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Halima Frost is a Creamer Media Senior Writer for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Coal remains dominant despite Paris Agreement
Coal still remains the biggest source of power generation globally, despite the omnipresent notion of a coal-free world, driven by the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to petrochemicals company BP’s...
New software offers greater continuous-miner business support
Mining equipment manufacturer Eickhoff South Africa has introduced new software packages, which help clients to manage and analyse continuous miners’ key performance indicators (KPIs). Some of...
New rig offers autonomous capabilities on smaller blast holes
Construction engineering company Basil Read Mining has launched a new autonomous drill that could offer an increase of about 30% in productivity, compared to manual drilling, contracts director...
New continuous miner to launch in 2021
Manufacturing of the JAE 38 Wildcub continuous miner – mining equipment and services provider JA Engineering’s newest offering – has started and will be delivered at the end of January 2021. The...
Study demonstrates longwall viability for Sasol
Despite the challenges wrought by lockdown restrictions, mining and engineering consulting firm Mindset Mining Consultants has successfully completed a comprehensive longwall mining feasibility...
Stewarts & Lloyds relaunches retail store in Booysens
Steel and tube supplier Stewarts & Lloyds Booysens branch manager Ryan Purdon tells Engineering News & Mining Weekly that the group plans to open its Booysens-based retail store, at the end of the...
SAIW helps Ethiopia to train welders
The Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) has been approached by the Centre of Excellence for Engineering in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to assist in a substantial training and certification...
Digital platforms used for lectures
The Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) launched online learning for students at its Cape Town and Durban welding schools in April after Covid-19 lockdown restrictions prevented students...
Institute developing app for students
The Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) will launch its new Prospectus application (app) for Android and iOS operating systems ahead of 2021’s student registrations. “Prospectus, as the...
Investing in infrastructure now will boost economy
Now is the time to invest in infrastructure projects to ensure that the industry does not hit a lull when the economy fully reopens after the lockdown regulations are lifted, urges multinational...
Sustainable solutions needed to build economy
“A sustainable infrastructure solution is required to reignite South Africa’s economy after Covid-19,” says Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) CEO Chris Campbell. Many municipalities are...
Reliable infrastructure needed to meet fibre demand
With physical distancing encouraged amid Covid-19, the need for reliable fibre connectivity and infrastructure has increased, says open access network provider Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) strategy,...
Science and tech key to sector’s survival
The impact of Covid-19 on infrastructure projects demands that the construction sector use its scientific and engineering expertise better, says engineering consultant SRK Consulting partner and...
Water infrastructure project on course
Multidisciplinary engineering, procurement and construction management house COENG is offering its occupational health and safety, as well as environmental management, expertise to the second phase...
Specialised steel extends life of ore wagons
Stainless steel manufacturer Columbus Stainless advocates that the much longer life span of ore wagons achieved using 3CR12, makes it clear why stainless steel is the cost-effective choice for...
Workshop conversion back on track
Although the conversion of railroad equipment supplier Gibela Rail Transport Consortium’s training centre into a traction motor manufacturing workshop has been delayed because of Covid-19, the...
Manufacturer obtains welding certification
Rolling stock manufacturer Transmashholdings (TMH) Africa, which acts as the centre of excellence for narrow-gauge rolling stock within the TMH Group, announced in March that it had been awarded...
New technology offers effective communication
Blockchain solution provider DoshEx’s newest offering, Sherlock blockchain, is adapted for project managers and engineers to effectively communicate within a communal ecosystem. DoshEx CEO Alex de...
Post-lockdown solution offered
Integrated Project Alliance (IPA) has developed a complete end-to-end (E2E) project management solution to companies and landlords wanting to re-open their companies after the Covid-19 lockdown...
Use of integration platforms increases in sector
The role, development and deployment of collaboration tools and integration platforms in the project management sector have accelerated during the past six months, says University of Pretoria (UP)...
EPC firm suggests experienced team is key factor
Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Lesedi Nuclear Services says using an experienced project management team remains one of the key factors that needs to be applied when...
