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Lucchini South Africa, subsidiary of Italian manufacturer of forged railways products, Lucchini RS, was established in 2016. Significantly, Lucchini RS was the first international manufacturer of forged wheels to localise part of the wheel manufacturing in South Africa. Forged wheels are sent from Italy to a well-equipped machining facility in Germiston, Gauteng, where the equipment and processes utilised are the same as those used across the Lucchini RS Group, maintaining high quality standards.

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Price premiums boosting quality-focused Kumba Iron Ore

By: Martin Creamer 19th February 2019 South Africa’s Kumba Iron Ore, which stands head and shoulders above its peers when it comes to iron-ore quality, is achieving major price premiums well above historical heights. Structural change and strong growth in particularly the China steel market has place the Anglo American group company... →

Aveng to sell Infraset to Colossal Africa Consortium

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 18th February 2019 JSE-listed Aveng has entered into a binding term sheet for the sale of the Aveng Infraset businesses, comprising the South African division and the Infraset business of the foreign subsidiaries of Aveng Africa, to the Colossal Africa Consortium. Infraset was identified as a noncore asset during... →

Copper cops play game of cat and mouse around desert convoys

By: Bloomberg 18th February 2019 Just weeks after the police unit was formed, they caught their first glimpse of the copper thieves -- the silhouettes of a group of men on a hill overlooking the rail lines -- triggering a car chase at the dead of night across Chile’s Atacama desert. While the pursuit ended in failure, with the... →

Re-evaluation of SA’s mineral beneficiation strategy urged amid slow progress

By: Paige Müller 15th February 2019 Amid slow progress in realising South Africa’s mineral beneficiation strategy – as set out in the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) 2011 policy document – mining industry participants, analysts and experts are re-evaluating the feasibility of mineral beneficiation as a growth trajectory path.... →

Transport projects in Africa provide fillip for infrastructure development

By: Schalk Burger 15th February 2019 Transport infrastructure projects comprise 40% of the 482 infrastructure development projects surveyed in Africa, and represent a critical element for supporting further infrastructure development, says Deloitte Infrastructure and Capital Projects East and West leader J-P Labuschagne. The... →

South32 finalising preferred list of coal mine bidders

By: Martin Creamer 14th February 2019 The complete preferred list of bidders for South32’s energy coal interests is still being finalised, South32 CEO Graham Kerr told Mining Weekly Online on Thursday, when he also provided three reasons why the company’s Australian manganese operations are doing better than its South African... →

Luxembourg Protocol can save South Africa billions – Rail Working Group

By: Natasha Odendaal 14th February 2019 The adoption of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment is expected to be a game changer for South Africa, said Rail Working Group chairperson Howard Rosen on Thursday. The treaty, which is expected to enter into force late in 2019,... →

Train sets numbers improve in the Western Cape – Metrorail regional manager

By: African News Agency 14th February 2019 There has been a great improvement on the number of train sets which are currently in operation compared to last year, Metrorail Western Cape regional manager Richard Walker said on Thursday. “We are currently operating 48 train sets which is an improvement from where we came down last year being... →

Australia's Queensland Rail says expects to repair flooded track within 6 months

By: Reuters 14th February 2019 Australia's Queensland Rail said on Thursday that it expects a rail track hit by flooding this month that has disrupted zinc shipments from major producers like Glencore to be repaired within the next six months. The 1 000 km (620 mile) rail line is used by miners including Glencore, MMG Ltd and... →

SAPICS Fighting The Supply Chain Skills Crisis

13th February 2019 Reflecting its commitment to tackling the supply chain skills crisis head on, SAPICS, The Professional Body for Supply Chain Management, recently hosted the 11th annual Supply Chain Management Education Excellence Awards. This event recognises individuals, organisations and educators who are... →

Australia flooding to disrupt lead, zinc concentrate rail shipments

By: Reuters 13th February 2019 Floods in Australia's Queensland state are set to disrupt the rail delivery of zinc exports to the northern port of Townsville, with the line likely to be out of action for at least a month, analysts said on Wednesday. The 1 000 km (620 mile) rail line is used by miners including Glencore, MMG... →

