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Don’t call it a comeback, but Exxaro is banking on coal resurgence

Coal, Oil & Gas

Don’t call it a comeback, but Exxaro is banking on coal resurgence

Lindsey Schutters 16 Jan 2025

Clouds pass over the pit head at Sibanye Gold's Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria. Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Mining

Froneman considers restructuring and capital raise to slow PGM losses

Nelson Banya and Felix Njini 5 Mar 2024

Storm clouds circle the PGMs market. Source: DALL-E 3

Mining

Anglo and Glencore caught in mining market headwinds

Lindsey Schutters 23 Feb 2024

Cash-strapped mining companies look for innovative sources of funding

Mining

Cash-strapped mining companies look for innovative sources of funding

Jason Wilkinson, Wandisile Mandlana, Adéle de Jager & Ivan Vorster 1 Apr 2021

Sherif Andrawes, BDO’s global head of natural resources

Mining

What's going to shake up the mining industry by 2030?

23 Oct 2019

Johannesburg's construction cost inflation gets 6% hike

Construction & Engineering

Johannesburg's construction cost inflation gets 6% hike

21 Sep 2018

Why the farm tyre market is weighed down globally

Manufacturing & Parts

Why the farm tyre market is weighed down globally

18 Jul 2018

Construction & Engineering

Skills shortage driving hike in construction costs - survey

30 May 2018

#AfricaMonth: Driving sustainable development agendas through digital transformation

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Driving sustainable development agendas through digital transformation

Joanne Shields 17 May 2018

Retail

Four things this packaging company teaches us about Africa's consumer goods industry

Jaco Maritz 24 Oct 2017

PwC report: Spot prices up despite challenging year

Mining

PwC report: Spot prices up despite challenging year

29 Sep 2017

Nigeria and SA's fragile economic recovery

Marketing

Nigeria and SA's fragile economic recovery

13 Sep 2017

Agriculture

Skills development in agriculture should be seen as an investment

27 Jun 2017

TC Chetty, South Africa country manager for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Construction & Engineering

Junk status not good for Africa's overall growth

11 Apr 2017

Risks for Africa growth from Brexit and China's economic downturn

Marketing

Risks for Africa growth from Brexit and China's economic downturn

5 Apr 2017

#Budget2017: Striking the right balance

Budget Speech

#Budget2017: Striking the right balance

Kenneth Creamer 23 Feb 2017

Innovation summit for Kenya

Events & Conferencing

Innovation summit for Kenya

25 Jan 2017

Image by Pixabay.com

Retail

Rest of Africa helps drive superb sales for Shoprite

19 Jan 2017

Retailers

Rest of Africa helps drive superb sales for Shoprite

Colleen Goko 18 Jan 2017

What's worrying businesses most in 2017?

Markets & Investment

What's worrying businesses most in 2017?

16 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Global opportunities for 21st century mining

Trends

#BizTrends2017: Global opportunities for 21st century mining

Professor Fred Cawood 9 Jan 2017

UD Trucks aims for business growth in Southern and Eastern Africa

Dealers

UD Trucks aims for business growth in Southern and Eastern Africa

30 Nov 2016

Supply chain risk in sub-Saharan Africa tops the chart

Distribution

Supply chain risk in sub-Saharan Africa tops the chart

25 Nov 2016

Business rescue can dig mining companies out of a hole

Mining

Business rescue can dig mining companies out of a hole

7 Nov 2016

The turbulent fortunes of the SA mining industry

Mining

The turbulent fortunes of the SA mining industry

29 Sep 2016

Source: Africa Renewal

Marketing

The impact on Africa after Brexit

Amelia Tan 17 Aug 2016

Sales

Stronger currency and retail sales ratchet up business confidence

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 11 Aug 2016

Manufacturing Circle executive director Philippa Rodseth hopes signs of growth show the sector is stabilising.
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Design & Manufacturing

Manufacturing data may help SA avoid a technical recession

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 13 Jul 2016

Prime global rents continue to fall globally

Rental

Prime global rents continue to fall globally

Taimur Khan 1 Jul 2016

Dr Andrew Golding

Residential Property

PGP group looks to make further inroads into Africa

Sindy Peters 8 Jun 2016

Liz Hart, MD, Infrastructure Africa

Africa Month

Infrastructure Africa to focus on regional opportunities

Sindy Peters 18 May 2016

El Niño a threat to continuity of African supply chains

Distribution

El Niño a threat to continuity of African supply chains

11 May 2016

Nigeria leads on hotel development

Events & Conferencing

Nigeria leads on hotel development

9 May 2016

TABLE: Hotel Chain Development Pipelines in Africa 2016 - Top 10 Countries by Number of Rooms

Marketing & Media

Hotel development in Africa jumps 30% to 64,000 rooms

15 Apr 2016

Brief uptick in factory data and confidence

Design & Manufacturing

Brief uptick in factory data and confidence

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 8 Apr 2016

Caroline Galvan, lead economist for competitiveness and risks in Africa at the World Economic Forum. (Image WEF)

Marketing

Opportunities for SADC to increase competitiveness

11 Apr 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa's risk increases as China slows down

Supply Chain

Sub-Saharan Africa's risk increases as China slows down

17 Feb 2016

Risky business: China's economic slowdown and Sub-Saharan Africa supply chains

Logistics & Transport

Risky business: China's economic slowdown and Sub-Saharan Africa supply chains

16 Feb 2016

East and Southern Africa battles with effects of El Niño

Food Security

East and Southern Africa battles with effects of El Niño

Ruth Bookbinder 3 Feb 2016

Growth at risk as factories stuck in rut

Design & Manufacturing

Growth at risk as factories stuck in rut

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 2 Feb 2016

Message to Davos to empower farmers

Agriculture

Message to Davos to empower farmers

22 Jan 2016

Standard Bank CEO foresees tough year ahead

Markets & Investment

Standard Bank CEO foresees tough year ahead

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 21 Jan 2016

Report: South Africa 2016 unpacks SA's 21-year journey

Publishing

Report: South Africa 2016 unpacks SA's 21-year journey

12 Jan 2016

Bad year for African bourses prompts investor exit

Markets & Investment

Bad year for African bourses prompts investor exit

Malcom Sharara 5 Jan 2016

Maersk Q3 Report: rough seas ahead

Shipping

Maersk Q3 Report: rough seas ahead

8 Dec 2015

Q4 manufacturing business confidence stable at 34

Design & Manufacturing

Q4 manufacturing business confidence stable at 34

4 Dec 2015

Data show poor state of key sectors

Design & Manufacturing

Data show poor state of key sectors

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 12 Oct 2015

Master Drilling eyes deep gains with new boring technologies

Construction & Engineering

Master Drilling eyes deep gains with new boring technologies

Allam Seccombe 30 Sep 2015

SA's economic growth affected by global crisis

Logistics & Transport

SA's economic growth affected by global crisis

21 Sep 2015