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PFERD Abrasives – Innovative Solutions for Process Optimisation
4th October 2022

PFERD is an industry leader in the development, production, support and distribution of premium tool solutions for work on surfaces including cutting, grinding, milling, polishing, cleaning and... 


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Innovative scaffolding solution
4th October 2022

A first-of-its-kind solution consisting of floating pontoons to support scaffolding within cooling towers was recently installed by SGB-Cape, a division of WACO Africa. Owing to capacity... 


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Govt, ASA launch ecolabelling system for the construction sector
3rd October 2022 By: Irma Venter

Agrément South Africa (ASA) has launched an ecolabelling system for building materials and products sold and used within the country, known as the ecoASA label. ASA is an entity of the Department... 


Truck handover for eThekwini
30th September 2022

(Virtual Showroom): In September 2022, Werner Pumps handed over eight of its locally manufactured high-powered jetting and vacuuming truck units to a contractor to the eThekwini Municipality. The... 


Company aims to expand product range
30th September 2022 By: Cameron Mackay

Local industrial equipment supplier Shumani Industrial Equipment is expanding its product offering to compete in the South African mining sector. While the company’s exposure to the mining market... 


Supplier’s equipment improves materials handling efficiencies
30th September 2022

Materials handling equipment supplier BLT WORLD’s MDS static and mobile trommels and apron feeders – which are able to screen rocks as large as 1.5 m –  have been designed for compatibility with... 


Komati, which will shut entirely later this year and which has been designated as the flagship site for Eskom’s JET strategy
Firms in Steve Tshwete municipality ‘just want to get on with JET business’
29th September 2022 By: Terence Creamer

The business community in the Steve Tshwete local municipality of Mpumalanga, which encompasses Middelburg, have been urged to align their product and service offerings to the opportunities being... 


Maintenance neglected amid economic constraints
23rd September 2022 By: Nadine Ramdass

Economic challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in many companies’ “skimping” on air-conditioning maintenance, as it is viewed as an unnecessary additional expense, says... 


Crocodile River mine restart project, South Africa
Crocodile River mine restart project, South Africa
23rd September 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Eastplats plans to restart mining at the project using a hybrid mining method to a peak production rate of about 1.02-million tonnes a year. 


Matawinie – Phase 2 graphite project and Bécanour – Phase 2 battery material plant, Canada
Matawinie – Phase 2 graphite project and Bécanour – Phase 2 battery material plant, Canada
23rd September 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The project involves the development of a turnkey natural graphite operation, including a mine and adjacent concentrator.  


Post-pandemic resurgence holds opportunities, challenges for different industries
22nd September 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

As the world is moving beyond the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, a resurgence is occurring, with higher levels of consumption and trade in most sectors. This presents opportunities, but also... 


A Successful Clean-Up and Recycle SA Week 2022!
22nd September 2022

South Africans can celebrate another successful Clean-Up and Recycle Week (12-17 September 2022) as thousands of kilogrammes of waste were removed from our natural spaces this past week. According... 


SA's vinyls industry steps up to support clean-up & recycle SA week 2022
22nd September 2022

South Africa’s vinyls industry once again stepped up this year to help support and participate in Clean-Up & Recycle SA Week that took place from 12 – 17 September 2022. The Southern African Vinyls... 


ABB extends microwave consistency sensor portfolio to offer new insertion design and larger flow-through options
22nd September 2022

ABB has updated its KPM KC7 Microwave Consistency Transmitter portfolio with a larger flow-through sensor to fit process pipes with a diameter of up to 16”, giving more customers the choice to... 


Consumers
Inflation cools to 7.6% - but food prices remain red hot
21st September 2022 By: News24Wire

Consumer inflation cooled slightly in August, to 7.6% from 7.8% in July – thanks mostly to lower fuel prices. But food prices remained red hot. The monthly change in the consumer price index was... 


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Grinding Techniques – Essential partner to the power industry
21st September 2022

Electricity is a key component in the South African economy, it provides much needed power to homes, businesses and essential appliances for daily life. Despite being a necessity to many, bouts of... 


An underground mining operation
Minerals Council says August mine safety regression a red flag
20th September 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Industry body the Minerals Council South Africa says the industry’s safety performance in August, during which eight fatalities were recorded, making it the worst month of the year, is a red flag... 


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TerraStruc Energy
20th September 2022

Privately-owned multi-disciplinary company TerraStruc has been in operation since 1998, offering a diverse range of workable, cost-effective solutions backed by a team of experts with extensive... 


Viscosity Measurement of Ceramic Slurries with the Rotational Rheometer RheolabQC
Viscosity Measurement of Ceramic Slurries with the Rotational Rheometer RheolabQC
16th September 2022

The Anton Paar RheolabQC makes rheological checks routine and easy. We demonstrate with the example of kaolin suspensions how rheological parameters such as the yield point and viscosity help to... 


A large yellow submersible slurry pump
New pump launched at expo
16th September 2022 By: Halima Frost

Local manufacturer Goodwin Submersible Pumps Africa, the South African division of global pumps manufacturer Goodwin International, officially launched its new submersible offering, the Goodwin... 


An underground mine with a pump in the shaft
Local supplier sole distributor of specialised pumps
16th September 2022

Local pump importer and distributor AQS Liquid Transfer is the sole supplier of industrial pump manufacturers Sandpiper and Versamatic air-operated double diaphragm (AODD) pumps for the South... 


Pan African Resources CEO Cobus Loots.
Pan African effectively building new underground gold mine at Evander
14th September 2022 By: Martin Creamer

Midtier Africa-focused gold producer Pan African Resources is effectively building a new internally-funded underground gold mine on two levels of the Evander underground gold mine in Mpumalanga,... 


