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On-The-Air (03/07/2020) 
By: Martin Creamer 3rd July 2020 The Covid death toll among mineworkers this week rose to 12 – and there are still no foreign mineworkers back at work. Mining companies this week funded and opened their own 200-bed Covid field hospital and their own a R10-million Covid laboratory to speed up testing. South Africa’s platinum... →
Host of new tech sees Merc trucks save up to 5% on fuel
By: Irma Venter 3rd July 2020 The new Actros heavy-duty truck launched in South Africa comes with a host of “next-level innovations”, says Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa (DTBSA) CEO Michael Dietz. These include the absence of outside mirrors in favour of in-cab screens (mounted on the A-pillars) that are linked to... →
Future order book to relief pressure for fabricator
By: Darren Parker 3rd July 2020 Although the strategic decision to continue to pay employees full salaries during the Level 5 lockdown in April put pressure on its cashflow, steel fabricator and erector Betterect believes a healthy order book of projects for the next 18 months should ensure that the pressure will be relieved.... →
New booster for industry
By: Darren Parker 3rd July 2020 Nitrogen generation equipment manufacturer and supplier NitraLife has introduced a booster for its NitraCut nitrogen generator product, which ‘bolts’ onto the company’s NitraCut nitrogen generator, to increase its nitrogen delivery pressure and therefore also increase the thickness of steel it... →
More SA corporates pursuing self-generation
2nd July 2020 Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about the South African companies that are seeking to generate renewable energy to supply power for their operations in order to reduce emissions and ensure available power supply. He also talks about what is... →
Insurers’ rejection of Covid-19 claims severely impacting tourism, hospitality sectors
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 1st July 2020 The South African tourism and hospitality sector has been “decimated” by the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, and jobs and businesses are at risk owing to insurance companies continuing to reject claims related to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was indicated by specialist public loss... →
Vukile bullish about financial position amid Covid-19
By: Simone Liedtke 30th June 2020 Vukile Property Fund has reported 3.2% growth in its distributable earnings a share for the financial year ended March 31,. CEO Laurence Rapp says Vukile had a “very strong year and has delivered a stand-out set of results” where operationally, the company’s portfolios in South Africa and Spain... →
Weir Minerals South Africa inks empowerment transaction with Medu Capital 
By: Simone Liedtke 26th June 2020 Mineral solutions provider Weir Minerals Africa’s (WMA’s) South African operation, Weir Minerals South Africa (SA), is now 25.1% owned by black empowerment partner Medu Capital. Through the partnership, Medu will play an active role in guiding and fostering the future success of Weir Minerals SA,... →
On-The-Air (26/06/2020)
By: Martin Creamer 26th June 2020 South Africa needs to get going fast on building the 88 infrastructure projects chosen this week by the Presidency. Lesotho has opened more border posts to speed up the return of foreign mineworkers. Six mineworkers working on South African mines have now died from the coronavirus. →
SA puts infrastructure at centre of recovery plan
25th June 2020 Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement that infrastructure will be put at the centre of South Africa's pandemic recovery plan and what is needed to ensure that an infrastructure-led recovery takes place. →
Customer behaviour now central to supply chain management
By: Marleny Arnoldi 23rd June 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated change and moved desired changes in the supply chain space forward by at least ten years, Australia-based supply chain advisory firm Gattorna Alignment executive chairperson Dr John Gattorna said on June 23. “Changes we were grappling with before, but... →
Telkom redirects dividend payouts to spectrum, capital investment programme
By: Natasha Odendaal 22nd June 2020 JSE-listed Telkom has suspended its dividend payouts for the next three years from the 2021 financial year to redirect the capital to acquire much-needed spectrum and complete its capital expenditure (capex) programme to ensure future sustainability. The group, which announced its intention of... →
On-The-Air (19/06/2020)
By: Martin Creamer 19th June 2020 South Africa’s development finance system is facing a major strategic challenge and could cave-in if it is not improved. A panel of experts is needed to oversee the future of the struggling government-owned diamond mining company Alexkor. More border openings are needed to allow foreign... →
The IEA's Sustainable Recovery Plan
19th June 2020 Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Creamer Media Editor Terence Creamer about the International Energy Agency's newly released Sustainable Recovery Plan, the agency's proposal that massive new renewables deployments are needed over the next three years and what South African policymakers... →
Midvaal municipality pursues pioneering electricity distribution PPP model
By: Terence Creamer 18th June 2020 The Midvaal municipality, in southern Gauteng, has issued a pioneering tender through which it is seeking to enter into a long-term concession agreement with a private entity to manage, operate and finance its electricity distribution service and to invest in new technologies. The municipality... →
Bidcorp says sales starting to recover
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 15th June 2020 JSE-listed Bid Corporation's (Bidcorp's) group sales for the week ended April 5 reached a low of 37% versus the corresponding week year-on-year, but has recovered to 65% of the sales of the corresponding week in 2019 for the week ended May 31. The company on June 15 provided an update on the... →
Danakali bullish about sulphate of potash demand growth beyond Covid-19
By: Marleny Arnoldi 15th June 2020 ASX- and LSE-listed Danakali is cautiously optimistic about the food markets globally, despite uncertainty owing to Covid-19, and thanks to the sector’s resilience to the crisis. CEO Niels Wage tells Mining Weekly that global food production prospects are positive, stocks are high,... →
On-The-Air (12/06/2020)
By: Martin Creamer 12th June 2020 South African platinum has helped South Korean car maker Hyundai to launch the world’s cleanest car. More than 240 000 South African mineworkers are now back at work and punching above their weight. Harmony Gold will be raising R3-billion on the stock exchange to take over the world’s deepest mine. →
Call centre combating Covid-19 effects
By: Halima Frost 12th June 2020 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, for staff and clients. “The framework is a multifaceted approach to ensure that we comply with... →
