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Mining underpins the global energy transition, with electrification driving rapid growth in demand for battery and critical minerals. Africa, which holds a significant share of the world’s cobalt, manganese, copper and bauxite, is becoming increasingly central to global supply chains. Yet most...

Coal’s place in the global energy system is shifting, but the story has been anything but a straight line.
Creamer Media’s ‘Coal 2025: The shifts reshaping coal’ report traces the value chain from resources and reserves through mining, coal preparation and downstream use, highlighting the...

South Africa’s position in the iron-ore market is shaped far more by its own domestic challenges than by global shifts. Although the country is the seventh-largest iron-ore producer globally, accounting for 3% of world supply, exports continue to be limited by rail inefficiencies and equipment...

Aluminium smelting is electricity intensive.

South32, Eskom jointly exploring post-2031 power options for Hillside Aluminium

Published: 19 Dec 25

Studies being undertaken on the future power source for South32’s Hillside Aluminium beyond 2031 are taking place amid awareness of the different energy levers that can potentially be pulled. The current power agreement of South Africa’s aluminium smelter at Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal extends...

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