Mining News
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S Africa gets firstdry separator pilot plant in Africa
Mining Weekly | Crushing and Screening Aug 15, 2019 | 22:00 pmA pilot plant for the first dry separator in Africa will be installed in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, and should be operational by the end of the first quarter of 2020, screening and vibrating equipment solutions and services provider Aury Africa MD Sydney Parkhouse tells Mining Weekly. The Telligent Dry Separator (TDS) technology was developed by Aury Africa’s Chinese sister company Tianjin Meiteng Technology in 2015. Both companies are subsidiaries of Australia-based design and construction coal group Dadi Engineering Development Group (DEDG), which is funding the pilot plant project.
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Industry slump makes technology improvements essential
Mining Weekly | Crushing and Screening Aug 15, 2019 | 22:00 pmAn international slowdown in the mining industry over the past few years has led to a more pressing need for technology improvements, says bearings and transmissions products distributor Bearings International (BI) business development leader Shaun Combrinck. “The mining industry is at a point where it has to look towards new technology to make operations safer and more cost effective. Innovation is a must,” he asserts.
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NDC call for more details on Zambia’s gold prospect
Future of Mining – African Mining Market Aug 14, 2019 | 16:37 pm
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The National Democratic Congress has appealed to the geological survey department to conduct a new exploration on gold deposits in the North Western province. NDC North Western Province Coordinator Marc Kalemba says it is saddening that 55 years after independence, the country has scanty details on gold prospects in the country. Mr. Kalemba said it … -
New Australian office to roll out mineral sample optimiser
Mining Weekly | Crushing and Screening Aug 8, 2019 | 22:00 pmMineral analyser equipment provider Blue Cube Systems will open a new office in Perth, Australia, in the third quarter of this year to roll out its new Blue Cube Sample Optimiser system on the continent. This system will be used in conjunction with Blue Cube’s sampling cabinet for the company’s MQi slurry analysers.
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South Africa progressive in advancing womenin mining
Mining Weekly | Crushing and Screening Aug 1, 2019 | 22:00 pmHistorically, the mining industry has been “extremely” male dominated, but there has been a substantial drive locally to increase the number of women working in the industry, says women-owned vibrating equipment manufacturer Kwatani CEO Kim Schoepflin. However, many other African countries are less progressive, she says.
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HE Aziz Rabbah, Morocco’s Minister of Energy, Mine & Sustainable Development to Keynote DTMC Mining Event in Erfoud, Morocco
Future of Mining – African Mining Market Aug 1, 2019 | 09:50 am
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International Drâa-Tafilalet Mining Conference (DTMC), the largest and only international mining conference and exhibition to be held in Drâa-Tafilalet region in East Morocco, is honoured that HE Aziz Rabbah, Morocco’s Minister of Energy, Mines & Sustainable Development will deliver the government keynote address at the event. HE Aziz Rabbah, the former Minister of Equipment, Transport … -
Partnership to supply lab equipment to African clients
Mining Weekly | Crushing and Screening Jul 25, 2019 | 22:00 pmMineral and mining laboratory equipment reseller and consultant Mineral Innovative Technologies Group (MIT Group) has teamed up with Russian mineral sample preparation specialist equipment manufacturer Vibrotechnik to provide a full range of laboratory (lab) equipment for Africa, says MIT Group South Africa MD Mark Armstrong. MIT Group sells equipment and provides installation, maintenance and laboratory design services into Africa, and Vibrotechnik’s range of sample crushing, grinding, milling and screening equipment is suited to client demands for performance, accuracy and repeatability.
