The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) and global private sector hydrogen organisation the Hydrogen Council have signed a joint declaration reinforcing ongoing... 

The award is made for outstanding achievements by a young physicist that contributes to the research, education or technology development in physics. Wits physics lecturer Dr Isaac Nape has won the... 

Scientists have developed a way to grow building materials using knitted moulds and the root network of fungi as a potential alternative to traditional building material. The composite, called... 

To unlock the estimated R235-billion in investment required to strengthen and expand the grid in a way that positions it to connect the 53 GW of new generation capacity that will be required by the... 

JSE-listed paper and packaging group Mondi posted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of €680-million for the six months ended June 30, which was 28% lower than... 

Pulp and paper producer Sappi faced persistent challenges as a result of global economic challenges and encountered ongoing weaknesses in the paper and pulp market during the third quarter of its... 

In its pursuit to capitalise on the global push towards a circular economy, paper and plastics packaging manufacturer Mpact has managed to expand into new, higher-margin product areas... 

Valve supplier Bilfinger Intervalve Africa succeeded in improving the steam system of a paper mill for an increase in efficiency and productivity and a reduction in operational costs. “Top... 

Across societies and economies, many of us take it for granted that we have reliable power at the flip of a switch, that water flows at the turn of a tap, or that goods are available at our... 

SKF has added to its Microlog Analyzer portfolio of data collection devices with the recent introduction of its Microlog Analyzer dBX. The tool is said to offer faster measurement collection and... 

In an address to delegates of the G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Ministers Meeting, in India, on July 28, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy said ambitious... 

Local investor in new rolling stock and track infrastructure projects, and rail solutions provider, Traxtion CEO James Holley and solutions provider Gear Rail CEO Roelf C Alberts suggest the... 

South Africa asked the US government to consider an early extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act to help stimulate investment across the continent, Trade, Industry and Competition... 

Engen has partnered with the Disability Economic Empowerment Trust (DEET) to launch an artisan training programme for 100 people with disabilities that will assist them with the skills required to... 

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) finds in its latest manufacturing survey that the industry has shed 309 000 jobs since 2005. The manufacturing industry had 1.092-million jobs in 2021, compared... 

Digital technologies and connectivity can play a critical role in improving African education systems, but only if the right support mechanisms and policies are in place, research by Vodacom Group,... 

From Zimbabwe's lithium-rich rocks to the Democratic Republic of Congo's cobalt, minerals critical for clean energy technologies are increasingly in demand from Africa's trade partners as part of... 

With demand for gold currently off the charts, South Africa has a huge opportunity to recover gold from its surfeit of gold mine dump material at relatively high speed, a mining event in the Golden... 

Ford South Africa’s Silverton assembly plant, in Pretoria, has achieved its highest daily production number yet, at 704 vehicles. Based on three-shift 24-hour production, the plant is capable of... 

The SKF TKST 21 Stethoscope is a high quality hand-held instrument that monitors noise in bearings, machines and components.  “The ability to ‘listen’ to rotating equipment and machine components,... 

Considering growing cybersecurity threats and business continuity risks such as infrastructural outages and physical crime, a sustained shift towards hybrid work demands that large organisations... 

British scientists have developed a new building material which uses a paste derived from the root network of the mycelium fungus in combination with a knitted textile framework (more pedantically,... 

Cape Town-based young-woman-led award-winning biotech startup BAOM eco solutions (BAOM), which has developed compostable cellulose-based alternatives to plastics and other packaging materials, is... 

By Yesh Surjoodeen, Southern Africa Managing Director at HP As the global economy strains under the weight of growing resource scarcity, a circular model built on the principles of waste reduction,... 

In June, the United Nations approved a landmark treaty to preserve ocean biodiversity, seeming to augur a transformation in how countries and corporations do business on the high seas. But as the... 

Steinmüller Africa offers boilers and burners as a part of its engineering services and designs and manufactures coal-, oil- and gas-fired boilers and pulverised burners at its facility in... 

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus on Monday inaugurated its latest final assembly line (FAL) for its A320-family single-aisle airliners. Located at the Airbus complex in Toulouse, in... 

Department of Transport (DoT) research and development chief director Themba Tenza has confirmed that the department is moving towards implementation of its Green Transport Strategy (GTS), which... 

JSE-listed packaging and paper company Mondi will acquire the 250 000 t/y Hinton Pulp mill in Alberta, Canada, from forestry company West Fraser Timber for $5-million. Mondi intends, subject to... 

Ford South Africa’s Silverton assembly plant, in Pretoria, has achieved its highest daily production number yet, at 704 vehicles. Based on three-shift 24-hour production, the plant is capable of... 

The federal government has opened consultation on the design of its A$2-billion Hydrogen Headstart programme to support new large-scale renewable hydrogen projects in Australia. The program will... 

  Industrial solutions supplier Bearings International (BI) has been supplying industrial power transmission products to the sugar industry for 65 years, with its chains selection for the sugar... 

In general, Africa has not taken advantage of its abundance of raw materials. When calculations were done in the past, it was often concluded that adding value locally to locally mined minerals was... 

By Pule Pule – Sector Specialist: Manufacturing at the PIC South Africa (SA) needs solutions to pervasive unemployment, inequality and poverty. Regrettably, these have become our triple problem.... 

When work began at the South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall, Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne, the first English settlement in America had only just been established, and the world’s trade with the... 

Industry association the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (Pamsa) has emphasised the environmental, economic and social sustainability benefits of the local papermaking and recycling... 

International company Industrial Commodities Holdings (ICH) has finalised the sale of the ICH fertiliser business to Fertiva, an entity which is now majority-owned by German fertiliser supplier K+S... 

As the UK works to secure critical mineral supply from around the world, UK Minister of State for Industry in the Department for Business and Trade Nusrat Ghani tells Mining Weekly that the... 

Packaging and paper manufacturer Mondi confirms that the sale of its three Russian packaging converting operations to safety equipment supplier Gotek Group for Rb1.6-billion has been completed.... 

Changes to solar panel technology are accelerating demand for silver, a phenomenon that’s widening a supply deficit for the metal with little additional mine production on the horizon. Silver, in... 

Inflare is Latin for ‘to blow into’ or ‘inflate’. No prize for guessing the word from which inflation is derived, but can you guess where, when and why the word came into being? The US would have... 

Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to form a joint working committee with the city for “the urgent devolution” of passenger rail services to the metro.  The...