Uranium mining is the process of retrieving uranium from deposits for use in nuclear reactors to generate electricity. Uranium is also used for the important task of producing medical isotopes.In South Africa, where the ciuntrt remains energy scarce, disvcsuiions around uranium are kocated within the discusiions on whether the country can afford large-scale nuclear energy…
Elon Musk envisions a future machine that can compute information faster and more efficiently than the human brain. When Musk tweeted, “The Ratio of Digital to Biological Compute is Growing Fast. Worth Tracking,” we all sat up, wondering how life has progressed so quickly that the world’s richest man sees a future in which machines…
Whether you like him or not, the world needs Musk. It’s admirable that he’s utilizing his fortune to further his cause. Despite the cautious ethical complexities associated to science probity related to generic vanity ambitions, there is more advantage mankind might receive from his ground-breaking effort. Musk posted about the ratio because he is positive…
The South African Government has launched a new project to upskill engineering students to make the shift toward new electronic vehicles amid a $1.8 million (R30 million) pledge by the UK. The project, called ‘Yakh’iFuture’, will prepare South African engineering students to work in the automotive components manufacturing industry.It seeks to upskill South Africa’s young…
The launch of the BMW i4 brings electric mobility to the heart of the BMW brand. Locally emission-free driving pleasure comes to the traditional core of the midsize segment for the first time. The BMW i4 is a four-door gran coupé that combines this vehicle concept’s hallmark spaciousness and practicality with the sporting ability for…
South Africa’s transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient, and sustainable society has ignited a heated discussion regarding the energy mix that may lift the country out of poverty while adhering to the Juts Transition standards. The multiplicity of transition options has perplexed Parliamentarians, and continued blackouts from the country’s coal-fired power plants have undermined the country’s…
RMB successfully arranged a R1.143bn gender-linked bond issuance across 3-year and 5-year tranches for industrial group Barloworld, acting as Arranger and Sustainability Coordinator. “The gender-linked bonds have been issued in alignment with our gender transformation strategy and something that we as Barloworld are committed to and have been monitoring for years. We are proud to…
Namibia’s Chamber of Mines has announced Mr. George Botshiwe, who is current MD of QKR Navachab Gold Mine as Second Vice President during the Special General Meeting held on 30 August 2022. Botshiwe is a Mining Engineer by training and joined Navachab Gold Mine as a mining engineer in 2004. He was appointed as the…
With just a few months before the red carpets are rolled out for global leaders at this year’s long-awaited COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, large corporations and development finance institutions are beating their path to commit large investments towards facilitating achievement of Just Transition targets amongst their investee countries. Speaking at the 2022 Africa…
