The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, has made a robust defence for natural gas development, framing it as essential to industrialisation and a “just and realistic energy transition” for the continent. The minister was speaki...
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The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, has made a robust defence for natural gas development, framing it as essential to industrialisation and a “just and realistic energy transition” for the continent. The minister was speaki...
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2603/804906.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="#AfricaEnergyIndaba: Africa’s mineral wealth at the centre of the global energy transition" align="left"><p>According to the Minister of E...
According to the Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Africa stands at the centre of the global energy transition at a time when the global order faces evolution and recalibration. The minister was speaking at the 2026 Africa E...
According to the Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Africa stands at the centre of the global energy transition at a time when the global order faces evolution and recalibration. The minister was speaking at the 2026 Africa E...
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2602/802739.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="#MiningIndaba: New deal to accelerate critical minerals beneficiation" align="left"><p>A new master risk participation agreement (MRPA) was signed be...
A new master risk participation agreement (MRPA) was signed between the African Export‑Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) at the 2026 Mining Indaba in Cape Town. The MRPA offers African businesses the opportuni...
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2601/801074-240x135.jpg?6" width="240" height="135" alt="Not since the crises of the 1970s has gold performed as strongly as in 2025. Amidst geopolitical uncertainty playing into short-term movements, Jame...
In the modern era, only the early and late 1970s have witnessed the scale of increases in gold and gold equities. During 2025 the gold price reached 45 new all-time highs with the 65% price gain in the year dwarfing anything experienced in the 2000s bu...
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2601/799990-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="Image supplied." align="left"><br><span >Image supplied.</span><p>Not long ago, industrial work across Africa was def...