Dust is recognised as a serious health hazard in mines where metals and metalloids are carried in atmospheric dust, exposing workers to toxic contaminants. Dust from minerals such as coal, silica... 

The Municipal Operations App for Water Management solution, developed by a KwaZulu-Natal-based small enterprise Khanyisa Projects, provides managers of municipal departments with a fully integrated... 

Measure parameters from particle size, pore size, particle shape, internal structure, zeta potential, surface area, reactive area, density, powder flow, and many more, to successfully conduct your... 

The City of Johannesburg's (CoJ's) Department of Development Planning on October 28 launched its Web-based construction permit system that is designed specifically for building permit purposes. The... 

Mining explosives and blasting technology supplier BME, a member of diversified chemicals group Omnia, tells Mining Weekly it has achieved a record-low recordable case rate of 0.05% in the blasting... 

The federal government said on Thursday that the Long-Term Emissions Reduction Plan, introduced earlier this week, would strengthen Australia’s agriculture, mining and manufacturing sectors, while... 

Dragonfly Aerospace, a leading NewSpace developer of compact, high-performance imaging satellites and payloads, is investing in a 3000m2 design and manufacturing facility in Techno Park,... 

Supplier of equipment, tools, parts, services, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining industry Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is introducing a new reverse... 

Solar resource technical service providers GeoSUN has expanded into the wind energy industry through a newly formed brand GeoWIND. “We see the future of renewables being a combination of solar,... 

Outdated water management infrastructure is threatening to “spiral out of control” as the global population grows, says digitalisation and automation technology company Schneider Electric South... 

Multifunction testers or installation testers are used to carry out a range of electrical testing procedures to verify and maintain electrical installations and to ensure that safety standards are... 

Good reliability engineering forms the cornerstone of an organisation’s ability to deliver its asset management objectives. In our first article on this topic, The Role and Importance of... 

Through all the legislative requirements of GRAP[1] and mSCOA[2], we have seen a growing emphasis on asset management within local government during the past decade. Naturally, there has also been... 

Gold major Barrick Gold Corporation has, in partnership with MSALABS, successfully installed a Chrysos PhotonAssay laboratory at its Bulyanhulu mine, in Tanzania. This is the first PhotonAssay... 

Mining major BHP has collaborated with US copper cable and wire manufacturer Southwire, for its first carbon neutral copper cathode delivery. The miner has delivered copper from its mines in Chile... 

The third phase of the Wind Atlas South Africa (Wasa 3) project has developed free-to-use wind resource estimation methods, data and tools that private and public organisations can use to inform... 

Local wind energy collaboration the South African Wind Energy Programme (SAWEP) is in the final stages of completing the Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA) Phase 3 project this year, says SAWEP... 

Work-at-height company Skyriders has added the Zenith robotic inspection device –a new vertical inspection technology – to its portfolio of services. The winch-operated pan-tilt-zoom camera drone... 

Slurry density measurement and percent solids made easy using gas pycnometry The variety of industrial applications for different slurries necessitates a reliable method for evaluating the density... 

Designed for the hardest environments, Anton Paar DMA™ 501 and DMA™ 1001 are entry-level digital density meters which will revolutionise your work in the lab as well as your quality checks at the... 

By Taru Madangombe, Vice President, Power Systems, Schneider Electric With recent media reports indicating that officials from US, UK, France, and Germany are pursuing an agreement with Eskom to... 

Pan-African industrial parks developer Arise IIP has been awarded a carbon neutral certification for its Gabon special economic zone (SEZ). The certification provides a transparent third-party... 

ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investments Limited, a Mauritius-regulated infrastructure fund manager and parent company of ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment Limited Nigeria, is to launch the... 

A new reverse circulation (RC) drilling system is said to offer a reliable and accurate method for ore body identification and grade control in opencast mining. Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions... 

ABB is on track to meet its energy metering commitments, as it secures prestigious Eichrecht compliance for its high-power DC chargers in Germany. A form of calibrated energy metering, Eichrecht is... 

Back in 2019, researchers from Verdantix identified the trends in technology roadmaps for asset management technologies and compiled a helpful graphic to illustrate the value and associated growth... 

(Virtual showroom): Environmental noise is subjective as it is based on people’s perceptions of specific sounds. Environmental noise is defined as any unwanted sound created by human interaction... 

Compact Ultrasonic Sensors for Safety Applications The USi-safety ultrasonic sensor system from Pepperl+Fuchs combines the robustness of ultrasonic sensors with intrinsically safe electronics. The... 

Technology Migration from Factory Automation to Process Engineering The highly dynamic world of factory automation relies on sensors with a large variety of technologies. And if these sensors can... 

JSE-listed Bidvest says it achieved an “excellent financial and operating performance” for the financial year ended June 30, with trading profit up by 47.8% year-on-year to R7.9-billion and cash... 

Measuring performance improvements for newly installed chutes helps provide mining customers with the assurance that the new product will reduce total cost of ownership. Weba Chute Systems... 

A new non-contact optical sensor that is designed to accurately measure the speed, length and position of almost any material, from metal sheeting to newsprint paper - is now available in South... 

Advisory services multinational PwC Africa has announced its six focus areas to support the group's global New Equation strategy, which aims to deliver sustained outcomes for its clients. PwC... 

The University of the Witwatersrand' (Wits') Johannesburg Lightning Research Laboratory (JLRL) is turning Johannesburg into a laboratory where live lightning events are measured and characterised... 

Agricultural sustainability company Trace & Save has reaffirmed in a case study that a lower environmental impact is directly linked with higher profitability in the South African dairy farming... 

University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) PhD student Isaac Nape is part of a team of physicists who developed a new tool to reveal the hidden structures of quantum-entangled states in a study... 

Instrument technicians at remote sites can now install the CyLas on-line instrument for measuring a hydrocyclone’s underflow flare discharge angle with only telephone or email assistance where... 

Financial services multinational JP Morgan has launched the very first Department of Trade, Industry and Commerce- (DTIC-) approved equity equivalent investment programme (EEIP), which forms part... 

Metals supplier Non-Ferrous Metal Works (NFMW) manufactures semi-fabricated copper and brass extruded shapes that comply with international chemistry, physical tolerances and the mechanical... 

JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Fortress Reit has launched R900-million in sustainability-linked bonds, aligned to its ongoing strategic environmental, social and governance plan to... 

Measuring instruments supplier Wika Instruments offers its ScrutonWell as an alternative to a standard thermowell. The ScrutonWell, manufactured by Wika, is typically used in applications commonly... 

Anton Paar has a long history of providing high-end laboratory instruments: density meters, refractometers, polarimeters, viscometers, rheometers and instruments for material characterization....