By Barend Matthee, National Projects Director at Workforce Staffing Extended blackouts and relentless loadshedding is crippling essential infrastructure and service delivery in South Africa. In a... 

By Monde Mawasha, Coega Chief Knowledge and Digital Officer - ICT, Research and Strategy On the questions of who pays for data or the cost to communicate, Coega’s Chief Knowledge and Digital... 

The outlook for surface and underground mining in South Africa is healthy, as local mines are ramping up production and demand grows, leading to the recruitment of more mineworkers. Mining training... 

The Minerals Council South Africa, in collaboration with accounting firm PwC and the Mandela Mining Precinct, will soon release its new 2022/23 report on the state of digitalisation, the Fourth... 

Major US carrier United Airlines (United) has announced the establishment, jointly with a number of corporate partners, of a “first-of-its-kind” fund, worth more than $100-million, to support the... 

Oil and gas major Santos has reported record underlying earnings for the full year ended December, with underlying profits increasing by 160% to $2.46-billion. Net profits after tax for the year... 

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched Federal Court proceedings against technology company Swift Networks for alleged bid rigging and price fixing when tendering to... 

Zest WEG, a subsidiary of leading Brazilian motor and controls manufacturer WEG, is committed to the development of the African region, and has been servicing the continent for over 40 years.... 

By Michael Ketz, CEO at ShareForce Share incentive plans are becoming more and more popular among private companies as a means of remunerating employees and improving staff retention. Increasingly,... 

A new report has revealed a correlation between fifth-generation (5G) uptake and revenue growth for communications service providers (CSPs). A special Ericsson Mobility Report, the Business Review... 

Why trade credit insurance matters South Africa is currently experiencing challenging political and economic conditions, which has a direct impact on the financial and trading performance of... 

Netafim South Africa has announced the expansion of its local dripline manufacturing capacity. To date, locally produced dripline included Uniram, Dripnet PC and Aries driplines with wall... 

There is increased interest in automated cranes, amid the growing awareness of the benefits of full crane automation, says crane manufacturer Condra MD Marc Kleiner. It is currently the most... 

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Attacq has appointed Fikile de Buck and Dr Gustav Rohde as nonexecutive directors, effective February 1. De Buck, with over 23 years of executive-level... 

Investment Management firm Talent10 Holdings generates long-term value for its partner businesses and investee companies. The Group’s new offices in Waterfall City, boasting world-class technology... 

Making a mine energy efficient requires plenty of planning, which ideally means proactively designing for efficiency from an early stage in a project, says consulting engineers and scientists SRK... 

Diversified miner Anglo American has reported a year-on-year improvement in the production of nearly all its commodities – except for platinum group metals (PGMs) and nickel – for the fourth... 

The role of advanced pump technology in the evolution of the desalination industry Over the past two decades, desalination plants have become bigger, more cost-effective and twice as energy... 

Critical applications that require a high degree of reliability and longevity are said to benefit from the use of medium voltage (MV) electric motors which are tailor-made for specific tasks, and... 

Global technology giant HP and the Aspen Institute have opened applications for their 2023 Digital Equity Accelerator initiative, targeting not-for-profit organisations (NPOs) and non-governmental... 

Digital mining solutions provider MineSense in December announced that it had secured $42-million in Series E funding, which would be used to accelerate the commercial deployment of its solutions,... 

Advanced engineering manufacturer Danfoss has successfully added its IC2 and IC7 drives, released in the final quarter of last year, to its existing VLT and VACON range of drives. The drives will... 

Global technical equipment, drive and braking systems manufacturer Voith presented its solutions for the mobility shift in commercial vehicles at the IAA Transportation Expo held in Hannover,... 

Hydraulic equipment provider Bosch Rexroth Africa is set to make its first appearance at this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba, in conjunction with Bosch Rexroth companies Hägglunds Drives... 

SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa is recognised as the specialist in drive and control technologies across Africa with the brand well-known and respected for its precision German engineering across the... 

Zest WEG, a subsidiary of leading Brazilian motor and controls manufacturer WEG, is committed to the development of the African region, and has been servicing the continent for over 40 years.... 

(Virtual Showroom): Condra has completed a 32-ton, 30-metre span container handling crane for Manganese Metal Company (MMC), the Mbombela-based metal refinery. The working element of a... 

Over the past two decades, technology has advanced exponentially, altering almost every generation’s perspective and interaction with the world. This has also brought about change to the academic... 

Netafim South Africa is happy to announce that the first roll of locally produced Streamline™ X thin wall dripline was recently extruded at its Cape Town dripline manufacturing plant. To supply a... 

The use of the multipurpose base metal, zinc, in South Africa, has “been through a rollercoaster over the past ten to 12 years”, says International Zinc Association (IZA) Africa Desk executive... 

Group 6 Metals has reported that construction of the processing plant for the Dolphin mine is continuing to progress on schedule. 

BEKA Schréder is proud to have supplied the LED lighting solution for Alvi’s Drift new wine cellar. Alvi’s Drift is located in Scherpenheuwel, about 20km south of Worcester in the Western Cape... 

The second Wind Industry Internship Programme (WIIP) will be doubling its placements this year, in addition to offering supplementary work readiness training for the first time. The programme... 

The past year has undoubtedly hit hard at consumers’ wallets with the annual inflation rate rising up to 7.2%, far above the Reserve Bank’s target range of 3% to 6%. This makes it imperative for... 

Iron-ore major and green energy developer Fortescue has taken delivery of Australia’s first prototype battery system designed for a zero-emissions battery electric mining haul truck being... 

Battery and vehicle controller system WAE Technologies has completed and delivered to Australia the largest battery of its kind, ready to be installed in a 240 t prototype zero-emission... 

Belt-drives now easier and quicker to design with new-look Design Power™ software Gates (NYSE: GTES), a leading global provider of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions,... 

Gold developer Bellevue Gold is on track to reach gold production in the second half of 2023, with the first draw down of A$35-million from its project loan facility with Macquarie Bank taking... 

Crane manufacturer Condra Cranes has completed a 32 t, 30-metre-span container handling crane for Mbombela-based metals refinery Manganese Metal Company (MMC). MMC’s gantry was delivered on... 

Group 6 Metals will raise A$20-million through a share placement to bring its Dolphin tungsten mine into production. 

Tractor manufacturer Massey Ferguson has completed the second season of its reality show called Master Mechanic, which highlights the central role technicians and mechanics play in the industry to... 

Following the introduction of the RAV4 GX hybrid last year and the RAV4 hybrid E-Four this year, Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) says it will test the local market’s response to the RAV4 plug-in...