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 | What a year 2020 has been! So, we've curated the year's most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views on Bizcommunity's Energy & Mining platform into our #BestofBiz2020 list... read |
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 | | The potential of recent gas finds has given rise to false claims that gas will generate economic prosperity for the country. The reality is that it will be at least a decade, possibly two, before we see any significant impact...read |
|  | | The year 2020 has seen many sectors being confronted with unprecedented challenges that forced businesses to reflect on their corporate strategies in response to Covid-19 pandemic...read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Since March 2020 when Covid-19 first turned business on its head, Bizcommunity has been the place where virtual business gets done, fully set up to seamlessly steer your business communications through the challenges of lockdowns, meltdowns and new remote working norms... Read |
| Energy & Mining |
 | ISSUED BY E&T MINERALS South African commodity brokerage and trading house E&T Minerals was recently awarded a Certificate of Excellence by Top Empowerment Magazine in recognition to their commitment to transformation in the year 2020... Read |
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 | Eskom is still facing significant resistance from former managers and from some still in its employ in its transition from the grips of state capture, which has led to financial and operational difficulties... Read |
 | ROD CROMPTON Eskom, South Africa's state-owned power utility, has a litany of financial and operational problems. In 2017 the Goldman Sachs Group declared it the biggest risk to the South African economy... Read |
 | Despite posting a small profit in its first half interim results, Eskom expects to post a R22bn loss at the end of the 2021 financial year... Read |
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 | NONTOBEKO MTSHALI A blast at an Engen oil refinery recently rocked the community of Durban South, an industrial basin in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Several employees and community members were treated for smoke inhalation... Read |
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 | Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has completed the rebuild of its Anglo Converter Plant (ACP) Phase A unit
ahead of schedule. after it was damaged in an explosion in February... Read |
 | JOHN YELD Sediment from coffer dams built by diamond mining companies on the West Coast is smothering the seabed and damaging the inshore reef systems, perhaps permanently, diamond divers have warned... Read |
 | The World Economic Forum's Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative (MMBI) has released a proof of concept that uses distributed ledger technology to track embedded greenhouse gas emissions. Read |
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 | ECKART ZOLLNER Reaching our goal of net-zero emissions requires urgent change and innovation across multiple industries. With energy production and usage accounting for nearly three-quarters of global emissions, it is apparent that there is no single industry on which to pin the responsibility... Read |
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 | ADEJUWON SOYINKA Over nine months into Covid-19 outbreak in Nigeria, there are concerns about how well the country has managed the pandemic.... Read |
 | The first phase of construction of a $1m research clinic in Entebbe has been completed... Read |
 | The Digital4Agriculture Initiative aims to foster African startups in the agricultural sector and strengthen the long-term living conditions of local small farmers by increasing productivity and quality... Read |
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 | Google has revealed the results of its 2020 Year in Search, sharing what the world and South Africans searched for, asked about, looked for, ate and dreamt of exploring in 2020... Read |
 | LOUISE ROBINSON For anyone in sales, 2020 has been a challenging year. Going forward, we will see this hardship continue into 2021 and how we respond to the new demands will be critical... Read |
 | AMIR SOHRABI Digitisation, most of all, means acceleration. This has numerous implications for leadership in the digital age. Simply making decisions faster to keep up with the rapid pace of business life and innovation will not be enough... Read |
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