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CHAMWE KAIRA  The Namibian uranium industry continues to benefit from strong global demand for nuclear energy, driven by efforts to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy security. Decarbonisation refers to reducing or eliminating carbon dioxide emissions from processes such as manufacturing and energy production. Paladin Energy said in a presentation that nuclear energy is the second-largest source of global clean energy and produces almost no carbon emissions. In the United States, nuclear power supplies nearly half of clean energy. During COP28 and COP29, 31 countries, including the US, Canada, the UK, and France, committed to tripling nuclear power capacity by…

Eskom has announced the successful addition of Kusile Power Station’s final unit, Unit 6, to the national grid. This achievement marks a crucial step toward completing one of South Africa’s largest infrastructure projects and is a key milestone in Eskom’s strategic objective of adding 2500MW of new capacity to the grid by March 2025. Kusile Power Station will contribute a total of 4800 MW to the national grid once all units are fully operational, making it South Africa’s largest infrastructure project. Its sister project, Medupi, will see its Unit 4 return 800MW by the end of April 2025 from an…

CHAMWE KAIRA  Osino Gold Exploration and Mining is conducting water supply investigations for its planned mining operations at its Twin Hills Gold Mine, located 25 km northeast of Karibib within the Erongo Region. Despite the success of water supply investigations undertaken close to the mine licence area, Osino has investigated other water sources to further secure water supply.  NamWater, in collaboration with Osino, investigated and confirmed the feasibility of abstracting groundwater from the Kranzberg Aquifer. “This finding supports the expansion of the Kranzberg Water Supply Scheme, operated by NamWater.  Therefore, NamWater, in collaboration with Osino, proposes to abstract groundwater from…