What the fall in renewables costs means for energy systems and South Africa
11th June 2020 Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about the fall in the costs of new wind and solar energy projects and what this means for electricity and energy systems, as well as what this is likely to mean for South Africa. →
South Africa must rapidly implement measures to attract FDI − Leon
By: Simone Liedtke 10th June 2020 The South African economy finds itself on the edge of a fiscal cliff, especially as the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a “massive and rapid shock”, says law firm Herbert Smith Freehills partner and Africa co-chair Peter Leon. While the effects of the pandemic were initially localised to Asia,... →
On-The-Air (05/06/2020)
By: Martin Creamer 5th June 2020 Small diamond miners have formed an organisation to boost jobs in South Africa’s top diamond fields; South Africans are going all out to save a struggling black-women-owned manganese mine in the Northern Cape; South Africa is lagging other African countries in the awarding of mining rights and... →
Green energy's role in the post-Covid-19 global economic recovery
By: Creamer Media Reporter 5th June 2020 Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Creamer Media Editor Terence Creamer about governments and international organisations' calls to integrate clean energy into their post-Covid-19 economic recovery plans. →
Company welcomes relaxed lockdown regulations
By: Simone Liedtke 5th June 2020 Construction materials company AfriSam has welcomed the first steps in relaxing South Africa’s national Covid-19 lockdown, and looks forward to Level 3, which was earmarked to start at the beginning of this month. The relaxed regulations now allow for critical supplies of cement and construction... →
WEF, Prince of Wales launch Great Reset initiative to drive global change
By: Simone Liedtke 4th June 2020 With the Covid-19 pandemic having exposed various existing societal fault lines and laid bare a fundamental lack of social cohesion, fairness, inclusion and equality, the World Economic Forum (WEF) on June 3 announced the launch of its Great Reset initiative. Drawing from the vision and vast... →
Covid-19 pall hangs over Nampak’s recovery prospects
By: Terence Creamer 29th May 2020 Packaging group Nampak announced on Friday that impairments of R3-billion, which related to its Nigerian and Angolan operations, had contributed materially to a slump in its interim results for the period to March 31. The outlook for the business was also uncertain, with the Covid-19 pandemic... →
On-The-Air (29/05/2020)
By: Martin Creamer 29th May 2020 The big conversation has begun on how to get the economy back on track post Covid-19; A strong call went out this week for South Africa to appoint an independent minerals industry regulator; and Pressure is mounting on South Africa’s biggest air polluters to curb their emissions. →
Emergency electricity generation capacity procurement 
28th May 2020 Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy's announcement that it is preparing bid documentation for the emergency procurement of 2 000 MW of electricity generation capacity and other options for closing... →
Supplier launches 450 new products
By: Mamaili Mamaila 27th May 2020 Electrical switchgear supplier ElectroMechanica (EM) launched the latest edition of its product catalogue this year. A new catalogue is launched on average every two years. →
Datatec posts strong results as Westcon turns around fortunes
By: Natasha Odendaal 27th May 2020 JSE-listed Datatec on Wednesday May 27 posted strong results for the year ended February 29, as Westcon International returns to profitability and Logicalis Latin America produces an “exceptional performance”. The information and communications technology (ICT) group reported earnings before... →
AfCFTA to be continent’s main post-pandemic ‘stimulus’ lever
By: Terence Creamer 25th May 2020 The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) represents the only realistic stimulus option available to resource-constrained African governments for reigniting growth in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, AfCFTA secretary-general Wamkele Mene avers. The global response to the virus had... →
On-The-Air (22/05/2020)
By: Martin Creamer 22nd May 2020 South Africa’s first-ever platinum coins – the Elephant bullion coins – have sold like hot cakes around the world; Twenty mineworkers who tested Covid positive this week have been prevented from going underground; and Strict Covid guidelines for South Africa’s mines have been reinforced in a... →
Eskom provides update on power system, maintenance and financial balancing act
22nd May 2020 Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about the outlook for the power system as the country heads into the high-demand winter months, its maintenance plans, its restructuring and financial balancing acts and how it is being affected by Covid-19. →
Eskom committed to ‘aggressive’ end-2021 unbundling timeline
By: Terence Creamer 21st May 2020 Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter describes as “aggressive” the end-of-2021 deadline for completing the unbundling of the vertically integrated power utility but insisted on Thursday that he was fully committed to adhering to the timeline contained in government’s restructuring roadmap. During a virtual... →
As Eskom rolls out boiler fixes to more Medupi units, it confirms FGD talks with World Bank
By: Terence Creamer 21st May 2020 Electricity utility Eskom is rolling-out design modifications made recently to Medupi Unit 3 to Medupi Unit 6, rather than waiting for the results of an evaluation of the fixes, which is proceeding in parallel. The unit was shut for 75 days on January 26 to address defects that emerged, mostly in... →
AECI provides water infrastructure for Hammanskraal communities
21st May 2020 From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. AECI has established a ‘filling station’ for the City of Tshwane to supply 40 000 ℓ of safe drinking water to the water-stressed Hammanskraal community amid the Covid-19 pandemic. →
On-The-Air (15/05/2020)
By: Martin Creamer 15th May 2020 Power stations the world over are switching from coal to hydrogen to combat climate change; Twenty seven of the world’s top mining companies have signed a pledge to combat climate change; and The 100-year-old Anglo American is moving out of its historic corporate office in downturn Johannesburg... →
Entrepreneurs urged to document business development from early stage to attract investors
By: Donna Slater 14th May 2020 Entrepreneurs that have started a business or are looking to start a business, especially in the green economy, should start, as soon as possible, with documenting their business development process to ensure they have that information available for when they start looking for investors, YWaste... →
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