Brelko sales and service manager for Africa Jacques du Randt
Brelko using post-pandemic era to streamline manufacturing processes
13th September 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

While the Covid-19 pandemic has taken its toll on many companies, industrial engineer Brelko has used the global pandemic to streamline its processes in manufacturing. “There seems to be a buzz in... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
'We won't abandon you' - Ramaphosa stunned by Jagersfontein damage, promises to provide support
13th September 2022 By: News24Wire

One dead, four still missing, more than 50 homes destroyed, scores left displaced, cars overturned on their roofs, and hundreds of animals left for dead.  This is the bleak image of Jagersfontein... 


Foot care in the workplace is more than just appropriate footwear
12th September 2022

By Dr Anette Thompson, Specialist podiatrist at SISI Safety Wear The culture of ‘zero harm’ is about so much more than preventing workplace accidents. Holistically speaking, it’s about nurturing a... 


Hawk launches 230 V single-phase, hot-water pressure washer
Hawk launches 230 V single-phase, hot-water pressure washer
11th September 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

High-pressure pumps manufacturer Hawk has expanded its hot water range with the launch in July of a 3 kW single-phase, diesel burner hot-water pressure washer that is ideal for removing stubborn... 


SGB-Cape’s innovative solution ensures South Africa’s largest energy and chemical company can be fully operational while maintenance is under way inside the cooling towers
9th September 2022

SGB-Cape, a division of WACO Africa, is proud to announce the installation of floating pontoons to support scaffolding within cooling towers. A first of its kind, SGB-Cape’s patented solution has... 


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Shutdown of oil refineries requires more oil imports
9th September 2022 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

Local manufacturers and independent blenders of petroluem byproducts have to increase import expenses, owing to the shutdown of oil refineries, says lubricants manufacturer Oilflow director Enoch... 


ROCK MUNCHER The twin-shaft mineral sizer is tough enough to handle any material – from soft coal right through to hard granite.
Hard rock no match for MMD sizer
6th September 2022 By: Mariaan Webb

The story of MMD Mineral Sizing began in the UK in the 1980s, when the mineral processing solutions company started marketing its innovation – a twin-shaft mineral sizer – to the underground coal... 


AECOM employees are supported to advance Sustainable Legacies
6th September 2022

Globally trusted infrastructure firm AECOM offers numerous opportunities for employees to make a positive and tangible impact. From learning and development programmes that help staff advance their... 


Dry-ice blasting service provider underscores advantages of dry ice blast cleaning
Dry-ice blasting service provider underscores advantages of dry ice blast cleaning
2nd September 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

Similar to sand blasting, bead blasting or soda blasting, dry ice blasting service provider Dry Ice Blasting Services underscores the advantages to dry ice blast cleaning, which it says is “not... 


An image depicting the PGW23 Industrial Internet of Things-ready burdon tube pressure gauge
Industry is digitalising
2nd September 2022 By: Sabrina Jardim

The introduction of the Fourth Industrial Revolution has shifted the focus towards enabling better monitoring of some critical and noncritical processes in the food and beverage industry, with... 


An image of a man extracting coal
Gas a viable decarbonisation source
2nd September 2022 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

Decarbonisation can be implemented by the introduction of gas as a replacement of fossil fuels such as coal and diesel, says strategic research and advisory company Birguid senior associate... 


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Goulamina lithium project, Mali – update
2nd September 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Early works have started at the Goulamina lithium project. 


Ironveld to acquire FCF smelter
31st August 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Ironveld has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire 100% of the share capital of Ferrochrome Furnaces (FCF), which will provide the company with an existing smelting facility... 


A photo of the damage done to Nigeria's environment as a result of oil spills
One of world’s most polluted spots gets worse as $1bn cleanup drags on
31st August 2022 By: Bloomberg

In the more than a quarter century since Shell left Ogoniland in southern Nigeria, oil has continued to ooze from dormant wellheads and active pipelines, leaving the 386-square mile kingdom’s... 


Quality plumbing makes sound business sense
24th August 2022

Commercial premises are significant consumers of municipal water. Despite comprising only 10% of municipalities’ total customer base, offices consume almost half of all water supplied by local... 


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Sintech
24th August 2022

Since 1984, Sintech has supplied the South African market with clutches, brakes and engineering solutions for a range of applications in mining and mining-related industries. Sintech supplies... 


Glencore earmarks $500m for Canada copper smelter air quality improvements
23rd August 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Horne Smelter, a Glencore company, has announced a $500-million investment to improve its air quality over the next five years, reducing its arsenic emissions to 15 ng/m3. “The investments we... 


Shumani Industrial Equipment achieves Level 1 B-BBEE status
22nd August 2022

Following on from being recently being awarded the 2021 Goscor Business Unit of the Year Award, Shumani Industrial Equipment has announced it has received Level One Broad-Based Black Economic... 


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Brasco Group extends its industrial filtration range
19th August 2022 By: Mariaan Webb

Despite the challenging times being experienced globally and in our own back yard, some companies have discovered pockets of gold within niche industries that are allowing them to thrive. The... 


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Maintenance of HVAC systems key to efficiency
19th August 2022

Lack of attention to maintenance on heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems on mobile mining equipment such as dump trucks, excavators, dozers and drill rigs can cost mines dearly,... 


An image depicting Glencore's Mount Isa Mines
Local firm aids mine upgrade
19th August 2022 By: Sabrina Jardim

South Africa-based foundry and engineering company Thos Begbie completed its supply of copper pyrometallurgical components for the upgrade of mining major BHP’s Olympic Dam flash furnace, in... 


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