Mantashe eases constraints on mining companies' ability to generate own electricity . Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has assured mining companies in South Africa they will be able to generate their own energy to counter severe energy constraints.

He also on Monda...

Minister keen to get generation outside of Eskom going soonest . CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is keen to expand electricity generation outside of Eskom as fast as possible with a view to creating a competitive e...

Gibela to focus on quality, suppliers as it ramps up to full production . The Gibela consortium will spend the next three years ramping up to full production of 62 trains a year, says CEO Hector Danisa.

It may prove to be a challenging period, he adds, as Gibela will need ...

Toyota SA boss slams ‘short-term gain mentality’ as strike hits Durban plant . Vehicle production at the Toyota South Africa Motors’ (TSAM’s) plant had been halted since Wednesday last week.

TSAM produces vehicles for the local and export markets, including the Hilux, Corolla Q...

New Gautrain boss to focus on increasing capacity, renewing the concession . Newly appointed Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) CEO William Dachs’s first goal is to ensure the Gautrain rail system remains an “excellent, safe and reliable mode of public transport”.

It is also im...

Gautrain tender for acquisition, refurbishment of pre-owned trains open . Gautrain concessionaire Bombela has issued two tenders related to the procurement of between five and seven pre-owned trains from the UK, for use on the Gautrain system.

The first offers are expected...

Dachs takes over as Gautrain boss as Van der Merwe retires . Jack van der Merwe, who led the planning and rollout of the Gautrain rapid rail project for two decades, will retire as Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) CEO on February 29.

His successor will be long...

Engineers call for restarting of ‘successful’ IPP programme to address power crisis . Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) president Sugen Pillay urged government on Wednesday to urgently restart its “successful” renewable-energy procurement programme to help address the country’s p...

Use private engineers to boost State’s ability to plan and execute infrastructure projects - CESA . Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) is calling on government to consider immediately boosting the capacity of State departments and municipalities to plan and execute infrastructure projects by op...

Wind and solar bodies urge Minister to urgently publish determinations needed to kick-start power procurement . The heads of South Africa’s wind and solar industry bodies urged Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Tuesday to publish, without delay, the Ministerial determinations required to un...