Coping with rising demand in the face of years of underinvestment in infrastructure is a key challenge for South Africa’s energy sector. With power outages dominating headlines in 2008, maintaining a stable supply of energy to industry, business and domestic consumers is crucial to the country’s future economic growth. South Africa has also moved...
Critical in the production of steel, iron ore, which represents around 95% of all metal used each year – is a major potential growth area for South Africa. According to a March 2011 report released by Kumba Iron Ore (KIO), a South African unit of London-headquartered Anglo American and the fifth-largest seaborne iron ore supplier in the world, the...
Thanks to its economic centrality South Africa’s mining industry has long been the focus of political rhetoric, which has sometimes resulted in polarising debates. Calls from radical elements in the African National Congress (ANC) over the course of 2011 for the nationalisation of mines have badly shaken investor confidence and – while these calls...
Currently heavily reliant on coal-fired power stations that have contributed to the country’s ranking as the world’s 13th-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, South Africa’s energy master plan aims to significantly increase the contribution of renewables to electricity generation. From a very limited current contribution, the Integrated Resource...
Investment by international mining companies has long formed a key part of the country’s economic backbone, with extraction often receiving the largest share of foreign direct investment (FDI). While its share of total FDI stock in South Africa remains solid, capital flows into extractive industries were hit hard by the global economic crisis and...
The mining industry has long been a driving force behind South Africa’s economic growth. Although some mines have reached maturity, the country still relies heavily on its mineral output and the industry’s producers have become global behemoths. South Africa’s total reserves, while diminished, remain some of the world’s most valuable, with an...
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