Lindsey Schutters articles

Neal Froneman spoke to Bizcommunity at the Webber Wentzel 'Reimagining Mining' panel discussion.

Energy & Mining

#MI24: Sibanye-Stillwater CEO says now is the time to invest in PGM

Lindsey Schutters 7 Feb 2024

The panel at the Bowmans 2024 Mining Indaba Event included (from left) Dr Rebecca Maserumule, director for hydrogen and energy at DSI, Bart by Bart Nieuwoudt, lead legal specialist at Sasol, Stuart Heather-Clark, Africa Power Sector Energy Transition Lead at SLR Consulting, Claire Tucker head of our public law and regulatory practice, Bowmans.

Energy

#MI24: Green hydrogen is not coming to save the PGM industry

Lindsey Schutters 6 Feb 2024

Johannesburg joins 40 other cloud regions. Source: Google

Cloud

Joburg goes live as operational Google Cloud region

Lindsey Schutters 4 Feb 2024

Vodacom has emerged as Africa's biggest fintech platform. Source: x.com

Telecoms & Networks

Forget revenue growth, Vodacom is Africa’s biggest fintech platform

Lindsey Schutters 2 Feb 2024

Gemini Pro now powers Google Bard

Services

Google brings advanced AI model Gemini to Bard in South Africa

Lindsey Schutters 1 Feb 2024

Mithum Singh, chief services officer at CCI and the MD of CareerBox, Lizelle Strydom

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Lizelle Strydom and Mithum Singh talk digital adoption in the call centre

Lindsey Schutters 1 Feb 2024

Glencore had a strong H2 performance in 2023.

Mining

Glencore CEO Gary Nagle provides 2024 forecast after meeting guidance

Lindsey Schutters 1 Feb 2024

UMG will pull its music off TikTok from 1 February. Source: Ivan Smokov/Pexels

Mobile & Apps

UMG rejects TikTok’s deal, says platform underpays artists and promotes AI

Lindsey Schutters 31 Jan 2024

Wayne Toms, GhostDraft CEO

Trends

#BizTrends2024: AI integration into CCM is about digital transformation

Lindsey Schutters 31 Jan 2024

Implats midyear trading statement shows increased unsold inventory of PGMs.

Mining

Implats reports lower earnings and production after fatal accident

Lindsey Schutters 31 Jan 2024

Source: Athena/Pexels

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Eastern and Western Cape to gain 3,470MW grid capacity for wind power

Lindsey Schutters 29 Jan 2024

AI hardware could be a bigger power consumption problem than crypto mining. Source: Microsoft Designer.

Hardware

OpenAI is getting into the hardware business in the AI arms race

Lindsey Schutters 29 Jan 2024

Ramokgopa: SA's electricity system is improving, but load shedding continues

Energy

Ramokgopa: SA's electricity system is improving, but load shedding continues

Lindsey Schutters 24 Jan 2024

Gwede Mantashe is a strong advocate for developing the SA gas economy.

Coal, Oil & Gas

DMRE's Gas Act amendment points to major industry overhaul

Lindsey Schutters 23 Jan 2024

Beko will control the whole home of appliances in this new acquisition. Source: Shot by Joe/Unsplash

Hardware

CompCom approves Beko acquisition of Whirlpool appliances

Lindsey Schutters 22 Jan 2024

Samsung managed to increase the screen size of the S24 series over its predecessors, but in the same handset size.

Hardware

Samsung leverages partnerships to elevate Galaxy S24 series

Lindsey Schutters 19 Jan 2024

The team used the sensitive MeerKAT radio telescope, located near Carnarvon in the Northern Cape Karoo. Source: SARAO

Construction & Engineering

MeerKAT discovery could advance our understanding of Einstein’s theory

Lindsey Schutters 19 Jan 2024

Source: Brian Wang/Unsplash

4th Industrial Revolution

Bitcoin miners made bank in December, but hard times are coming

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jan 2024

Climate change is affecting mining in Africa. Source: Vlad Chetan/Pexels

Health & Safety

22 illegal miners dead in Tanzania's unseasonal rains

Lindsey Schutters 16 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied

Telecoms & Networks

NordVPN makers take on growing global eSIM market with Saily

Lindsey Schutters 12 Jan 2024