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Madison intersects strong uranium mineralisation at Khan

Published: 27 May 24

Uranium exploration company Madison Metals has reported that reverse circulation (RC) drill hole KM5RC003 at its Khan project, in Namibia, has intersected strong uranium mineralisation over mineable widths under trench area TR003. Spectrometer readings from chip-sample bags returned values as high as 1.36% triuranium oxide at 45 m and 1.54% at 148 m vertical depth from surface.

Hyland Europe, Middle East and Africa associate VP for sales Jean van Vuuren

Internal digital content serves as repository of truth for AI in companies – Hyland

Published: 27 May 24

The current focus for businesses is to automate the ingestion and use of content, and to use the advent of AI to analyse it and create business value, Hyland Europe, Middle East and Africa associate VP for sales Jean van Vuuren has said. To ensure AI and generative AI (genAI) solutions generated content that could be trusted, knowing where the enterprise data was being sourced and its quality and security were important, he added during the Hyland Summit for clients and partners on May 16, in Houghton, Johannesburg.

Multimodal Inland Port Association launched

Published: 27 May 24

The Multimodal Inland Port Association (MIPA), which seeks to address a critical need in South Africa’s logistics landscape, was launched in South Africa last week. The association aims to act as the unified voice for inland ports across the nation, focusing on promoting, supporting, and advocating for the increased movement of cargo from road to rail.

Wheeling progressing in South Africa, the rest of Africa

Published: 27 May 24

The use of national electricity grids to wheel power from renewable-energy projects to demand centres is growing in Africa and helping to drive greater scale in the building of renewable-energy generation, says private equity investment group African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) investment principal Anyababa Ikem. Strides were being made to increase the ability of renewable-energy players, such as the projects AIIM invests in, to wheel power across infrastructure on the continent, he added during a May 24 briefing held by the company to showcase some of the $900-million worth of investments it had made into renewable-energy projects in Africa, to date.

JPMorgan says BHP plan risks $4.3bn South Africa outflow

Published: 27 May 24

A successful takeover of Anglo American under the arrangements BHP Group has offered could lead to outflows of $4.3-billion from South Africa, according to a JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysis. Such an outflow, if a deal goes ahead, could weaken the rand, which has gained 4.4% against the dollar, the most of 16 major currencies tracked by Bloomberg, over the last five weeks.

Valuable use of ruthenium being researched.

Ruthenium highlighted again in what could be another big boost for platinum group metals

Published: 27 May 24

Ruthenium, one of the six platinum-group metals (PGMs), is once again being given major research attention in view of it being exceptionally suited to uplifting the efficiency and sustainability of green hydrogen production from green ammonia. Late last year, it was a ruthenium-based catalyst that augmented the scarcity of iridium, another PGM, in the production of green hydrogen from water electrolysis.

Labour department, IDC launch round two of the Innovation Fund

Published: 27 May 24

The Department of Employment and Labour, in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), has announced the launch of the second round of the National Pathway Management Network’s (NPMN’s) Innovation Fund, an initiative of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI). The fund is focused on supporting interventions that stimulate demand for labour, reducing barriers that hinder labour market entry and facilitating links to appropriate opportunities.

Intern at work for Nordex Energy South Africa

Nordex Energy South Africa progresses impactful internship programme

Published: 27 May 24

Original-equipment manufacturer Nordex Energy South Africa (Nesa) is progressing well with an internship programme for promising young engineers and technicians across three provinces. The programme, which was launched in November last year, aims to build a skilled pipeline of technicians in the wind sector, which is crucial for achieving the country’s energy transition goals.

Just Share unhappy that its question was not addressed at AMSA’s AGM

Published: 27 May 24

Nonprofit activist organisation Just Share has accused ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) of sub-par AGM governance because the chairperson closed the company’s AGM on May 24 before addressing a question posed by the nonprofit. “This is surprising given the high levels of civil society engagement at its AGMs in recent years,” Just Share said on May 27, while noting that this was the first AMSA AGM it had attended.

BHP and Rio Tinto will receive Caterpillar and Komatsu battery-electric haul trucks for trialling purposes, with the outcomes to be shared between the two companies, as well as for further development purposes by the original equipment manufacturers

BHP, Rio Tinto collaborate to expand battery-electric haul truck development

Published: 27 May 24

In support of their shared ambitions to reduce carbon emissions and meet a net-zero operational greenhouse-gas emissions target by 2050, diversified miners BHP and Rio Tinto are partnering with heavy equipment original-equipment manufacturers Caterpillar and Komatsu to trial two large battery-electric haul trucks at the miner’s operations in the Pilbara of Australia. These trials represent the first stage of battery-electric haul truck testing at BHP’s and Rio Tinto’s Pilbara operations.