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Ensuring pump reliability in abrasive service

1st July 2022 Maintaining and improving reliability of pumps used to transport abrasive media can be challenging in high-energy applications with players in the oil and gas industry aiming to optimise performance and minimise downtime. Fluid engineering company Sulzer says these objectives can be met through... →

Manufacturer now offers new stainless steel braided hose

1st July 2022 Earlier this year, industrial hose specialist Truco announced it had started manufacturing stainless steel braided hose at its Chamdor campus in Johannesburg, Gauteng. Initial capabilities are for hose assemblies from 6 mm to 25 cm in diameter. →

UK coal mine's climate impact is 'indefensible', watchdog says

By: Bloomberg 29th June 2022 Plans to build the UK’s first deep coal mine in three decades are “absolutely indefensible” because the resulting pollution would blow holes through the nation’s pledge to reduce emissions by 2050, the climate change watchdog said. The government is expected to decide next week whether to allow... →

G7 agrees to study Russian energy price caps

By: Reuters 28th June 2022 G7 leaders have agreed to study placing global price caps on imports of Russian energy to curb Moscow's ability to fund its invasion of Ukraine and to contribute up to $5-billion to address global food insecurity, officials said on Tuesday. The war in Ukraine and its dramatic economic fallout,... →

G7 to allow fossil-fuel financing if climate pledges are kept

By: Bloomberg 28th June 2022 Group of Seven (G7) nations are set to allow some exceptional public financing of overseas fossil-fuel projects to continue provided that the investments are consistent with prior climate-change agreements, according to people familiar with the matter. The final text of the leaders’ statement,... →

Norway, EU agree closer cooperation on batteries, raw materials

By: Reuters 27th June 2022 Norway and the European Union will closely cooperate on battery value chains and raw material supply as part of efforts to tackle climate change, they announced during a Norway visit by European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic. Sustainable value chains for minerals, metals and batteries... →

Biden urges G7 to stay together as leaders target Russian gold, oil price

By: Reuters 27th June 2022 US President Joe Biden told allies "we have to stay together" against Russia on Sunday as G7 leaders gathered for a summit dominated by war in Ukraine and its impact on food and energy supplies and the global economy. At the start of the meeting in the Bavarian Alps, four of the Group of Seven... →

Remote sensing specialist successful at Indaba

By: Sabrina Jardim 24th June 2022 Berlin-based remote sensing technology specialist ILV participated in the Investing in African Mining Indaba for the first time this year, owing to the company’s involvement in different African and Middle East mining projects. Projects in the region include contracts awarded in Algeria, the... →

Industry body assures job security for welders

By: Halima Frost 24th June 2022 Despite a marked increase in the uptake of robotic welding systems, owing to Covid-19 and the fast-tracking of automation, artisanal welding will never be completely replaced, says Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) Certification CEO Herman Potgieter. “The Covid-19 pandemic has played a... →

Texas Gulf Coast carbon capture and storage project, US

By: Sheila Barradas 24th June 2022 bp and Linde plan to develop a major carbon capture and storage project, which will allow for low-carbon hydrogen production at Linde’s existing facilities. →