source: Thugela Resources

Coal, Oil & Gas

Thungela sees coal output jump as rail performance improves

Nelson Banya 10 Dec 2024

Astral Foods forecasts growth as interest rates fall

Agro-processing

Astral Foods forecasts growth as interest rates fall

Nelson Banya 18 Nov 2024

A general view shows ArcelorMittal South Africa as members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) embark on a strike action over a wage dispute in Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 May 2022. Reuters/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo

Labour Law & Unions

Numsa to strike at ArcelorMittal over job cuts

Nelson Banya 14 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

South Africa's deputy president Paul Mashatile collapses, said to be okay

Nelson Banya 16 Sep 2024

Zimbabwe taps private sector to boost freight rail capacity

Railway

Zimbabwe taps private sector to boost freight rail capacity

Nelson Banya 6 Sep 2024

Forex rule hampers Zimbabwe's horticulture recovery

Horticulture

Forex rule hampers Zimbabwe's horticulture recovery

Nyasha Chingono 30 Aug 2024

AfDB approves R18.5bn loan for Transnet

Logistics & Transport

AfDB approves R18.5bn loan for Transnet

Nelson Banya 19 Jul 2024

Source: Archive

Logistics & Transport

Transnet halts port operations amid severe weather conditions

Nelson Banya 10 Jul 2024

Materials & Equipment

ArcelorMittal shelves plan to close KZN steel plant

Nelson Banya 2 Jul 2024

Rainbow Chicken aims for low-cost operations post-listing

Agro-processing

Rainbow Chicken aims for low-cost operations post-listing

Sfundo Parakozov 2 Jul 2024

A man walks inside a branch of the South African drug retailer Clicks, at the Mall of the North, in Polokwane in the Limpopo province of South Africa, 31 March 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/ File Photo

Competition Law

Clicks to sell drugmaker after court ruling

Nelson Banya 1 Jul 2024

Rainbow Chicken lists on JSE

Agro-processing

Rainbow Chicken lists on JSE

Nelson Banya 26 Jun 2024

Image source: KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA from

Corporate & Commercial Law

Transnet to appeal against R6.2bn Sasol award over tariff dispute

Nelson Banya 21 Jun 2024

A mine worker takes a break underground as South Africa's Gold Fields bets on solar to cut costs and carbon, at Gold Fields' South Deep mine, south-west of Johannesburg. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Gold Fields cuts output forecast after bad weather hits new Chile mine

Nelson Banya 13 Jun 2024

Omnia turns to battery metals to boost explosives business

Science & Engineering

Omnia turns to battery metals to boost explosives business

Nelson Banya 10 Jun 2024

RCL Foods edges closer to spinning off poultry business

FMCG

RCL Foods edges closer to spinning off poultry business

Nelson Banya 6 Jun 2024

Ivory tusks are displayed after the official start of the destruction of confiscated ivory in Hong Kong, 15 May 2014. Reuters/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Environment & Natural Resources

Southern African states make fresh pitch to trade $1bn ivory stockpile

Nyasha Chingono 30 May 2024

Chicks of broiler chicken are seen at Gruisfontein farm in Lichtenburg in the North West province, South Africa, 19 January 2023. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Agriculture

Top poultry producer flags bird flu risk amid vaccine delays

Nelson Banya 21 May 2024

SA challenges EU citrus regulations for second time

Agriculture

SA challenges EU citrus regulations for second time

Nelson Banya 25 Apr 2024

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater to cut 4,000 jobs in underperforming gold business

Nelson Banya 12 Apr 2024

Clouds pass over the pit head at Sibanye Gold's Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria. Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Mining

Froneman considers restructuring and capital raise to slow PGM losses

Nelson Banya and Felix Njini 5 Mar 2024

Astral Foods rebounds from bird flu outbreak, expects 300% rise in profits

Agriculture

Astral Foods rebounds from bird flu outbreak, expects 300% rise in profits

1 Feb 2024

Food, Water & Energy Security

WFP plans food relief for 270,000 Zimbabweans, poor harvest expected

Nyasha Chingono 5 Jan 2024

IRH acquires 51% of Mopani Copper Mines in $1.1bn deal

Markets & Investment

IRH acquires 51% of Mopani Copper Mines in $1.1bn deal

Nelson Banya and Chris Mfula 22 Dec 2023

Source: Archive

Logistics & Transport

Transnet reports R1.6m half-year loss

Nelson Banya 22 Dec 2023

#BestofBiz 2023: ESG & Sustainability

ESG & Sustainability

#BestofBiz 2023: ESG & Sustainability

19 Dec 2023

Source: Archive | Transnet

Logistics & Transport

Govt throws troubled Transnet R47bn lifeline

Nelson Banya 1 Dec 2023

Quantum Foods suffers R35m loss on bird flu, power cuts

Agro-processing

Quantum Foods suffers R35m loss on bird flu, power cuts

Nelson Banya 1 Dec 2023

Clouds pass over the pit head at Sibanye Gold's Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria. Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Markets & Investment

