New waste disposal system developed by Necsa

5th March 2015

By: Creamer Media Reporter

  

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From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, better known as Necsa, displayed a demonstration unit of a new waste disposal system at the recent Innovation Bridge event in Pretoria. Keith Campbell was there.

Keith Campbell:
As a spin-off from its work on processing nuclear waste Necsa has developed its own technology to carry out plasma gasification, which is a concept that is already used overseas to dispose of waste. Necsa Applied Chemistry Senior Scientist Dr Jaco van der Walt explains.

Necsa Applied Chemistry Senior Scientist Dr Jaco van der Walt

Shannon de Ryhove:
Other news making headlines this week: Turbines boost mine power at AngloGold Ashanti; A new prestigious competition seeks to showcase and inspire local entrepreneurs; And, a property sale provides profitability impetus for AECI.

Gold major AngloGold Ashanti is installing turbines in underground mines to boost energy regeneration, as part of a strategy of recovering electricity without spending significant amounts of capital.

AngloGold Ashanti COO Mike O’Hare

The 2015 Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition was launched in February in Johannesburg, with the main focus on creating and inspiring entrepreneurs to create jobs and boost the economy.

Business Partners CFO Ben Bierman

The completion of the bulk surplus property sale of a 2 300 ha Heartland property in Modderfontein to Chinese investors, as well as a “record performance” from the speciality chemicals cluster, were key to the growth of AECI’s profitability.

AECI CEO Mark Dytor

That’s Creamer Media’s Real Economy Report. Join us again next week for more news and insight into South Africa’s real economy.

Edited by Shannon de Ryhove
Contributing Editor

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