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Equipment supplier BMG’s regional service centres (RSC), which are situated in the major city centres and commercial nodes throughout the country, play a critical role by providing engineering...
Fortune Minerals has secured an extension to the option period to buy the JFSL Field Services brownfield site, in Alberta, where it plans to build the NICO hydrometallurgical refinery.
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Liontown Resources has signed a lithium supply agreement with Ford Motor Company.
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Eskom’s actions to rectify major boiler defects at its newly built Medupi and Kusile power stations are improving the plants’ energy availability factor.
Bolt and Engineering (B.E.D.) and First Cut have finalised an agreement to jointly distribute Messer Cutting Systems products and solutions in South Africa. “Messer Cutting Systems is an extremely...
Petrofac has been awarded a new contract to provide offshore operations services.
Stainless steel manufacturer Columbus Stainless, based in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, says that it has produced more than one-million tons of its 3CR12 chromium-containing corrosion-resistant stainless...
Specialised welding and mechanical maintenance company Hydra Arc is currently conducting highly specialised plant maintenance on a coal-fired power plant in Secunda, in Mpumalanga. The welding and...
Liontown and electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla have executed a full-form agreement for the supply of spodumene concentrate from the Kathleen Valley lithium project.
How extracting value from the old and new burners can fuel the energy revolution When I was approached for this piece on boilers and burners based on our rich history of combustion projects, I...
In 2019, Bolt and Engineering entered into an agreement with First Cut, the primary distributor in South Africa for Messer Cutting Systems, a global supplier of cutting solutions for the...
Minerals and fines processing specialist Gravitas is nearing completion of a fine coal beneficiation project for which it has supplied two Optima Classifier water-only density separator units to...
Global mining specialist and supplier of equipment and systems for openpit and underground mining, bulk materials handling and minerals processing company TAKRAF has introduced a materials handling...
Eskom has announced that Kusile Unit 4 has entered into commercial operation.
Mining major BHP has awarded contracts for Australia’s first wind fences, designed to reduce dust emissions as part of BHP’s A$300-million air quality commitment. The fences will be built in Port...
New laser cladding technologies allow for the manufacture of metal components, such as low-wear brake discs, with a significant reduction in fine dust emissions. The powdered coating material is...
The Steel and Engineering Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) will hold a Mainstreaming the Steel Master Plan Conference, at Emperors Palace, in Kempton Park, on May 19 and 20. “Steel forms the...
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Two decades of concerted investment in subsidiaries across Africa gives minerals processing equipment specialist Multotec a world class foundation from which to serve mines. Multotec MD Jaco du...
Iron-ore major Fortescue Metals has awarded mining services provider Schlam, a multi-million-dollar supply agreement for both its product services divisions. The contract will see Schlam...
South Korea-based LG Energy Solutions has signed a binding offtake agreement for 100 000 t f spodumene concentrate from the Kathleen Valley operation.
Following socioeconomic impact studies and community engagement, State-owned power utility Eskom has initiated the first three of its repurposing projects for the coal-powered Komati power station,...
Founded in 1984, Weartech has established a highly-respected reputation as a trusted specialist supplier of welding, thermal spray and other speciality products. Weartech offers a comprehensive...
Software development company SYSPRO assists fabrication businesses by providing enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions that assist in delivering consistency throughout the value chain, from...
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Abrasives supplier First Cut and gas safety training and equipment company Gas Safety International’s (GSI’s) aim - through their merger of interests – is to mitigate the challenges in the metal...
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Aim-listed gold producer Hummingbird Resources produced 15 548 oz of gold at its Yanfolila mine, in Mali, for the quarter ended March 31, compared with the 18 181 oz produced in the fourth quarter...
Global silver demand is forecast to rise by 5% this year on the back of structural advancements in industrial fabrication, which is expected to achieve another record in 2022. The 2022 demand...
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