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BelAZ and ZYFRA to develop robotisation and AI technologies for mining industry
Future of Mining – African Mining Market Jul 22, 2019 | 11:51 am
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BelAZ (the Belarusian Automobile Plant), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of quarry equipment, and ZYFRA, a company which specialises in industry digitalisation will jointly develop robotisation technologies for the mining industry and set up a research centre at BelAZ for innovation in the fields of artificial intelligence and autonomous transport. The strategic partnership agreement … -
Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) appoints first black general manager
Future of Mining – African Mining Market Jul 18, 2019 | 20:08 pm
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South Africa’s sole producer of prime anthracite, Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC), has appointed Siyabonga Mathonsi as its first black general manager since mining operations began in 1987. Menar, the mining investment company that acquired ZAC from Rio Tinto in 2016 and turned it to profitability, is pleased to announce Mathonsi’s appointment effective from 15 July … -
Platinum giants eye Sibanye’s gold mining deal as wage yardstick
Future of Mining – African Mining Market Jul 18, 2019 | 14:54 pm
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South African platinum producers could use Sibanye-Stillwater’s pay settlement with gold miners earlier this year as a benchmark in wage talks with labour unions, according to a person familiar with the matter. Following a five-month strike that was eventually declared illegal, Sibanye agreed to increase the pay of workers at its three gold mines by …
Agricultural News
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Namibia’s small-stock export scheme suspended
Africa – Farmer's Weekly Aug 12, 2019 | 13:00 pm
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The Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) recently welcomed a decision by the country’s authorities to fully suspend the small-stock marketing scheme to allow producers to export without restriction to South Africa. -
41 million people in Southern Africa to face food insecurity
Africa – Farmer's Weekly Jul 24, 2019 | 13:03 pm
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About 41,2 million people in 13 Southern African countries will suffer food insecurity between now and March 2020, following low rainfall in the 2018/2019 growing season. -
Police continue to illegally occupy lodge in Zimbabwe
Africa – Farmer's Weekly Jul 8, 2019 | 13:33 pm
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The Bembezi Wildlife Conservancy and Portwe farming concern in Zimbabwe remained illegally occupied by the Zimbabwe Republic Police, despite claims by Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the country “was open for business”. -
‘Heat stress to become greater threat to agricultural workers’
Africa – Farmer's Weekly Jul 3, 2019 | 12:34 pm
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The agriculture sector in Africa could lose up to 14 million jobs by 2030 due to heat stress. This was according to a new report by the International Labour Organisation titled, ‘Working on a warmer planet: The impact of heat stress on labour productivity and decent work’. -
Investing in Africa: a continent brimming with opportunities
Africa – Farmer's Weekly Jul 2, 2019 | 12:53 pm
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Dr Rutendo Hwindingwi, also known as the ‘African Realist’, spoke to Glenneis Kriel about the opportunities and pitfalls of doing business in Africa. -
Land reform is imperative - agricultural business chamber on presidential panel report
Articles relating to topics | agriculture Jan 1, 1970 | 00:00 amTwo agriculture bodies weigh in on the report by the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform.
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Opportunity for youth-owned agricultural businesses
Articles relating to topics | agriculture Jan 1, 1970 | 00:00 amYouth-owned businesses in the agricultural sector are invited to apply for SAB KickStart's Urban Agriculture programme.
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Large-scale plantings of Fuji Royal apples to begin soon
Articles relating to topics | agriculture Jan 1, 1970 | 00:00 amEver since the Fuji apple was bred in 1939 in Japan there has always been a search for better coloured red fruit.
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New climate change report underscores the need to manage land for the short and long term
Articles relating to topics | agriculture Jan 1, 1970 | 00:00 amThe challenge, then, is convincing people to use land in ways that do more than maximise short-term benefits. As the most recent IPCC report states, degraded land produces less food and stores less carbon.
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Looming food insecurity in Zimbabwe - economist
Articles relating to topics | agriculture Jan 1, 1970 | 00:00 amHardships due to Zimbabwe's poor maize harvest are exacerbated by unstable economic conditions in the country, says Agbiz economist Wandile Sihlobo.
