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Company demonstrates gas control products at expo

6th July 2018 Speciality chemicals supplier and lifecycle manager A-Gas South Africa displayed its Rapid Recovery solution and its new Braze-A-Gas products, at this years’ Frigair Exhibition held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand last month. The Frigair Exhibition currently represents Africa's... →

Company extends offering

6th July 2018 Safety equipment manufacturer MSA Africa has extended its gas detection capabilities with the acquisition of gas detection technology manufacturer Senscient in the UK, and the launch of its new Ultima X5000 with Bluetooth communication. →

INCREASED RELIABILITY MSA's new technology increases hazardous gas detection reliability boosting safety on-site and reducing operational costs

Emergency rescue mask available in Africa

By: Paige Müller 6th July 2018 Local safety equipment supplier Dromex now holds the sole distribution rights in Africa for the internationally distributed safety-critical Duram escape mask. The emergency evacuation mask, manufactured in Israel, is designed to provide respiratory protection and reduce the health risk and... →

EASE OF APPLICATION The Duram escape mask makes use of a pull-over hood design making application in emergency situations easy and fast

Tank blanketing provides security for flammable liquid storage

6th July 2018 Tank blanketing is deemed one of the most effective ways of preventing fires in flammable liquid storage tanks by means of controlling the formation of explosive vapour or air mixtures above the liquid surface, according to industrial equipment supplier Energas Technologies. Energas Technologies... →

TANK BLANKETING Blanketing can reduce evaporation of the stored product and protects the tank from structural corrosion damage caused by air and moisture

Shondoni to help sustain Sasol's Secunda Complex until 2050

By: Nadine James 5th July 2018 The inauguration of Sasol's R5.5-billion Shondoni Colliery, on Thursday, was attended by Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe, Mpumalanga Finance, Economic Development and Tourism MEC Eric Kholwane and Goven Mbeki municipality executive mayor Thandiwe Ngxonono. The Shondoni mine is part of a... →

Sasol joint president and CEO Bongani Nqwababa discusses the Mine Replacement Programme and the Shondoni Colliery, the opening of which was attended by Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Video and editing: Nicholas Boyd.

Veolia's new South African chemical production facility offers improved cost competitiveness

By: Schalk Burger 29th June 2018 The new 6 600 m2 chemical production facility of multinational Veolia Water Technologies South Africa, which opened in Pomona, Kempton Park, on Thursday, is the main blending facility for the company’s local operations, and is also set to export to Veolia’s clients throughout Africa, owing to its... →

Omnia lifts FY18 profit by 12% y/y

By: Anine Kilian 26th June 2018 JSE-listed Omnia Holdings posted positive results for the financial year ended March 31, with group revenue having increased by 7% year-on-year to R17.37-billion, as a result of a stronger performance by the mining and chemicals divisions. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and... →

Omnia CEO Adriaan de Lange talks about the group's profitable financial year

Ascendis to sell noncore assets in South Africa

By: Anine Kilian 25th June 2018 South African healthcare provider Ascendis Health plans to dispose of smaller local noncore businesses as part of a strategic review aimed at improving cash generation and enhancing profitability. Ascendis will sell its sports nutrition business, its direct selling and network marketing business... →

Solutions engender safety, reliability for chemical fasteners

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 22nd June 2018 Construction industry service and technology provider Hilti South Africa is offering two “innovative technologies” – the HIT-Z rod and advanced on-site testing – to ensure safety and reliability for chemical fasteners, Hilti South Africa head of engineering Christiaan Davel tells Engineering... →

Photo by Dylan Slater
FASTENING SOLUTION While a conventional rod depends on bonding to secure it, the HIT-Z rod is controlled instead by friction, thereby negating the need to clean the hole during installation

Emission abatement technology could drive industrialisation – EPCM Global

By: Nadine James 20th June 2018 South African firm EPCM Global Engineering has partnered with Luxembourg-based Carbon Process & Plant Engineering (CPPE) to bring its emissions abatement technology to Africa, in a move that could spur industrialisation, says EPCM Global CEO Tumi Kgomo. He explains that the technology, which was... →

Industry body assumes consultancy role in DHET initiative

By: Halima Frost 15th June 2018 The Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) has been appointed by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to act as the consultants in the welding aspect of the Centres of Specialisation Programme. Higher Education and Training Minister Naledi Pandor outlined in March that the... →

SEAN BLAKE A good skills set, local labor and governments investment are what is needed

Company invests in new petrochemicals complex

15th June 2018 Petroleum industry company Qatar Petroleum plans to build a “world-scale” petrochemicals complex that will include the Middle East's largest ethane cracker, according to Qatar Petroleum president and CEO Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi. Qatar Petroleum has invited a group of leading international... →

INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT Qatar Petroleum has invited leading international companies to submit proposals for partnering on the development of a new Petrochemicals Complex

Averda launches hazardous waste management system

By: Nadine James 15th June 2018 Healthcare institutions have a legal duty to ensure that their hazardous waste is managed responsibly, and Averda has introduced the Averda TruTrak to demonstrate its commitment to the responsible management of hazardous waste products. Averda South Africa healthcare head Eugene Barnard explains... →

EUGENE BARNARD The Averda TruTrak system enables clients to access automated waste-tracking and record-keeping capabilities through an online client portal

Rope-access service reduces maintenance costs

By: Paige Müller 15th June 2018 Using rope access for legally required maintenance tasks at large petrochemicals plants can result in significant savings for operations in terms of maintenance and associated downtime. Rope access specialist Skyriders marketing manager Mark Zinn tells Engineering News that petrochemicals plants... →

ACCESS REMAINS COSTLY Petrochemical plants are spending a disproportionate amount of their maintenance budgets trying to access areas that require maintenance

Consciousness needed for chemical use

15th June 2018 The use of chemical compound Difluoromethane (R32) refrigerant in air-conditioning systems as a ‘green’ alternative to R410A demonstrates the global impact of the phasedown programme initiated by the Montreal Protocol and Kigali Agreement, according to specialty chemicals and gases supplier... →

ENVIROMENTALLY INNOVATIVE COMPOUND R32 has higher pressures than many mainstream refrigerants, in addition to mild flammability

Improved quality and productivity reduce production costs

15th June 2018 As the leading supplier of gases and welding equipment and machinery in sub-Saharan Africa, industrial gases company Afrox continues to provide innovative welding solutions to the Southern African market by introducing new products and technology. The latest of these is welding equipment... →

MULTIPURPOSE PIPE WELDING SOLUTION Miller Electric’s PipeWorx process improves quality and productivity

Carbon-content waste disposal rethought

By: Paige Müller 15th June 2018 In light of the Department of Environmental Affairs’ (DEA’s) imminent ban on all forms of liquid waste to landfill set for August 2019 and the ban on hazardous waste to landfill with a calorific value greater than 25 MJ/kg since August 2017, waste management service provider Interwaste states... →

WASTE-DERIVED FUEL Interwaste has invested a significantly in the development of alternative waste solutions aimed at turning harmful waste into waste-derived fuel

Electric thermometer launched for polar applications

By: Paige Müller 15th June 2018 Measuring instrument supplier WIKA launched a tailored electrical thermometer for applications in the crude oil, natural gas and petrochemicals industries in polar climates. WIKA Instruments sales GM Ralf Hesse states that the electrical thermometer can function in ambient temperatures down to... →

ELECTRICAL THERMOMETER WIKA launched an electrical thermometer capable of functioning in ambient temperatures down to -60 °C

Petroleum conference renewed for a third year

By: Paige Müller 15th June 2018 The West African International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (Waipec) will be renewed for a third consecutive year, following an overwhelmingly successful reception from regional and international participants at this year’s second annual conference in Lagos, Nigeria. Petroleum Technology... →

BANK-ANTHONY OKOROAFOR The West African International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference will start closing the collaboration gaps within the West African region and enable it to harness its resources

Necsa has suspended radioisotope production because of a non-risk technical problem

By: Rebecca Campbell 6th June 2018 The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) announced on Tuesday that there had been a “non-risk” incident at its NTP Radioisotopes subsidiary. This incident resulted in the activation of safety protocols, which temporarily halted the production of medical radioisotopes. At no time was... →

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An aerial view of Necsa’s complex at Pelindaba, west of Pretoria

Fluor completes oxygen train project for Sasol Secunda

By: Simone Liedtke 5th June 2018 Fluor Corporation has completed the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Additional Oxygen Capacity Train 17 Outside Battery Limits project at Sasol’s Secunda plant. The EPC project, which was completed in the first quarter of this year, included the integration of Train 17’s... →

Photo by Sasol Ltd. (Used with permission)
The Additional Oxygen Capacity Train 17 Outside Battery Limits project at Sasol’s Secunda plant

Total, Sonangol agree to increased activity in Angola

By: Marleny Arnoldi 29th May 2018 During a recent official visit to France by Angola President João Lourenço and a delegation of Angolan businesspersons, petrochemicals giant Total chairperson and CEO Patrick Pouyanné and Angolan petroleum parastatal Sonangol chairperson Carlos Saturnino signed several agreements to cover the... →

Photo by Bloomberg
Angola national flag

UCT biomedical engineers design affordable adrenaline auto-injector

By: Anine Kilian 28th May 2018 Biomedical engineers from the Medical Devices Lab at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have developed an affordable, reloadable adrenaline auto-injector called the ZibiPen. The injector will provide vials of adrenaline for a fraction of the current cost of adrenaline auto-injectors to people with... →

