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Tracy Hancock

Tracy Hancock

Tracy Hancock is Creamer Media Contributing Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

By Tracy Hancock

SUSTAINABLE LOGISTICS
The Empty Trips digital freight exchange allows rail carriers to publish empty rail wagons on the platform, making this information visible to rail shippers so that they can book space on the rail wagons

Digital platform aims to improve SADC rail efficiency

16th December 2022

A substantial percentage of all rail wagons in South Africa are empty when moving between destinations. In the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, only a small percentage of rail... 


AWARDING INNOVATION
Acciona southern region digital engineering manager Daniel Easter (centre) was awarded first place in the Construction category of the Bentley Systems Year in Infrastructure Going Digital Awards last month. Also pictured (from left) are Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley, construction VP Rich Humphrey, senior product marketing manager Marion Bouillin and chief success officer Katriona Lord-Levins

Digital engineering key to award-winning level crossing removal project

16th December 2022

Many Australian construction companies are actively employing people, especially those who have a digital background, to address the country’s skills shortage, particularly in major infrastructure... 


UNITING AN INDUSTRY
The Electrical Contractors’ Association South Africa is working with multiple associations to formalise and standardise training and requirements for electrical contractors in an effort to realise a united industry

Noncompliant installations surge amid energy crisis

9th December 2022

The rush to install standby power supply in South Africa amid the country’s energy crisis has led to an influx of service providers, which are misinforming the public on the legal requirements that... 


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New welding equipment, training significant contributors in growth strategy

2nd December 2022

To assist its growth strategy in an evolving local market space, specialist fabrication company Efficient Engineering has made a significant investment by procuring a state-of-the-art automated... 


Dust-A-Side launches hybrid monitoring solution

Dust-A-Side launches hybrid monitoring solution

20th November 2022

Dust control management specialist Dust-A-Side, headquartered in Pretoria, has introduced a comprehensive dust monitoring solution that offers particulate matter (PM) 2.5 and PM 10 real-time... 


PRODUCTIVITY PRUDENT
Africa needs to develop new downstream businesses and secure the local production of products through a copper master plan

World unlikely to resolve copper deficit soon – CDAA

18th November 2022

While the improved management of copper scrap recycling is crucial to supplement future mined supplies to address the world’s seemingly perpetual copper deficit, copper cable theft continues to be... 


SABLE REFINERY
The north of Jubilee’s Zambian footprint presents the opportunity to more than double the copper-producing capacity of its 14 000 t/y Sable refinery, which forms part of the company’s southern refining strategy

Roan’s success to be duplicated in north

18th November 2022

With diversified metal recovery business Jubilee Metals Group’s flagship copper processing project, Project Roan, in Zambia, reaching nameplate throughput last month, the company is aiming to... 


VLADIMIR MILOVANOVIC
Municipalities should be considering ways to improve or digitise their grid in a manner that affords them the ability to monitor their network status and performance

Efficient management of constrained energy supply vital

11th November 2022

It is important that local municipalities manage South Africa’s available power supply as efficiently as possible by adopting smart-grid enabling products, as the country continues to battle... 


INVITING INCENTIVE 
In July, the City of Cape Town expanded its small-scale embedded generation programme to permit commercial customers to sell more electricity than they use

CoCT on track to become African energy diversification beacon

11th November 2022

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) is working on diversifying its energy resources to significantly reduce its reliance on struggling State-owned power utility Eskom in the next two years and, thereby,... 


A MORE EFFICIENT APPROACH 
Companies must consider energy efficiency and embedded generation together when calculating their energy requirements

Climate change major energy efficiency driver

11th November 2022

While the implementation of energy efficiency measures reduces demand on South Africa’s fragile power system, the climate change agenda continues to significantly influence corporate South Africa’s... 


DMS introduces ASTM-complaint dust fallout unit

DMS introduces ASTM-complaint dust fallout unit

6th November 2022

Dust monitoring solutions manufacturer Dust Monitoring Services (DMS) has introduced a fully compliant ASTMD1739-98 unit, which includes a bespoke, ultraviolet (UV) stabilised linear low-density... 


JASON VAN DER POEL
There has been a sense of urgency to approve the amendments to the Electricity Regulation Act, as the country continues to battle the impacts of loadshedding

Amendment Bill to realise embedded capacity

28th October 2022

The Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill is expected to realise significant local embedded generation capacity growth by removing the cap on the licensing threshold, but the current version of... 


SUSTAINABLE SHOPPING
Completed in January last year, the 1 219 kWp grid-tied solar PV parkade solution with generator integration at the Eastgate Shopping Mall will yield a significant electricity saving

Loadshedding impacting on embedded generation uptake

28th October 2022

While loadshedding is driving the uptake of embedded electricity solutions, it is also deemed obstructive by renewable-energy solutions company Solareff, owing to the financial implications for... 


POWERING CHANGE
As of August this year, the City of Cape Town had 85.8 MVA of approved, commissioned grid-tied small-scale embedded generation

CoCT ahead in SSEG capacity locally

28th October 2022

While the City of Cape Town’s (CoCT’s) small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) capacity is ahead of the curve compared with other local municipalities, there is still a lot of work to be done, says... 


