SMME Support as of July 2020 SMME Support as of July 2020 What the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 21, 2020 0 5459 Article rating: 3.5 The purpose of this presentation is to provide the information on what the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa. Read more
AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED SuperUser Account / Monday, April 13, 2015 0 59490 Article rating: 3.5 FOLLOWING significant growth in the renewable energy business, AfriCoast Engineers SA has developed a sister company to exapnd its vision. Read more
AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 12, 2015 0 56405 Article rating: 4.0 Renewable energy engineering firm AfiCoast Engineers SA has announced that a new company, AfriCoast Energy, will now be responsible for all future renewable energy projects - particulary wind and solar - while it will also play a key role in guiding AfriCoast Engineers' current basket of renewable energy projects. Read more
Murray & Roberts Limited secures additional R80m in business rescue funding SuperUser Account / Wednesday, September 3, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating Murray & Roberts Limited (MRL) – currently under business rescue – says its business rescue practitioners (BRPs) have secured an additional R80-million in post-commencement finance (PCF), which builds on prior PCF support secured since it entered voluntary business rescue in November last year. The funding, to date, has been instrumental in stabilising MRL’s business rescue proceedings, providing the BRPs with the time to develop, secure the adoption of, and advance the implementation of a business rescue plan. Read more
Altron index reveals challenging environment for South African households SuperUser Account / Wednesday, September 3, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating South African households continued to remain under pressure during the first quarter of 2025, as the restrictive monetary policy of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) leads to a consistent decline in the per capita disposable income of South African households in real terms. The Altron FinTech Household Resilience Index (AFHRI) for the first quarter of 2025 showed a modest year-on-year improvement of 2.5%; however, quarter-on-quarter, the index value of 111.4 was 4.2% lower than the fourth quarter of 2024, said economist Dr Roelof Botha, who compiles the index on behalf of Altron FinTech. Read more
Newcastle mill placed into care and maintenance SuperUser Account / Wednesday, September 3, 2025 0 1 Article rating: No rating ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has confirmed that the Newcastle blast furnace has been placed into temporary care and maintenance and that it is taking preparatory steps towards the potential closure of its long steel business. The shutting of the blast furnace was confirmed in an official update to the market after a letter was sent to staff at the end of August indicating that it had been unable to find a solution to address the structural problems that had made the longs business commercially unsustainable. Read more
ASPI ships first samples of ytterbium-176, silicon-28 SuperUser Account / Wednesday, September 3, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating Nasdaq- and JSE-listed ASP Isotopes (ASPI) has shipped the first samples of ytterbium-176 and silicon-28 to customers – a step the company describes as a major milestone that should allow it to fulfil indicated customer demand representing $50-million to $70-million of potential revenues during 2026 and 2027. The company, led by chairperson and CEO Paul Mann, explains that the samples, shipped during August, are in line with the guidance it provided in July, adding that it also expects to ship the first samples of carbon-12 to a customer this month. Read more
SAICE launches GCC 2025 as updated framework for South Africa’s construction industry SuperUser Account / Tuesday, September 2, 2025 0 14 Article rating: No rating The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) has officially launched its ‘General Conditions of Contract (GCC) 2025’ publication, which has been in the works since early 2021. The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has endorsed the GCC 2025 as part of its mandate to promote and endorse uniform and ethical standards. Read more