Engineering News

06/06/2026

𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈: 𝑨𝒕 𝑻𝒐𝒑 𝑳𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍

Creamer Media is launching 𝗔𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹, a platform that allows senior execs and key personnel to discuss their business strategy, products and services in an on-camera interview with veteran journalist Martin Creamer.

The interview will be published on the Engineering News and Mining Weekly sites, and can be shared across the interviewee's sites and social media platforms.

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05/06/2026

The global attention currently being given to AI governance and policy following Pope Leo’s encyclical may be an opportunity for South Africa to make virtue of necessity after its AI policy false start.

Following an embarrassing false start, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has set a deadline of early next year for the finalisation of a new draft of the national AI policy. In April, the department officially withdrew the initial draft after News24 reported that AI-hallucina...

05/06/2026

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This week's 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 discusses government and Eskom turning to Distribution Agency Agreements (DAAs) as a potential solution to the municipal debt owed to Eskom, which now exceeds R114-billion.

Watch the full episode on the Engineering News website.

05/06/2026

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05/06/2026

[LISTEN] SAfm spoke to Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Mining Weekly.

Martin Creamer talks about the new mining cadastre, Gauteng's gold-mining revival, and reforms in South Africa's mining sector.

Reported here is this Friday's At the Coalface: https://ow.ly/XMez50Z7ZwE

05/06/2026

[𝐈𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐈] 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤:

1) South Africa set to run coal stations longer as gas projects lag
https://bit.ly/4dMMADK

2) TNPA signs 25-year LNG terminal agreement for Port of Ngqura
https://bit.ly/4uxb61u

3) Report highlights challenges, risks facing Sasol amid the just energy transition
https://bit.ly/4fxQnWV

05/06/2026

Eskom signs agreement with Zululand Energy Terminal as it seeks to advance 3 GW Richards Bay gas-fired power project https://bit.ly/4dShef4

Eskom has signed heads of agreement with Zululand Energy Terminal (ZET) with the intention of becoming the ‘foundation customer’ for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal that ZET intends building at Berth 207 in the South Dunes precinct of the Port of Richards Bay. ZET is a joint venture be...

05/06/2026

South African green hydrogen first-movers given major boost

Enticing support for first movers into green hydrogen project development is on offer via a first-of-a-kind government-led framework designed to assess the readiness and bankability of green hydrogen and power-to-x (PtX) projects in South Africa. This follows South Africa’s official launch of the ...

05/06/2026

[𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐄] Global fishing company Oceana Group has completed a boiler upgrade at its Laaiplek fishmeal plant, in the Western Cape, replacing end-of-life equipment with modern systems designed to increase efficiency, reliability and capacity.

Lucky Star Operations, a division of the Oceana Group, says the upgrade helps the company maximise steam output with minimal coal usage, creating a safer working environment for employees and ensuring that the coal handling, steam generation, exhaust gas extraction and ash handling processes align with international best practices.

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