City of Cape Town proposes R800m transport infrastructure project for Wynberg

By: African News Agency 8th February 2019 The City of Cape Town’s portfolio committee for transport on Friday morning approved a project for the further roll-out of the MyCity bus service in the greater Wynberg area, which if given council approval, will see new infrastructure investment of around R800-million. The two proposed transport... →

Consol marks third year of production growth at Pennsylvania mines

By: Creamer Media Reporter 8th February 2019 NYSE-listed Consol Energy’s production and sales have hit a new record in 2018, marking three consecutive years of production growth at the Pennsylvania mining complex (PAMC). Sales from PAMC increased by seven-million tons in the fourth quarter, generating revenue of $49.81/t, compared with... →

Australia's Pacific National says coal train derailed, services disrupted

By: Reuters 8th February 2019 Australian coal haulier Pacific National said on Thursday that one of its trains derailed near the Hunter Valley in New South Wales and that some services would be affected while repair work was carried out. The Hunter Valley is Australia's top thermal coal-producing region and home to... →

Ethiopia and Eritrea announce plans for new rail link

By: John Muchira 8th February 2019 Ethiopia and Eritrea have announced plans to building a railway line connecting the Ethiopian capital city of Addiss Ababa and the port of Massawa, in Eritrea. According to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Italy has pledged to finance a feasibility study for the planned 736 km railway line... →

Transnet, Botswana Rail seek to unlock Botswana’s coal reserves

By: Nadine James 7th February 2019 State-owned Transnet and Botswana Railways have resuscitated discussions on the construction of a proposed heavy-haul railway line that will link the two countries to “unlock” Botswana’s estimated 212-billion tons of coal reserves, Transnet announced on Thursday. Discussions around this project... →

OneLogix to broaden logistics footprint in R280m Umlaas project

By: Irma Venter 7th February 2019 Niche logistics provider OneLogix aims to more than double the size of its automotive logistics site at Umlaas, in KwaZulu-Natal, in a project that is named ‘Umlaas 3’. OneLogix CEO Ian Lourens said on Thursday in Johannesburg that the R280-million development, next to the N3 highway, will add... →

Transnet promises to ramp up efficiency

By: Kim Cloete 6th February 2019 Transnet has promised to deal with corruption and step up efficiency around its operations, which have taken a heavy knock over the past few years. “Over the past ten years, we have injected capital of R42-billion into the network side. Yet the scale of the network is worse today than it was ten... →

Germany presses for changes in EU competition rules after Siemens/Alstom deal blocked

By: Reuters 6th February 2019 Europe should change its competition rules to facilitate cross-border mergers and create European champions which can compete with rivals from China and the United States, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Wednesday. Siemens and Alstom's plan to create a European rail champion... →

Minerals Council welcomes President’s statements at Mining Indaba

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 6th February 2019 The Minerals Council South Africa has welcomed the statements made by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his address at the Investing in African Mining Indaba, in Cape Town, on Tuesday. The Minerals Council said the President had, throughout his address, echoed the sentiments expressed by Mineral... →

The Eskom quagmire

By: Saliem Fakir 1st February 2019 As we enter the year 2019, State-owned electricity utility Eskom, once a success story of South Africa's industrialisation programme, is now an albatros around the neck of the National Treasury and hampering the State's efforts to realise the full potential for economic growth. →

Transnet says coal exports expected to dip this year

By: Kim Cloete 1st February 2019 Coal exports are expected to drop this year, following a disappointingly slow run over the past few months, says Transnet Freight Rail coal GM Mandisa Mondi. “For the current financial year, the target for export was 77-million tonnes. We are trending at 73-million tonnes. We hope to have a good... →

Botswana keen for corridor to link to South Africa’s coalfields

By: Kim Cloete 1st February 2019 Botswana’s Minister of Transport and Communications, Dorcas Makgato, has revived the need for a new heavy haul railway linking Botswana’s Mmamabula area with South Africa’s Lephalale coalfields. Makgato said the project aimed to link coal deposits in both areas with South African heavy haul... →

Exxaro upbeat about its coal operations

By: Kim Cloete 1st February 2019 Empowered coal mining giant Exxaro Resources is confident about its prospects in the coal sector, despite tough conditions and rising cost pressures in South Africa. Exxaro executive head of coal Nombasa Tsengwa on Thursday said the company produced 47-million tons of coal and was geared to grow... →

