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South African mining factsheets

The Chamber of Mines, a mining industry organisation, publishes regular factsheets on a number of topics in the South African mining sector.
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South African nuclear report and publications dating from 1965

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s archive contains historical nuclear energy reports and publications dating back to 1965.
Natural resources & energy

Water quality in South African municipalities

The Department of Water and Sanitation no longer produces its water services reports (providing blue, green and no-drop certification), which monitored water quality across South African municipalities. It plans to resume publication in 2019. Previous reports can be downloaded from the department’s website.
Natural resources & energy

Analysis of water and sanitation in South Africa

This Statistics South Africa report analyses data from the 2016 community survey and general household surveys from 2002 to 2015. It evaluates water and sanitation conditions in South Africa.
Natural resources & energy

Electricity transmission overview in Nigeria

An overview of Nigeria's electricity transmission created by the Nigerian Electricity Regulations Commission, the electricity transmission network in the country.
Natural resources & energy

Mining and quarrying's contribution to Nigeria’s GDP

The mining and quarrying sector's contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) in Nigeria, as per the National Bureau of Statistics.
Natural resources & energy

Nigeria's renewable energy profile

Information on renewable energy in Nigeria providing data on global renewable energy consumption and installed capacity. It is available from the Nigeria Data Portal.
Natural resources & energy

Nigeria's feed-in tariffs for renewably-sourced electricity, 2015

Economic instruments, fiscal/financial incentives and feed-in tariffs/premiums for renewable energy in Nigeria. Data is from the International Energy Agency and for 2015.
Natural resources & energy

Annual oil and gas statistical review in Nigeria

An annual statistical review of Nigeria's petroleum industry including data on seismic activities, crude oil production, liftings, allocations, exports by destination, receipts, gas production, utilisation, sales, transmission and exports. It is published by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

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