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Anglo plans new coal mine, Universal outlines midtier ambitions, Vale inks rail deal and other news in the Coal Roundup

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The December/January edition of the Coal Roundup includes details of Anglo American's new five-million-ton-a-year coal mine, Universal Coal's ambitions to become a midtier producer by 2015 and Vale's $1-billion rail line deal with the Malawi...

By: Creamer Media Reporter

06 Feb 12

Aerospace

A380 wing production process to be changed owing to cracks in brackets

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European airliner manufacturer Airbus is modifying the production process for the wings of its A380 Superjumbo airliner. This is to eliminate the recently discovered problem of two types of cracks in non-critical wing components.

By: Keith Campbell

03 Feb 12

CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS

Agreement to agree at COP 17 represented real progress – NBI

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While many nongovernmental organisations claimed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17), held in Durban during December, was a failure, other participants believed that the outcomes...

By: Jean McKenzie

03 Feb 12

RECYCLING

Air Products markets tyre recycling solutions as SA moves to deal with problem

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Manufacturer and supplier of a wide variety of industrial and specialty gas products Air Products is intensifying the marketing for its two tyre and rubber recycling solutions, following the Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa’s...

By: Dimakatso Motau

03 Feb 12

AUTO INDUSTRY – 2

BMW’s SA unit to trial electric car during 2012

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BMW South Africa (BMW SA) says it will conduct a local trial study of the Mini E during the first quarter of 2012, with the intention of launching the electric vehicle “locally at a later stage”.

By: Irma Venter

03 Feb 12

Property Sale

Braamfontein landmark put up for sale

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Global property services firm Jones Lang LaSalle reports it has called for tenders for the sale of prominent Johannesburg landmark, Jorissen Place.

By: Megan Wait

03 Feb 12

CEMENT STATISTICS

Commission’s cement data restrictions questioned

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Construction development company Business & Marketing Intelligence (BMI) Building Strategy Research Unit principal consultant Dr Llewellyn Lewis has called on the Competition Commission to reverse its decision to prohibit the centralised...

Asset Management

Companies team up for African asset management

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South African physical asset management company Pragma and consulting engineering firm Aurecon have teamed up to deliver turnkey asset management solutions to the African market, including for water and electricity service providers and...

Energy Measurement

COP 17 expo used yearly energy equivalent of 24 US households

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The two-week Climate Change Response Expo, held in Durban during the seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, used the same electricity as 24 US households do during one year,...

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Company	Currency	Industry Term	City
Universal Coal Airbus Airbus Southern Africa Air Products BMW SA Hatch Rolls-Royce Gautrain Jones Lang LaSalle Jones Lang LaSalle South Africa AfriSam Lafarge Lafarge Industries South Africa Aurecon Cape Town Environment & Advisory Services Pragma South-East Asia Util Labs	SGD USD COP	Midtier Producer Airliner Manufacturer Cement Industry Cryogenic Grinding Systems Ment Solution Oxygen Solution Oxygen-enrichment Solution Rubber Rubber Recycling Solutions Speciality Gas Products Supplier Tyre Waste Recycling Solutions Desirable Real Estate Asset Local Retail Property Services Transport Cement Cement Cartel Ruling Cement Market Share Cartel Cement Producer Cement Producers Cement Use Statistics Real-time Synchronisation Asset Management Solutions Electricity Service Providers Holistic Services Turnkey Asset Management Solutions Turnkey Solutions Electricity Electricity Use Low-voltage Electrical Networks Real Time Smart Devices	Canberra Cancun Copenhagen DURBAN Kyoto Johannesburg
Country	Person	Product	Continent
Australia Denmark Germany Korea South Africa Brazil China New Zealand United States	David Forsyth Linden Birns Joanne Yawitch Sachin Kulkarni Gautrain Louis Karol Llewellyn Lewis Natal Portland Cement Cimpor Simon Roberts Alan Tait Chris Von Holdt Paroshen Naidoo	A380 A380 Superjumbo A380s BMW 1 Series BMW M5	Africa Europe
Facility	Organisation	Sports Event	Music Album
Gautrain Gautrain’s Park Station M1 Motorway Nelson Mandela Bridge Concrete Institute	Gautrain	The 2010 World Cup	Africa