Environment
Comprehensive information on environment and latest mining market data in Africa.
- May- 2026 -18 May
Outcomes-based bonds as Africa’s most powerful tool for solving the water crisis
Across the African continent, water infrastructure is under increasing strain. The compounding pressures of accelerating…
- 6 May
BME engineers predictable blasting in unpredictable geology
Blasting, explosives, and metallurgical solutions provider BME is supporting mines as they navigate rising operational…
- Apr- 2026 -7 April
Efficient and sustainable tailings management starts with the right cyclone
Tailings management is a significant challenge for the mining industry, and it is under more…
- Mar- 2026 -23 March
Designing Africa’s power systems for reality, not abstraction
Last year, I argued in my piece “Lean Carbon, Just Power”, that a limited and…
- 16 March
Why ‘invisible’ monitoring gaps create real mining risk
As South Africa marks National Water Week, water risk is becoming a growing operational challenge…
- Feb- 2026 -18 February
De-risking a new chapter in South African gold mining
The rapid progress of West Wits Mining’s Qala Shallows – South Africa’s first gold mine…
- 17 February
What mining’s next governance shift looks like
Regulators, investors and communities are starting to demand tighter governance of tailings facilities, with greater…
- 10 February
National Treasury’s plan to institutionalise carbon credits is positive for investors
South Africa’s carbon credit market has historically functioned on the fringes of the financial system.…
