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Financial provisioning regulations increase strain on indigent miners
The South African extractive industry, which is currently battling depressed commodity prices, is being subjected to increasingly stringent regulations, such as the Financial Provisioning...
Sierra Leone project closer to enviro licence
Aim-listed exploration company Stellar Diamonds aims to schedule a meeting with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to discuss and agree on the fee for issuing the environmental licence for...
Enviro impact of mine top of mind
Environmental management company Cabanga Concepts has been contracted to yearly audit the environmental compliance of uranium and gold mining company Oakbay Resources & Energy subsidiary Shiva...
Attendance at festival expected to increase
This year’s Harvest Festival is set to take place at Leriba Hotel and Spa, in Centurion, from April 30 to May 2, with 4 000 visitors a day expected to attend. “The festival is a culinary journey,...
Wetlands, water conservation key to environment
With wetlands being essential to the ecosystem, owing to water being a precious resource to mankind, the second annual Flufftail Festival, held last month in Johannesburg, highlighted the need to...
Water company helping to combat climate change
With meteorologists claiming that the current drought in South Africa is because El Niño is preventing moisture reaching the sub-Saharan Africa region, water service provider Mega Water states that...
COP 21 agreement raises justness concerns
Although Engineering News reported in January that the twenty-first Conference of the Parties (COP 21), held in Paris last December, had been lauded as better than any other international climate...
Exchange rate makes for slightly better SA gold output
South African gold mining production levels are slowly increasing because of the rand:dollar exchange rate, with the R/kg gold price being at its highest level in recent years. The prices are not...
Financial institution reports climb in physical gold investment
There was an increase in physical gold investment in South Africa towards the end of last year, owing to the weakening of the rand, says financial institution First National Bank (FNB).
Focus on improving gold processing
South African State-owned research and development organisation Mintek is trying to advance gold processing amid the weak market to reduce the cost involved in extracting the yellow metal and aid...
Battling sector must note maintenance pitfalls
The biggest potential for growth in the struggling gold mining industry lies in mechanised operations, and smart systems that detect which parts have to be replaced during shutdowns, instead of...
Infrastructure products manufacturer receives recognition
Infrastructure products manufacturer, Infrastructure Specialist Group (ISG) has been awarded a Golden Award in the Business Corporate and Listed Companies Category of the Business of the Year...
Soweto multipurpose facility to open at the end of the year
The new 1 800 m² multipurpose education campus that is being constructed in Soweto is expected to open its doors by December 2016. The education campus building, designed pro bono by New York-based...
Urbanisation to trigger construction market growth
Owing to the decline in mining activity because of the global economic downturn, which has also affected the construction industry negatively, Swaziland-based construction group Inyatsi...
International civil engineering conference to be held in CT
Open-access journal publishing group of India OMICS will host the International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering in Cape Town from June 20 to 22. The conference will focus on applying a...
Casino expects to open its doors in 2017
Construction company WBHO has been appointed as the principal contractor for the construction of the new Time Square at Menlyn Maine development in Pretoria East. The development follows the...
PPE donated to firefighters in African countries
Safety products manufacturer MSA Africa has partnered with nongovernmental organisation Africa Fire Mission (AFM) to donate and refurbish more than 1 100 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE)...
New health and safety training courses launched
Health and safety training company NOSA is set to roll out two new health and safety courses launched at the end of last year. NOSA marketing, commercial and social media editor Nadia Pisanti says...
Detector system available for commercial market
Sole supplier of Lion detection systems Alco-Safe recently completed the testing of its Lion Detection System (DS-20), which will soon be available for commercial use. The system was tested on...
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