Logistics a weak link in South Africa’s coal value chain

By: Tracy Hancock 1st February 2019 There needs to be greater impetus on improving the infrastructure that transports coal for domestic use and for export in South Africa. One way of doing so is by dealing with the overuse of road transport and coordinating the logistics of junior miners, which contribute to inefficient coal... →

Freight utility company receives new specialised excavators

By: Mc'Kyla Nortje 1st February 2019 Construction equipment distributor High Power Equipment Africa (HPE Africa) has proven its capabilities for future tenders that are within its scope of work, following its success in delivering ten specially adapted excavators for State-owned freight utility Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) facility... →

Hydrogen energy facility, New Zealand

By: Sheila Barradas 1st February 2019 The project entails the construction of the first hydrogen production and refuelling facility at the Ports of Auckland's Waitematã port. →

Invest in clean technology to counter the siege on the coal industry, Mantashe implores

By: Kim Cloete 31st January 2019 The coal industry needs to counter the negative attitude towards the industry by investing in clean coal technology and funding research initiatives to find alternative markets for coal, says Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. He told delegates at the opening of the fourteenth annual... →

Fortescue lowers cost

By: Esmarie Iannucci 31st January 2019 Iron-ore major Fortescue Metals has reported higher shipments and lower C1 costs for the quarter ended December. “The Fortesue team have delivered a strong December quarter with shipments of 42.5-million tonnes bringing the total for the first half of the 2019 financial year to 82.7-million... →

Agricultural sector plan prioritises job creation, agroprocessing

By: Marleny Arnoldi 29th January 2019 Agbiz CEO Dr John Purchase on Tuesday shared the agricultural sector’s five-year business plan at the Business Unity South Africa Business Economic Indaba, held in Midrand. The plan for this sector prioritised the recovery of jobs lost as a result of the drought in the country and to continue... →

UNTU intends to launch protest action against PRASA, Transport Minister

By: Simone Liedtke 28th January 2019 The United National Transport Union (UNTU) is in the process of launching a Nedlac Section 77 process through its affiliated federation, the Federation of Trade Unions of South Africa (Fedusa), which will allow protest action to force the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) and... →

Boost for international miners as India's thermal coal imports jump

By: Reuters 28th January 2019 India's 2018 thermal coal imports rose at the fastest pace in four years, according to two industry sources, despite moves by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to cut imports in a bid to reduce its trade deficit. Coal is among the top five commodities imported by India, one of the... →

Collaborative enterprise development partnerships bear fruit

By: Creamer Media Reporter 25th January 2019 WorleyParsons’ Enterprise Supplier Development (ESD) programme has achieved significant success within its first six years of operation, highlighting the benefits of sustainable and collaborative enterprise development partnerships. Through the programme WorleyParsons has been able to streamline... →

Metrorail trains across South Africa at risk of coming to a stand still

By: News24Wire 25th January 2019 Following the fatal train collision in Mountainview, Pretoria that left four people dead and 620 injured earlier this year, the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) is considering suspending the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa's (PRASA) safety permit again, GroundUp reports. If the permit is... →

RBCT coal exports decline

By: Martin Creamer 24th January 2019 Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) exported 73.47-million tonnes of coal in 2018, 4.1% less than in 2017. The main export destination of the South African-mined coal was Asia at 81.6%. →

Lightweight, flexible fischer FLS channel system takes the load off

24th January 2019 Engineers responsible for mechanical engineering or ‘wet’ services, from suspending cable trays to HVAC, plumbing, and sprinkler-system piping, now have a lightweight, flexible solution available to them in the form of the fischer FLS channel system for light applications, distributed locally by... →

Kumba meets 2018 production, sales guidance

By: Natasha Odendaal 24th January 2019 Despite significant logistical challenges experienced during the fourth quarter of 2018, JSE-listed Kumba Iron Ore met its production and sales volume guidance for the year. Kumba produced 43.1-million tonnes of iron-ore and sold 43.3-million tonnes, in line with the year’s guidance output of... →

KZN: The investment province

23rd January 2019 The real manufacturing gross value added (GVA) for KwaZulu-Natal was estimated at R80.8-billion, making it the second highest contributor to the South African GVA behind Gauteng. This is according to MEC Sihle Zikalala. Added to this, government’s infrastructure expenditure plan for the province... →

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