Protecting Livelihoods is Key to Mining the DRC’s Riches   By Nelson Alusala The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to become…

How Zimbabwe Squandered Its Diamond Riches By Shannon Ebrahim JUST a year before its citizens couldn’t find basic food items in their stores in 2007…

Gold, Guns and China – Ghana’s Fight to End Galamsey By Edward Burrows & Lucia Bird   Hundreds of thousands, including many from China, are…

African Countries Must Renegotiate for Fair Mining Deals By Socrates Mbamalu The paradox of plenty is a reality for many African countries. There’s an abundance…

Eco-Friendly Road Dust Suppressants Chryso Southern Africa has launched a new range of dust suppressants locally developed by the company specifically for the sealing of…

Tailor-Made cooling solutions for Africa’s hotspots As underground mines reach greater depths, higher temperatures, higher humidity, and more gas emissions are encountered. This becomes a…

Some of the most renowned building structures, well-known oil refineries and oil drilling operations, deepest mines, biggest water treatment plants and largest power generation facilities…

The African continent has an abundance of mineral resources which plays a huge role in the global economy.  Globally we are seeing a mining crisis,…

By Kwesi W. Obeng Africa has not benefited substantially from its mineral wealth. It is, therefore, essential for resource-rich nations to tailor their economic policies…

BBE (Bluhm Burton Engineering) Projects have recently commissioned the first of two 14 MW refrigeration and bulk air cooling stations for the underground workings of a…

By Human rights watch Malawi’s government has failed to protect the rights and livelihoods of people living in nascent mining communities, Human Rights Watch said…

Reactore Solutions design and develop innovative software applications that resolve business challenges, create efficiencies, promote insights and fulfil objectives.   Reactore is a modular ERP…

The mining industry is falling under increasing pressure to consider alternative means of power supply.  The industry is faced with the effects of a growing…

By Dr. Daniel Waldron Flame Detectors use optical sensors to detect flames due to fire and are key components of a fire detection system in…

By Paul Zimnisky So far in 2015, the state of the global diamond industry has been closely aligned with the posture of the global economy,…

Without welding technology there would be no container ships, oil platforms, cars, agricultural equipment, pipelines and many other types engineered products and structures. Only reliable…

The mining industry provides employment to hundreds of thousands of workers from across the region, but this employment comes with significant socio-economic challenges to keep…

By Pete Lewis In 2003 the gold mining industry promised that by 2013, there would be no new cases of silicosis among workers exposed for…

NAMIBIA, a mining frontier for decades, continues to struggle with mining companies which subject workers to dangerous working conditions. Among the alleged culprits are Australian…

By John Childs Governments, most prominently those of Sub-Saharan countries, have argued for huge tax hikes on mining, oil and gas contracts in the name…

Mechanical pipe systems can help oil companies streamline operations   By Arrie Nel,   PwC’s “Africa Oil and Gas Review” for 2017, which was released…

New technology enables action on CO2 emissions in the Oil & Gas Industry By Lana Ginns An International Energy Agency (IEA) report, “CO2 Emissions from…

How Oil Spills Increase Infant Deaths in Niger Delta By Chukwuma Muanya New research from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, has demonstrated for the…

How Oil Exploration Is Adding to Mali’s Security Woes By Julie Snorek Mali is one of the least developed countries in the world, with nearly…

Fracking the Karoo in South Africa By Tilden Hellyer There are high hopes that shale gas will be abundantly available in the Karoo region of…

Are Combustion Engines Reaching Peak Demand? By Peter Tertzakian Imagine if we woke up tomorrow and read the headline, “GLOBAL PACT: ALL COUNTRIES AGREE TO…

By Ademola Adenle The Nigerian government has finally started the clean-up of oil-soaked Ogoniland after years of inaction. A billion dollars has been committed to what has…

By Julianne Geiger Maybe in better times, the staggering population of the millennial demographic would be a hurdle over which Big Oil could easily leap.…

By Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov and Min Zhu The collapse of oil prices since 2014 has brought economic diversification back to the top of policymakers’…

By Nawar Alsaadi What if I told you that there was a period in history where oil demand declined by 5 million barrels per day…

By James Lessons As Mozambique prepares to reap the windfall from a mammoth natural gas discovery off its coast, a resurgent armed conflict and the…

By Prof Morris Ogenga-Latigo There has been reluctance on the part of Acholi people to engage in the head-spinning oil pipeline debate that various newspapers…

By Avril Harvey & Kumbirai Gundani This year, Saudi Arabia increased oil production from 9.7m barrels a day, which had been the norm for the…

Energas Technologies, a leading supplier of high-end and specialized equipment to the oil and gas industries in Southern Africa since 2001, has played a significant…

By Tina A. Hassan More than two years after the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) released a damning report of the destruction to the ecosystem…