Aspen opens R1bn high containment facility in Port Elizabeth

24th May 2018 Pharmaceutical company Aspen officially opened its new high containment facility, valued at about R1-billion, earlier this month. Simone Liedtke tells us more. →

Aspen opens R1bn high containment facility in Port Elizabeth

Aspen secures €3.4bn credit line

By: Reuters 17th May 2018 Aspen Pharmacare, Africa's biggest generic drugmaker, said on Thursday it had secured a €3.4-billion ($4-billion) credit facility for refinancing debt at three of its subsidiaries. Aspen, which has operations in 50 countries, said the facilities were 70 percent oversubscribed and would be used... →

Some inroads made after ten years of the Industrial Policy Action Plan - Davies

By: Kim Cloete 15th May 2018 Ramping up production in the automotive sector, resuscitating the ailing tooling industry and boosting the clothing, textiles, leather and footwear industries are among successes the government has listed in its review of ten years of the Industrial Policy Action Plan (Ipap). Despite a... →

Transnet to review tenders, expand petrochemicals capacity at East London port

By: Marleny Arnoldi 14th May 2018 More than 100 attendees representing 97 companies have shown a keen interest in the Port of East London’s plans to recommission an existing tank in the port for handling of liquid bulk and to introduce a liquid bulk terminal through a 25-year port concession awarded to a private entity, says... →

East London port manager Sharon Sijako

Platinum surplus to widen; fuel cells seen as key driver for future demand

By: Marleny Arnoldi 14th May 2018 The platinum market will move further into oversupply this year, as production from South Africa remains flat and demand is forecast to contract by 2.5%, the latest Johnson Matthey platinum group metals (PGM) market report states. →

SA pharmaceuticals group expanding its French operations

By: Rebecca Campbell 11th May 2018 South African pharmaceuticals group Aspen is planning to invest €100-million in its French manufacturing operation in the coming years. This will be in addition to the investments totalling €55-million made from 2015 to 2017. Aspen has two operations in France – a manufacturing site at... →

Edge platform adds industrial strength to software applications

By: Schalk Burger 11th May 2018 Critical availability specialist company Stratus Technologies has launched an edge computing device that provides high availability for software applications used in industrial environments, such as mines, factories and processing facilities says Stratus Technologies consultant head Greg... →

Decorative concrete market looking good

By: Jessica Oosthuizen 11th May 2018 Decorative concrete solutions can raise the aesthetic value of both new projects and renovations, and construction chemicals company Chryso Southern Africa is participating in the market to supply such solutions for aesthetic and practical applications, company CEO Norman Seymore tells... →

LUMINESCENT LUMINTECH This technology contains particles that are incorporated into the concrete skin and glow in the dark

African fuel giant Vivo Energy attains secondary listing on JSE

By: Marleny Arnoldi 10th May 2018 Downstream petroleum company Vivo Energy on Thursday attained a secondary listing on the main board of the JSE. →

Transnet, Sapia sign MoU to strengthen liquid fuels supply chain

By: Simone Liedtke 8th May 2018 State-owned Transnet and the South African Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate to strengthen the liquid fuels supply chain and ensure security of supply in South Africa. Through this MoU, both parties will focus on transforming... →

Aspen opens R1bn high containment facility in Port Elizabeth

By: Simone Liedtke 7th May 2018 Pharmaceutical company Aspen on Monday officially opened its R1-billion high containment facility, which further cements the company’s position as a private investor in the South African pharmaceuticals industry. The facility, correctly called a high containment suite, is one of six production... →

Photo by Dylan Slater
(Left to Right) Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies, Aspen group CE Stephen Saad and Aspen capability manager Branson Bosman

UCT engineers design device to improve the quality of life of asthma sufferers

By: Simone Liedtke 2nd May 2018 Local biomedical engineers at the Medical Devices Laboratory at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have designed a device they hope will alleviate the issues associated with asthma-suffers, especially the elderly and children, who are unable to activate their asthma pumps due to the force required... →

Syrian storm puts SA in uncomfortable company

By: Rebecca Campbell 27th April 2018 On April 7, Douma, in Syria, was subject to what appears to have been a chemical weapons attack. The Syrian Government has an independently-established (by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW) record of using chemical weapons in the current civil war, and against... →

NCPC-SA hosts green chemistry awareness workshop

By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th April 2018 As part of a global initiative, the National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA), in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation and the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale University, hosted a workshop on green chemistry, in... →

Prof Paul Anastas Yale University, Ndivhuho Raphulu National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa and Dr Alufelwi Tshavhungwe Department of Science and Technology

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