Sibanye-Stillwater to cut US jobs as PGM prices fall

Nelson Banya 30 Nov 2023

Mining

Russia's Nornickel finally exits South Africa

Polina Devitt, Anastasia Lyrchikova and Nelson Banya 26 Nov 2023

Transnet curbs coal trucks at Richards Bay terminal due to congestion

Logistics & Transport

Transnet curbs coal trucks at Richards Bay terminal due to congestion

Nelson Banya 21 Nov 2023

Astral Foods swings to loss on R2bn electricity, bird flu hit

Food Security

Astral Foods swings to loss on R2bn electricity, bird flu hit

Nelson Banya 20 Nov 2023

Zimbabwe horticulture sees green shoots, targets $1bn exports

Horticulture

Zimbabwe horticulture sees green shoots, targets $1bn exports

Nyasha Chingono 17 Nov 2023

Lithium crystal. Source: Sibanye-Stillwater

Energy & Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater CEO says lithium prices will rise

Nelson Banya 15 Nov 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures during the opening of the US-sub-Saharan Africa trade forum to discuss the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), at the NASREC conference centre in Johannesburg. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Ramaphosa deploys the army to fight Zama Zamas

Tannur Anders and Nelson Banya 9 Nov 2023

South African Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramakgopa briefs members of the media after his visit to assess progress on bringing back online faulty units and boosting power generation at the Kusile Power Station, in Delmas. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Energy

SA to plug power gap with 3GW of gas projects and Koeberg extension

Nelson Banya 5 Nov 2023

Transnet seeks government bailout as debt mounts

Logistics & Transport

Transnet seeks government bailout as debt mounts

Nelson Banya 26 Oct 2023

A haul truck is seen at the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mokopane. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Amplats output decline shows more pain for PGMs

Nelson Banya 24 Oct 2023

Neal Froneman speaking at The Joburg Indaba. Source: x.com

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater CEO warns of crisis as platinum price plummets

Felix Njini 5 Oct 2023

Haul trucks are seen at Kumba Iron Ore, the world's largest iron ore mines in Khathu, Northern Cape. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Anglo American cutting head office jobs in several countries

Felix Njini and Nelson Banya 4 Oct 2023

One of the two new rail-mounted stacker reclaimers which scoop up and transfer coal into and out of the yard is seen at Africa's largest coal export facility, the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, 2018. Source: Reuters/Tanisha Heiberg

Construction & Engineering

Thungela says coal terminal workers' strike not impacting exports

Nelson Banya 2 Oct 2023

Source: Archive | Transnet

Logistics & Transport

Transnet CEO, CFO to step down

Amna Karimi, Bhargav Acharya and Nelson Banya 2 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.

Food, Water & Energy Security

RCL Foods culls 410,000 chickens amid bird flu outbreak

Nelson Banya 29 Sep 2023

Chicken meat producers grapple with power crisis, bird flu, threatening shortage

Agro-processing

Chicken meat producers grapple with power crisis, bird flu, threatening shortage

Nelson Banya 21 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

Mining

Harmony Gold reports two deaths after safest year on record

Nelson Banya 7 Sep 2023

Load and haul operations at Thungela's thermal coal mining operation, Isibonelo Colliery (formerly Anglo American), in Mpumalanga. Source: Philip Mostert/Anglo American/Handout/Reuters

Coal, Oil & Gas

Insurers restrict coal coverage in response to climate concerns

Clara Denina and Sarah McFarlane 1 Sep 2023

Mining

AngloGold Ashanti shareholders approve South Africa exit

Nelson Banya 21 Aug 2023

SA's mining output falls further below pre-pandemic levels

Markets & Investment

SA's mining output falls further below pre-pandemic levels

Nelson Banya 8 Aug 2023

Image source: Rogério Martins from

Agribusiness

SA farmers want WTO dispute declared over EU citrus rules

Nelson Banya 4 Aug 2023