New piezometer boosts existing safety standards
The installation of South Africa’s first Slimline vibrating wire piezometer, which is distributed by geotechnical service provider GeoGroup, is set to take place when the current Covid-19 lockdown...
Tech solution enhances water security in S Africa
The self-automated scour gate is a technology which has been developed and refined by local water engineering contractors Amanziflow Projects to promote water security. Amanziflow Projects MD Peter...
Long-term solutions overlooked – Sappma
Government’s present efforts to address the lack of potable water in remote areas are resulting in industries that could offer long-term solutions being overlooked, says Southern African Plastic...
Benefits of investment in biofuels twofold
The South African biogas sector can attract up to R250-billion in local and international investment and contribute to a 15% reduction in the total greenhouse-gas emissions generated by the...
Biogas courses offered online despite delay
As cement, aggregate and readymix concrete producer AfriSam marks ten years since the inaugural AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Design + Innovation, the 2019/20 edition is likely to set new...
Revised strategy helps to fight virus
The Advanced Group has pooled its available resources and introduced its Advanced Health Care Services & Systems Programme – a complete Covid-19-and-beyond detection and prevention ‘plan of action’...
Mould tools used to make ventilator valves
Injection tool designers BP Nel Consulting has completed the design of three plastic injection mould tools for the production of valves used in medical ventilators amid the local increase in demand...
Steel fabricator adapts during Covid-19
Companies, such as steel fabricator JF Equipment, are reworking their current products and systems to cater for the need for readily available sanitary and hygiene products to assist in combating...
Call centre combating Covid-19 effects
Business process outsourcing solutions provider Merchants South Africa (SA) has identified a formal framework to help combat the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on its call centre environments,...
Particle size of sanitising fog crucial – specialists
The key to a successful microbial virus control application, or fogging, is to use the correct size of microscopic mist, pest control and hygiene specialists Service Master SA tells Engineering...
Ventilation system developed through collaboration
The Umoya Project, headed up by a collaborative group of South African medical doctors, mining engineers, three-dimensional printers and system thinking volunteers, has successfully designed three...
Covid-19 spurs digital transformation
Multinational technology leader GE Gas Power in sub-Saharan Africa suggests that that physical distancing and working from home during the global Covid-19 pandemic have been primary enablers for...
Furnace manufacturer ‘fired up and ready to go’
South Africa-based foundry and engineering company Thos Begbie restarted its entire facility, in line with the regulations to facilitate the shift to Level 4 of the national Covid-19 lockdown,...
Furnace company supplying two rebuilds
Furnace technology designer and fabricator Allied Furnace Consultants (AFC) is currently supplying technology equipment, including water-cooled roofs, water-cooled off gases and water-cooled...
Incinerator installation continues
South Africa-based furnace and kiln manufacturer Thermopower Furnaces tells Mining Weekly that it will soon continue with the final stages of an incinerator hand-over, as the client has started...
Company facilitates efficient furnace shutdown projects
Demolition solutions provider Jet Demolition offers specialised demolition services and machines that are easily adapted to the challenging conditions of furnace-related shutdown projects....
Safer breathalyser testing developed amid pandemic
Increased concerns over the spread of Covid-19 have spurred medical equipment supplier ALCO-Safe to develop a safer way in which to conduct breathalyser tests on workers in heavy industrial...
New gland packing reduces emissions
Companies looking to lower emissions can now buy sealing solutions manufacturer Teadit’s 2236 gland packing in South Africa from gasket manufacturer and distributor Absolut Gasket. Gland packing is...
Steady increase in gasket sealant sales
Since the launch of adhesive manufacturer Loctite’s 518 gasket sealant pen in South Africa last year, local distributors have shown a steady increase in sales. The Loctite 518 gasket sealant pen...
Zero harm difficult to attain – Aspasa
Surface mining association Aspasa director Nico Pienaar tells Mining Weekly that the surface mining industry currently faces many challenges that need to be addressed so that mines can achieve the...
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