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JFE Steel’s Meranti Green Steel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Anglo American for the supply of high-grade iron

South Africa’s Kumba Iron Ore sees itself as a critical player in the decarbonisation journey. Regarding tricky Scope 3 emission reduction, the Anglo American company is partnering with top steelmakers Salzgitter, ThyssenKrupp and Nippon to cut its Scope 3; advancing fast towards generating its own solar power from the hot Northern Cape to lower its Scope 2 emissions; and looking to green hydrogen fuel cell mine trucks to cut its Scope 1 emissions.

Agri SA is concerned that the closure of Tiger Brands' Langeberg and Ashton factory would be a socio-economic disaster for the region, with ripple effects throughout the value chain...

South Africa’s major iron-ore producer and marketer Kumba Iron Ore is fast-tracking solar power permitting and looking to wind energy, it is discussing the use of green hydrogen with particularly European customers, and it foresees relatively strong iron-ore prices continuing in the short term as well as good premium prospects for its lump ore, which makes up two thirds of Kumba production. On the company’s renewable energy generation plans, new Kumba CEO Mpumi Zikalala said in response to Mining Weekly during a media briefing: “We’re currently busy with the permitting ...

By Timo Smit The first year of the Covid-19 pandemic saw wide-ranging impacts on multilateral peace operations. The crisis simultaneously affected all operations, host nations, headquarters and contributing countries. It caused major disruption—from the political-strategic level where mandates are drawn up, down to the operational and tactical levels.