Reports

This report maps the production baseline and active R&D across the lithium and rare earth value chains (four processing routes in total)and assigns technology readiness levels (TRLs)1 to each technology.

The findings of this report reveal critical data gaps and institutional challenges, also highlight pathways for South Africa to align its energy reliance with global climate goals while strengthening national resilience.

Despite their relatively small volume, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Plastics pose significant environmental and health risks due to their complex composition and potentially hazardous additives.

The overarching aim of this project was to produce national mine closure risk and opportunity maps and classifications to inform and support mine closure planning and policy in South Africa.

This study aims to provide a proof of concept to demonstrate the feasibility to concentrate pyrite contained in South African coal wastes and recover iron-based coagulants.

Zero-valent iron in the nanoparticle size range (<100 nm), also known as zero-valent nano iron is a potentially valuable iron-product that could be recovered from iron rich AMD. It is this opportunity that this study set out to explore.

This report is focussed on the goal of establishing feasible approaches for the prevention of the formation of acid rock drainage (ARD) from mining wastes by the removal of the risk rather than its delay.