Local smelting specialist scoops R140m contract

Just over a year ago, Pyromet was awarded a R140-million project to design, construct and commission two 63 MVA closed-type furnaces for Xstrata’s Lion ferrochrome smelter in the Steelpoort area.

Integrated automation system supplied

Electrical engineering supplier Siemens was commissioned to supply ferrochrome producer Xstrata with a total integrated automation (TIA) solution at its Lion ferrochrome plant in Steelpoort.

'Unprecedented growth' in aggregate and sand demand

The aggregate and sandsector is experiencing unprecedented growth, says chairperson of the Aggregate and Sand Producers Association of Southern Africa (Aspasa) Harley Dent. He attributes this to large-scale infrastructural development leading up...

Conservation body appeals to energy sector

In order to tackle the issue of climate change, WWF, the conservation organisation, is calling for the energy sector, as well as industry in general, to lower its greenhouse-gas emissions through ‘wedging in’ effective elements to...

Fire suppression system boasts improved efficiency, reduced harmful emissions

Gas manufacturer Afrox in 2005 became involved with an Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL)-listed fire-suppression system called Afrox FS 125.

Demand swells for analytic services

There has recently been a noticeable growth in the demand for environmental services, says global supplier of professional laboratory and commodity inspection services M&L Laboratories.

Emission control not strict enough – burner supplier

South Africa is gravely behind with regard to emissioncontrol and the policing thereof, burner equipment supplier The Combustion Group (TCG) tells Engineering News. Representatives of the company explain that, with the government looking into...

New high-compression unit set for launch next year

Air and power supplier Rand Air says that it is set to release a 30-bar compressor unit in early 2007. GM Louwrens Erasmus says that the high-compression units are used mostly in mining exploration. The company also has several other new...

Environment-friendly system decontaminates, replaces refrigerants

Gas producer and supplier Afrox says that, with the introduction of its new Zugibeast product into South Africa, mines now have an opportunity to keep their systems running more efficiently and to prevent contaminated gases from entering the...

Locally-designed ‘mag drive’ range experiences global success

Owing to a shift in local market requirements from conventional sealing methods to magnetic drive couplings, KSB South Africa has developed a locally-designed and -manufactured petrochemicals ‘mag-drive’ pump range.