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Materials Handling News
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S African materials handling industry yetto embrace automation
Engineering News | Materials Handling Aug 15, 2019 | 22:00 pmAutomation is still a relatively new concept for South Africa and has not been fully adopted by industries, especially the materials handling industry, says industrial equipment distributor Shumani Industrial Equipment director Victor Nemukula. “South Africa imports a lot of materials handling equipment from countries that are more developed, so there is a constant flow of new technology . . .[…]
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Forklift equipment supplier invests R45m in STR fleet
Engineering News | Materials Handling Aug 15, 2019 | 22:00 pmForklift equipment supplier Criterion Equipment has embarked on a short-term rental (STR) fleet renewal programme for materials handling equipment manufacturer TCM – encompassing a R45-million investment in new forklifts. Criterion Equipment is the exclusive distributor of TCM forklift trucks in Southern Africa.
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Drive company supplies inverters for warehouse expansion project
Engineering News | Materials Handling Aug 15, 2019 | 22:00 pmDrive engineering company SEW-Eurodrive has supplied 98 MOVITRAC LTP-B inverters for conveyor belts installed for a local e-commerce warehouse, in Johannesburg. SEW-Eurodrive was contracted by materials handling specialist Neptek to supply the inverters for the conveyors that have been installed at the warehouse as part of the expansion project.
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Distributor sets new lift truck warranty standards
Engineering News | Materials Handling Aug 15, 2019 | 22:00 pmIn a ground-breaking development, materials handling supplier Goscor Lift Truck Company (GLTC) has rolled out an industry first, standard five-year warranty on its construction equipment supplier Doosan 7 Series range of lift trucks. The new offering is the longest ever warranty to be offered in the South African forklift industry.
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Distributor extends food handlingbelting range
Engineering News | Materials Handling Aug 15, 2019 | 22:00 pmNew to engineering components supplier Bearing Man Group’s (BMG’s) range of belting certified for safe food handling, is the KleenEdge non-fray series. It is developed by conveyer belt solutions provider Ammeraal Beltech to “minimise the problems of belt-edge fray and associated contamination issues, ensuring absolute hygiene in food processing”, explains BMG light materials handling division business unit manager Ryan Forsyth.
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Deflating the myths around the mechanical joining of HDPE pipe
Manufacturing – Cape Business News Aug 6, 2019 | 03:00 amVictaulic South Africa’s Marcel Ley exposes the myths surrounding the mechanical joining of HDPE piping, and why it is the best method to ensure not only job site safety and a reduced completion time frame but provides financial benefits as well. As innovations arise, so do the replacements of older technologies. One such product is […]The post Deflating the myths[…]
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Stainless steels in the water industry – cost and quality benefits
Manufacturing – Cape Business News Jul 15, 2019 | 13:30 pmThis information is part of a four-hour presentation STAINLESS STEELS IN THE WATER INDUSTRY, put together by NDE’s technical team and approved by Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA), which is offered by NDE to companies considering the use of stainless steels in their water application projects, processes and installations. As maintenance costs escalate and plant […]The post Stainless steels in[…]
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Copper Twin
Manufacturing – Cape Business News Jul 15, 2019 | 12:00 pmThirty years’ reliable duty in a corrosive environment has won for Condra a repeat order from Lonmin Platinum for an overhead tank house crane to replace an identical machine delivered three decades ago. The original crane was installed in 1990 at Lonmin’s Middelkraal Farm refinery outside Marikana, North West Province, where it lifts and positions […]The post Copper Twin appeared[…]
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Ericsson to build its first fully-automated smart factory
Manufacturing – Cape Business News Jul 15, 2019 | 08:12 amEricsson is set to build its first fully-automated smart factory in the U.S., expected to be up and running in early 2020. The factory will produce the company’s Advanced Antenna System radios which will be used to boost network capacity, and rural coverage for 4G and 5G mobile network deployments. Ericsson says that the creation […]The post Ericsson to build[…]
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ELGi’s new electric compressor range from Integrated Air Solutions –industry electrified!
