Environment
Comprehensive information on environment and latest mining market data in Africa.
- Oct- 2021 -19 October

Angola’s Catoca says tailings leak contained no hard metals
Angola’s Catoca diamond mine said a July tailings leak, which turned a river red and…
- 14 October

Gwede Mantashe opposes coal ban for climate aid
Rich nations shouldn’t force South Africa to ban new coal-power projects and impose other conditions…
- 7 October

Meeting pollution limits would cost US$20 billion, says Eskom
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., the world’s biggest emitter of the pollutant sulfur dioxide, said retrofitting…
- 7 October

Coal industry is getting ample funding to pile into new plants
The coal industry is still getting enough funding to enable significant investments in the world’s…
- 7 October

China, coal and the big crunch
Nothing beats a UN climate conference to get world leaders talking tough on global warming.…
- 6 October

Minerals Council South Africa supports the Paris agreement ambition of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and a people-centred and pragmatic just energy transition
The Minerals Council South Africa supports the Paris Climate Change Agreement ambition of net zero…
- Sep- 2021 -30 September

Mining operations environmental responsibility to communities
As the world looks to mitigate and adapt to the impact of climate change, and…
- 29 September

Rich nations pitch billions to fund South Africa coal exit
Envoys from some of the world’s richest nations met with South African cabinet ministers on…


