Creamer Media’s Real Economy Year Book has been divided into separate reports under the banner Real Economy Insight, and investigates key developments in the automotive, construction, electricity, oil and gas, road and rail, steel, water, manufacturing, pumps, coal, gold, iron-ore and platinum sectors. This six-page brief is a synopsis of key developments in the coal sector over the past 12 months. It provides an overview of South Africa’s coal market, coal exports and touches on whether South Africa is approaching a “coal cliff”. It also delves into coal companies’ broader energy ambitions and the goal of a cleaner energy future.

Creamer Media’s Real Economy Year Book has been divided into separate reports under the banner Real Economy Insight, and investigates key developments in the automotive, construction, electricity, oil and gas, road and rail, steel, water, manufacturing, pumps, coal, gold, iron-ore and platinum sectors. This six-page brief is a synopsis of key developments in the water sector over the past 12 months. It explains South Africa’s dire water situation in terms of supply and demand, water quality, and how a shortage of technical skills is impacting on water infrastructure.

Creamer Media’s Real Economy Year Book has been divided into separate reports under the banner Real Economy Insight, and investigates key developments in the automotive, construction, electricity, oil and gas, road and rail, steel, water, manufacturing, pumps, coal, gold, iron-ore and platinum sectors. This four-page brief is a synopsis of key developments in the road and rail sector over the past 12 months. It provides an overview of South Africa’s ailing road, and commuter and freight rail sectors.

Creamer Media’s Real Economy Year Book has been divided into separate reports under the banner Real Economy Insight, and investigates key developments in the automotive, construction, electricity, oil and gas, road and rail, steel, water, manufacturing, pumps, coal, gold, iron-ore and platinum sectors. This six-page brief is a synopsis of key developments in the steel sector over the past 12 months. It provides an overview of the global and South African steel markets, the sector’s unexpected rebound, the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on South Africa and the measures proposed to mitigate some of the challenges facing the country’s steel sector.

Creamer Media’s Real Economy Year Book has been divided into separate reports under the banner Real Economy Insight, and investigates key developments in the automotive, construction, electricity, oil and gas, road and rail, steel, water, manufacturing, pumps, coal, gold, iron-ore and platinum sectors. This six-page brief is a synopsis of key developments in the energy sector over the past 12 months. It provides an overview of the South African government’s first steps towards increasing distributed generation capacity and the challenges confronting State-owned power utility Eskom, as well as activities under the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme and Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme.

Creamer Media’s Real Economy Year Book has been divided into separate reports under the banner Real Economy Insight, and investigates key developments in the automotive, construction, electricity, oil and gas, road and rail, steel, water, manufacturing, pumps, coal, gold, iron-ore and platinum sectors. This six-page brief is a synopsis of key developments in the oil and gas sector over the past 12 months. The brief considers South Africa’s refining sector’s uncertain future, imports and the country’s transition to a hydrogen economy.  

Global water use has increased by a factor of six over the past century and continues to increase steadily at about 1% a year, as a result of an expanding population, economic development and ever-changing consumption patterns, according to United Nations Water. The equitable provision of water and sanitation has, however, not developed apace with this growth. In South Africa, government’s failure to deliver water to communities has been highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic, showing the blatant disparities within South Africa’s water and sanitation sectors, with many arguing that the prevailing water shortages have mostly been caused by politics and bad decisions. Creamer Media’s Water 2021 Report focuses on South Africa’s water sector in the context of water regulation, planning and management, water supply and sanitation, water quality, water and sanitation infrastructure, as well as funding. The report also provides an overview of the state of global water affairs.

Creamer Media's Energy Roundup is a monthly report providing a synopsis of energy-related news from South Africa. The August 2021 roundup covers activities in July 2021 and includes details of a new Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies analysis of South Africa’s coal value chain; the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment draft amendment report for public comment on a proposed ash and gypsum co-disposal facility owned by State-owned power utility Eskom; and the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association’s calls on the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to clarify its approach to localisation in the South African solar photovoltaic sector.

How to recover from the global Covid-19 pandemic continues to occupy the minds of business leaders and policymakers. There is growing consensus that it is simply not good enough for economies to ‘bounce back’ and return to their previous development pathways. ‘Bouncing forward’, however, will require companies and governments to adopt strategies and policies that begin to repair the health, supply-chain, social, environmental and climate fault lines that have been distressingly exposed during the pandemic. For countries, such as South Africa, where these fault lines were already deeper and wider before Covid than in most other countries, the nature of the recovery will be as important as its pace. This Real Economy Yearbook points to the fact that across just about every sector featured, from automotive to mining, there is an acceptance that a different approach is needed if the foundations are to be laid for more socially, environmentally and economically sustainable industries. For South Africa, these transitions represent not only a great risk but also a tremendous opportunity.

Iron-ore miners faced a tough 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic spread worldwide, negatively impacting on the supply of and demand for iron-ore. Nevertheless, the iron-ore miners, along with the broader mining industry, have largely returned to normal operations and production. The iron-ore sector is also benefiting from high prices, allowing for a continuation in investment in expansion projects or new mines, particularly among miners based in Australia. In some regions, the prices are also driving an increased interest in exploration for iron-ore reserves. On the downside, the world is increasingly considering ways of decarbonising their economies and creating more environment-friendly and sustainable industries, with various steelmaking companies assessing potential projects to produce greener steel, which will require less iron-ore. Creamer Media’s Iron-Ore 2021 Report provides an overview of the global iron-ore market, with particular emphasis on supply and demand, as well as trade and pricing. It also provides information on South Africa’s iron-ore market, its major producers and iron-ore export infrastructure, as well as an overview of the major global iron-ore producing companies and other significant producers.