The End Of The Oil Dream By Gerhard Seibert On 23 September 2013, the French oil company Total has abandoned Block 1 in the São…

The Blessing of Oil – a Peculiar Mess By Les Leba Our parlous economic predicament is generally regarded as a “resource curse”, a phenomenon, which…

The Power of Mini-Grids By Strive Masiyiwa and Richard Branson Despite impressive economic development in recent years, Africa still lags far behind on energy, with…

Power Crisis in Nigeria: Technology, Policy or Citizens? By Michael Dioha Nigeria is a vast country with a total population of over 170 million people…

Another Case of Energy Colonialism By Hamza Hamouchene A familiar ‘colonial’ scheme is being rolled out: the unrestricted flow of cheap natural resources from the…

Sinetamer: Second to none in Downtime prevention Compiled by Chege Moses Kasaija The advent of the digital age and the unparalleled deployment of everything digital…

The Solar Underground: The Lifecycle of a Trend By Paula Mints There are few original ideas for new technologies, products and/or services. Most of what…

Ghana Joins the Renewable Race By Shadow Governance Intel Over the past several decades, Ghana has emerged as a potentially highly attractive destination for foreign…

A Perspective on the Value of Cooking with Off-grid Power By Mahesh Bhave Why should rural electrification efforts worldwide — in Africa, India, Central and…

A Brief History of Utility-Scale Energy Storage How utilities are employing energy storage systems for grid support and renewable energy firming By John Vernacchia Five…

Compiled by Chege Moses Kasaija Competition in the African electric power generation and distribution market demands that power plants operate efficiently and generate the maximum…

By Seth Mullendore   Energy storage deployment has been ramping up at a rapid pace across the country, mainly because it can reduce electric bills…

By Joan MacNaughton   While climate change has been recognized as an urgent, global issue, the relevance of increasing the visibility of women in clean energy as…

By Harry Okoruwa Christiane Amanpour, the widely acclaimed television host, once remarked in an interview with former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2013, “What should I…

By Ziemowit Iwanski Poland is one of the world’s top consumers of coal for electric power generation. It’s also among the top ten consuming countries…

By Neeraj Sanjay Mense North Africa continues to be one of the most well-endowed regions in the world in terms of natural resources. Nations like…

By Margareth Sembiring Renewable energy is often seen to provide relief to climate change. However, renewable energy is at the same time vulnerable to climate…

By Richard Halsey The recent climate negotiations in Paris set in place national commitments to reduce emissions. Electricity generation from burning coal is a major…

By Owen Reynolds Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is shunned by the environmentalists that laud renewable energy sources. However, by not supporting both initiatives, they may…

By Andrew Burge More than two-thirds of the approximately 800 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity. Taking a private sector approach,…

By Hartmut Winkler, University of Johannesburg It has been an eventful year in South Africa, characterised by power cuts, parliamentary confrontations about wasteful expenditure and…

Designed for the global electric power & energy industry, POWER WEEK provides 5 days of networking opportunities, consisting of 2-day conference as the focal event,…

Resource estimate for Kalongwe project in Congo Nzuri Copper has declared its maiden ore reserve estimate for its Kalongwe copper-cobalt project in the Kolwezi region…

Rand-Air introduces the efficient PTS 800 to their fleet Recent research reports suggest that the market for oil-free compressors will increase by leaps and bounds…

Energas launches new in-line deflagration flame arresters Energas Technologies, a leading supplier of high-end and specialised equipment to the oil and gas industries in Southern…

No dark side to using LED lights to supplement WiFi Energy-saving Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) could help meet demand for wireless communications without affecting the…

Successful contract mining requires a balanced approach of cultures, cooperation and the synergistic utilisation of the skills of the various participants. This objective can be…

By Thabo Ndlela, Director at IFS Africa   The world’s oil and gas industry is going through turbulence, due to fluctuating oil prices, new discoveries,…

Solar Microgrid on Robben Island SOLA Future Energy has succeeded in designing and constructing a solar energy microgrid for Robben Island.  The system, situated on…

Buhari Signs University of Petroleum Resources Bill Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari recently signed the University of Petroleum Resources Bill with a pledge to continue to…

The “Akon Lighting Africa” Initiative Will Electrify Rural Mozambique Senegalese-American Hip hop icon Akon has entered into a US$50-million partnership agreement with the Machel Fidus…

China loans Guinea $20B to secure aluminium ore China agreed to loan Guinea $20 billion over almost 20 years in exchange for concessions on bauxite,…

Asanko Gold releases third quarter production results Asanko Gold released its third quarter production results for its mine in Ghana. The results show that quarterly…

Egypt To Develop 1.4 Gigawatts of Solar Capacity Egypt’s fledgling solar industry attracted $1.8 billion of investment, largely from the European Bank of Reconstruction and…