International
8 months ago | August 11, 2023
Oil driller pioneer experiments with lithium
Pioneer Natural Resources Co, one of the largest US shale drillers, is experimenting with mining lithium from wastewater ...
Scientists confirm July the hottest month ever recorded
Global air and ocean temperatures soared to a record high in July, according to the EU’s climate change service ...
9 months ago | August 8, 2023
Implats reports earnings slump amid lower prices, power cuts
Compiled by Lisa Steyn Impala Platinum expects to report a more-than 20 percent drop in annual earnings as a result of ...
9 months ago | August 4, 2023
What is carbon capture, how does it fight climate change?
Carbon capture and storage infrastructure is designed to prevent carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial processes and ...
UAE promises to allow climate protests at COP28
The United Arab Emirates has said it will allow environmental activists to “make their voices heard” and peacefully ...
Is China’s surge in coal consumption just a passing phase?
David Dodwell It seemed we all agreed: the highest priority in battling global warming is to cut the use of fossil ...
War, AI and climate change shake up US$32t in global trade
In Morocco trucks from a Connecticut logistics company ferry car parts and clothing across the Strait of Gibraltar. In ...
Investors should still expect a bumpy road ahead
The first half of 2023 witnessed striking economic and financial dispersion, both within countries and across them. With ...
Putting family at centre of poverty eradication efforts will ...
Criselda Kananda Although social grants and the provision of housing and services to townships have reduced levels of ...
US fiscal metrics, governance spurred credit-rating cut: Fitch
Weakening US fiscal metrics and governance, highlighted by political wrangling over the debt ceiling, were at the heart ...
9 months ago | August 3, 2023
Banks are changing fast. Their outdated systems aren’t keeping up
Marius van den Berg Traditional South African banks, and their associated dated computer systems, were not designed for ...
9 months ago | July 28, 2023
Extreme heat hard on older adults
Scorching temperatures have put millions of Americans in danger this summer, with heat extremes stretching from coast to ...
Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory
A series of climate records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice have alarmed some scientists who say their ...
Total takes control of renewables firm for US$1,66bn
TotalEnergies SE agreed to buy the remaining shares in French clean-power developer Total Eren for €1,5 billion (US$1,66 ...
IMF lifts world GDP outlook on US stability
The International Monetary Fund raised its outlook for the world economy this year, estimating that risks have eased in ...
Buffett overturns fossil fuel bets as global ESG push mints bargains
Warren Buffett’s (pictured right) multibillion-dollar purchases of oil and gas investments early in the pandemic paid ...
Jack Ma-backed Ant plans restructuring, paving way for HK IPO
Ant Group is planning a restructuring that will break off some operations that aren’t core parts of its China ...
AI’s grip on tech set for test with Microsoft, Alphabet earnings
Bets that artificial intelligence will revolutionise Corporate America and deliver riches to the biggest companies ...
Global economy on track, but not yet out of the woods
The global economy continues to gradually recover from the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the near term, ...
9 months ago | July 26, 2023
Chinese professor says youth jobless rate might have hit 46.5 pc
Reuters An unusually public claim by a Chinese professor that the country’s youth unemployment rate might have hit ...
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