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Nasdaq- and JSE-listed advanced materials company ASP Isotopes (ASPI) says oil and gas producer Tetra4 has started commissioning Phase 1 of its liquid helium plant, following engineering optimisation, at the Virginia gas project, in South Africa. The start-up of the liquid helium part of the plant is the key remaining step to realise value from two product streams - liquid helium and liquefied…
Following a series of recent building and construction site collapses across South Africa, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has announced the findings of four investigations undertaken by the Council for the Built Environment (CBE). The investigations follow incidents at Redcliffe, in Verulam, in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal; Doornkop, in Soweto, Gauteng; Ormonde, in…
The four sectors of mining, agriculture, tourism and infrastructure have been selected under Phase 3 of the Government-Business Partnership as the platforms for raising South Africa’s growth to 3% and to create one-million new jobs by 2030. These new focus areas were unveiled jointly in Johannesburg on August 20 by President Cyril Ramaphosa and Discovery CEO Adrian Gore, a key business convenor of…
Industry body Grain SA estimates that almost R700-million in value could be at stake as a result of the JSE’s decision on how soybean location differentials are calculated. “This raises serious questions about who ultimately carries the cost of an inefficient system,” the organisation states.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Western Cape Police Oversight and Community Safety Minister Anroux Marais this week unveiled the Lawyers in Police Stations Project (LPSP), in partnership with the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC). The project pretty much does what it says on the label: It focuses on strengthening the…
The African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) has announced its newly elected office bearers and advisory board for the 2026 to 2028 term. Hyundai Motor Middle East and Africa president and CEO Tarek Mosaad succeeds Volkswagen Group Africa chairperson and MD Martina Biene as AAAM president.
Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) technology management chief engineer Nkululeko Gobhozi has been elected as International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) chairperson for the next two years. The announcement was made during the IHHA board workshop, hosted in collaboration with the South African Heavy Haul Association (SAHHA) at the Transnet Maritime Training Centre in Cape Town this week.
Financial services firm Absa has been appointed master custodian to the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) – Africa’s largest pension fund, with more than R3.5-trillion worth of assets under management. Absa says this is one of the most significant custody mandates in South Africa’s institutional investment market.