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1 week ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Darren Parker
JSE-listed construction group Stefanutti Stocks has reported a significant year-on-year improvement in operating profit, from R210-million for the 2024 financial year to R333-million for the 12 months ended February 28, this year. Presenting the company’s results on May 27, Stefanutti CEO Russell Crawford reported an 8% year-on-year increase in contract revenue to R7.7-billion.
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1 week ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Darren Parker
Hot on the heels of his visit to the White House as part of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s South African delegation, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has emphasised the need to diversify South Africa’s exports to other markets, especially in Africa. “The implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement is paramount to the growth of South Africa . . .
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2 weeks ago | 
miningweekly.com | Darren Parker
Platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has issued further detail on how its name change to Valterra Platinum will play out over the coming weeks. At the general meeting of Anglo American held on April 30, shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposed demerger of a portion of Anglo American's interest in the PGMs business, now renamed Valterra. Shareholders also approved the associated share consolidation of Anglo American.
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2 weeks ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Darren Parker
Whereas every mineral is found to be critical for various reasons, the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ (DMPR’s) Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy has identified platinum, manganese, iron-ore, coal and chrome ore as “high-critical minerals” for South Africa, based on their criticality.
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2 weeks ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Darren Parker
South Africa’s Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has granted environmental authorisation for an underground mining right and related infrastructural activities to ASX- and JSE-listed Southern Palladium’s 70%-owned subsidiary Miracle Upon Miracle Investments for the development of the Bengwenyama platinum group metals (PGMs) project.
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2 weeks ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Darren Parker
State-owned Transnet Port Terminals’ (TPT’s) container sector has begun handling South Africa’s 2025 citrus exports, with a 21% increase in year-on-year volumes handled in April. Each year, vessels with parcel sizes as large as 7 800 containers each, call the Durban Container Terminals, Port Elizabeth Container Terminal and the Ngqura Container Terminal between April and October to export oranges, mandarins, lemons, clementines, grapefruit and limes to more than 100 markets.
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2 weeks ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Darren Parker
Kimberley Process (KP) chair Ahmed Bin Sulayem of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has revealed that more than 1.06-billion carats of combined rough and polished diamonds were traded through Dubai in the past five years. The UAE currently holds the KP chair for the third time, reporting that almost 179-million carats of rough and polished diamonds were traded in Dubai in 2024 alone, making the UAE one of the world’s largest diamond trade hubs.
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2 weeks ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Darren Parker
Mineral exploration and development company Kodal Minerals has criticised recent media reports for inaccurately suggesting that exports of spodumene concentrate from its flagship Bougouni lithium project, in southern Mali, have been blocked. The company said on May 19 that discussions with the government of Mali on finalising the export permit for spodumene concentrate produced at Bougouni are continuing as planned and that the permit is expected to be received soon.
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2 weeks ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Darren Parker
Blockchain-powered ecosystem for traceable and ethically sourced gold Responsible Gold has announced the appointment of Sakhila Mirza as its president. She will oversee the firm’s next phase of growth, with a focus on advancing the practical implementation of responsible sourcing frameworks, supporting innovation across Responsible Gold’s digital offerings.
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2 weeks ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Darren Parker
As the investigation into the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) continues, Democratic Alliance (DA) Parliamentary member and DA Trade, Industry and Competition spokesperson Toby Chance has called for the immediate suspension of top executives out of concern that they could potentially interfere in the investigation In a letter to Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau, dated April 30, which Engineering News has seen, Chance said the conduct of some senior executives at the...