DRIVING DEVELOPMENT
Floating solar is one of two breakthrough technologies supported by the Water Technologies Demonstration Programme, the technology arm of the National Water Research, Development and Innovation Roadmap

Millions injected into water tech over past 7 years

21st October 2022

The Water Technologies Demonstration Programme (Wader) has invested about R43.5-million in 46 projects from 2015 to 2022 as the technology arm of the National Water Research, Development and... 


JOYCE MOGANEDI
The current water crisis facing South Africa has created new opportunities and there is plenty of room to adopt and embrace new technologies

S Africa can ease effect of natural disasters through technology

21st October 2022

Deploying “cutting-edge” solutions at South Africa’s water treatment plants will assist the country in mitigating the severe impact of natural disasters, such as the drought in Nelson Mandela Bay,... 


GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
Through the Nkosuo deposit, Edikan also has the potential to, once again, become a very important component of Perseus Mining’s diversified asset portfolio

Edikan set to surpass guidance

14th October 2022

The Edikan gold mine, in Ghana, is clawing back the production loss incurred owing to the shutdown of its mill for preventative maintenance in June. The mine recorded its best month of gold... 


ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
While West Africa’s mining legislation is still evolving in many respects, regardless of in-country legislation, mining companies are also the drivers of compliance to prevent adverse environmental impacts

Ghana tops in West Africa

14th October 2022

While the West African operating climate is positive overall as emerging initiatives are coming into play on the back of ongoing capital investment in mining projects, politically stable Ghana... 


TRENDING TESTWORK 
The mining industry is increasingly adopting on-site cyanide detoxification testwork, which eliminates red tape and the addresses the exorbitant cost of sending samples to South Africa for testing

W Africa key for processing expert

14th October 2022

Minerals processing expert Maelgwyn Mineral Services Africa (MMSA) is growing its West Africa installed base of 29 Aachen High Shear reactors through the installation of four more units. “Mining in... 


COAL CONCENTRATION
A Clean Coal Technology research group study to characterise the associations, distributions and concentration of rare earth elements in coal focused on the Waterberg basin, in Limpopo, a region hosting about 40% of South Africa’s remaining coal resources

Coal waste could boost REEs supply

30th September 2022

The information derived from a study published this year on the mineralogy and distribution of rare-earth elements (REEs) in Waterberg coalfield high-ash coals could assist with a new concept of... 


MINING MUSCLE
Seven 90-t excavators and 21 60-t articulated dump trucks to mine the Gugulethu project, which is set to produce single RB3 product for export

Gugulethu construction is still on track to kick off this year

30th September 2022

Construction of the almost R600-million opencast phase (Phase 1) of coal exploration and mining company Canyon Coal’s Gugulethu colliery is planned to start this year, subject to market conditions... 


Wilec products conductors of green energy transition

Wilec products conductors of green energy transition

25th September 2022

With power generation and electric vehicles (EVs) presenting the greatest demand for Gauteng-based manufacturer Wilec’s oxygen-free copper rod, and enamelled and covered conductors, the company is... 


RAYNARD LOOCH
Managers and supervisors are an integral and essential part of an employer’s health and safety management system and deserve statutory recognition

Amendment Bill fails to recognise safety practitioner profession

23rd September 2022

The continued failure to recognise the safety practitioner profession is yet another disappointing aspect of the poorly drafted Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Amendment Bill 2020, says law... 


RHYS EVANS
The number of local companies undertaking substance abuse tests incorrectly is equal to those which are undertaking them correctly

Be careful of relying only on screening tests

23rd September 2022

Substance abuse continues to be a significant problem for employers in South Africa; however, substance abuse testing equipment supplier ALCO-Safe MD Rhys Evans notes that some employers are trying... 


JULIEN VAN NIEKERK
Zambia is now poised to become one of Africa’s largest nickel producers with FQM’s commissioning of the Enterprise mine

Valve demand up amid mining uptick

16th September 2022

Demand from the Zambian mining industry for valves, and actuator technology manufacturer AR Controls’ product offering, is stable and increasing since Hakainde Hichilema became the seventh... 


A ROBUST RANGE 
Grindex has been active in Zambia for the past 25 years, with its range of drainage pumps capable of handling water with abrasive solids up to 12 mm in size

Distribution deal favouring pumps supplier

16th September 2022

Engineering products supplier Integrated Engineering Services (IES) has been responsible for servicing pumps specialist Integrated Pump Technology’s growing customer base in the Zambian mining... 


MMADIKA MOLOI
The proposed changes to the Mines and Minerals Development Act are expected to encourage development at all levels of the mining sector and sustained investment in small-scale and gemstone exploration projects

MMDA review expected to be extensive

16th September 2022

Law firm Webber Wentzel expects the review of Zambia’s Mines and Minerals Development Act (MMDA), No 11 of 2015, to take a considerable amount of time to complete, as the current government... 