Manufacturing – Cape Business News Jul 12, 2019 | 07:42 amBuilding on its unequivocal success with ELGi’s range of high-pressure, diesel-driven compressors, Integrated Air Solutions now introduces the latest innovation from this world renowned brand, the new ELGi EG Series electric air compressor range. ELGi’s electric screw air compressors are available from 5.5kW – 15kW for smaller air requirements (EN Series) and from 22kW – […]The post ELGi’s new electric[…]
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Construction News
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Tshwane Regional Mall, a diamond in the making
SA Construction News - SA Construction News - SA Construction[…] Aug 8, 2019 | 08:28 am
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“Never conclude a person by his present status because time has the great power and ability to change a useless coal into a valuable diamond” ~ Punita Sah Still the pioneer project of its kind Tshwane Regional Mall, TRM as affectionately known, is a jewel in the making. With construction almost at completion, this development has a healthy future.The mall is[…] -
Engineers of the future will focus more on empathy than logic
SA Construction News - SA Construction News - SA Construction[…] Aug 3, 2019 | 09:06 am
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The world of the engineer is changing more rapidly than ever.We are at the dawn of a new digital revolution which is fundamentally changing the way we design, build, and even the type of people who will design the built environment of the future. Peter Ayres, the newly-appointed Global Structures Leader for engineering, design and advisory company, Aurecon, believes that[…] -
MBA North names regional construction site safety winners
SA Construction News - SA Construction News - SA Construction[…] Jul 31, 2019 | 09:20 am
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WBHO Construction takes four awards, Belo & Kies Construction wins two awards in fiercely contested competition. The Master Builders Association North (MBA North) region has announced the winners of its prestigious annual regional Safety Competition, which recognises best practice in construction site safety.The awards form part of broader efforts by MBA North and sponsors Federated Employers Mutual (FEM) to improve safety[…] -
Successful construction of CrestAquarium by Concor Buildings
SA Construction News - SA Construction News - SA Construction[…] Jul 25, 2019 | 17:17 pm
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The indoor CrestAquarium at Cresta Shopping Centre allows shoppers to view more than 30 species of fish.Constructed by Concor Buildings and unveiled to the public in June 2019, this ‘edu-tainment’ feature is on the lower level of the centre’s food, entertainment and cinema court.Specialist Italian experts provided the pure cast acrylic blocks for underwater use, and Martin Muller, contracts manager at[…] -
Support Engineering Excellence in Infrastructure Development for Economic Growth
SA Construction News - SA Construction News - SA Construction[…] Jul 23, 2019 | 18:44 pm
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Preparations are well underway for another spectacular occasion celebrating innovation, quality, outstanding workmanship and professionalism in the engineering industry as Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) and the engineering community get ready for the prestigious CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards. “Given the pivotal role that infrastructure development plays in the South African economy in achieving the goals of the National Development Plan[…] -
Group Five puts three units up for sale in business rescue plan
Articles relating to topics | construction Jan 1, 1970 | 00:00 amGroup Five is preparing a sale of three of its biggest subsidiaries as the former South African construction giant strives to salvage what it can from bankruptcy proceedings
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SA construction industry: delayed payment causing division - industry body
Articles relating to topics | construction Jan 1, 1970 | 00:00 amThe issue of delayed or non-payment of subcontractors by main contractors, within the South African construction industry is occurring at a more frequent rate.
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More woes for Group Five as auditor resigns
Articles relating to topics | construction Jan 1, 1970 | 00:00 amGroup Five's external auditor PwC has resigned from the construction company, which is in business rescue.
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South Africa’s construction industry could become safer. Here’s how
Articles relating to topics | construction Jan 1, 1970 | 00:00 amGlobally, construction accounts for about 7% of employment, but 30-40% of all work-related fatalities, says Patrick Nwabueze Okonkwo.
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City of Cape Town procurement process hobbling construction sector - industry body
Articles relating to topics | construction Jan 1, 1970 | 00:00 amThe slow tender and procurement processes of the City of Cape Town are further crippling property development and the construction sector in the city, claims the Western Cape Property Development Forum.
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