SOKWANI CHILEMBO 
Things have been heating up in the exploration sector, with a couple of dozen prospects in the thick of second and third round earn-in negotiations, listings and capital raisings

Tripling Zambia’s copper output ambitious but attainable best-case scenario

16th September 2022

Key prerequisites need to be in place if Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema is to tap into the potential developmental benefits of the “oil of Zambia” by tripling the country’s yearly copper... 


WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
Process lines could easily be designed and established in proximity with local coal wastes or collieries to produce activated carbons for cost-effective adsorbed natural gas storage and transportation

Coal waste a solution to cost-effective natural gas storage

14th September 2022

Activated carbons derived from South Africa’s coal wastes present a cost-effective adsorbent for adsorbed natural gas (ANG) storage and transportation amid growing global pressure to reduce the... 


Hawk launches 230 V single-phase, hot-water pressure washer

Hawk launches 230 V single-phase, hot-water pressure washer

11th September 2022

High-pressure pumps manufacturer Hawk has expanded its hot water range with the launch in July of a 3 kW single-phase, diesel burner hot-water pressure washer that is ideal for removing stubborn... 


DAVID CLAASSEN
Oil-cooled transformers are progressively being replaced with dry-type transformers, which are increasingly being specified for new projects

Transformers to be installed at local gold mine

2nd September 2022

Gauteng dry-type transformer specialist Trafo Power Solutions is on track to supply three transformers to a local underground gold mining operation for commissioning this month, despite the... 


EDUARDO WERNINGHAUS
Zest WEG is dedicated to bringing the most efficient products in its portfolio to the African market to assist customers in lowering total cost of ownership

Motor manufacturer helping to reduce load on grid

2nd September 2022

In focusing on energy efficiency, Zest WEG, a subsidiary of Brazilian motor and controls manufacturer WEG, is helping the South African mining industry reduce its load on the country’s fragile... 


BEKA Schréder launches new LEDTEC LED lowbay

BEKA Schréder launches new LEDTEC LED lowbay

28th August 2022

Gauteng-based lighting manufacturer BEKA Schréder has launched a new light-emitting diode (LED) lowbay with a circular economy three-star rating as part of its LEDTEC range. Known as the LEDTEC,... 


LOW CARB FUTURE
Exxaro aims to transition from a coal-based to a minerals and renewable-energy solutions business that will thrive in a low-carbon future

ESG key to improving investor sentiment

26th August 2022

Working alongside key stakeholders and employing good governance structures, such as sound environmental, governance and social (ESG) practices, is an effective way of improving investor sentiment... 


BULK UP STORAGE
As part of its plan to end load-shedding, South Africa should invest in another pumped-storage scheme system, such as Ingula, as part of its effort to avoid future energy storage challenges

Eskom losing skills to overseas utilities

26th August 2022

The continued flight of highly skilled and experienced technical staff from State-owned power utility Eskom to the local private sector and overseas power utilities is concerning, but also... 


GOOD AND READY
Eskom has 5 GW of grid capacity ready to go, but is finalising studies to ensure that the next tranche of land it offers is suitable for renewable-energy developments and has access to grid capacity

Utility on track for 2050 target

26th August 2022

State-owned power utility Eskom is on track to ensure that the country’s electricity sector achieves net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, with an increase in sustainable jobs, should its Strategy... 


SAMPSON MAMPWHELI
By reintroducing energy efficiency and demand-side management programmes, the country can reduce pressure on the grid within six to eight months

S Africa needs electricity intervention now

26th August 2022

South Africa needs to promptly implement small interventions to ease the pressure on the national electricity grid, requiring an investment of between R50-billion and R100-billion, while... 


BEYOND BASIC
Axis’s camera technology can introduce and improve operational efficiencies at a mine, beyond basic security functions

Multifunctional security tech can boost productivity

19th August 2022

While response to the new technologies needed for South Africa’s mines of the future are mixed, decision-makers are gaining a better understanding of how one device can serve several functions to... 


DEBOTTLENECKING DELIVERY
The emulsion vertical delivery system contributes to efficiency, as it frees up cage time, consequently enabling mines to not only increase hoisting capacity but also productivity

EVDS supports productivity

19th August 2022

Mining houses are increasingly realising the value of using emulsions in underground and surface blasting applications, and the addition of an emulsion vertical delivery system (EVDS) further... 


PUSHING POWER
John Deere’s 1050K delivers the optimal power-to-weight ratio to provide the traction needed to push more material

Demonstrations of new versatile dozer a hit

19th August 2022

The K-Series 1050K crawler dozer from heavy equipment manufacturer John Deere has received positive reviews following demonstrations at various mining sites across South Africa. Focused on... 


ROCK RESPONSIVE 
The RHINO autonomous drillstring-mounted geophysical sensor provides a reliable source of information about the rocks being drilled, unaffected by the bit, rig or driller

Geophysical sensor remains unmatched

19th August 2022

Mining and infrastructure solutions company Orica has yet to see anything similar to its RHINO autonomous drillstring-mounted geophysical sensor on the market since introducing the first version in... 


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