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CARBON TAXES

Mining-heavy SA industry group issues carbon tax warning

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An industry lobby group comprising large mining groups and mineral processing companies is cautioning against the proposed introduction of a carbon tax in South Africa until South Africa has fully charted its abatement potential and the costs...

By: Terence Creamer

23rd January 2012

Furnaces & Kilns

Acquisition brings new furnace technology to South Africa

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Smelter engineering firm Metix has been able to provide the mining industry with technology that was previously not available in South Africa, following the company’s acquisition by global steel processing technology supplier SMS Siemag.

By: Nomvelo Buthelezi

20th January 2012

Furnaces & Kilns

Operations at emulsion plant stepped up

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Explosives supplier BME says it is continually increasing production at its Kansanshi emulsion manufacturing plant, in Zambia, to accommodate rising demand.

By: Idéle Esterhuizen

9th September 2011

Furnaces & Kilns

Alternative fuels and raw materials fire cement producer’s kilns

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Greening its operations is a business imperative for cement group AfriSam, which is currently successfully using alternative raw materials to fire the kiln at its Ulco plant, in the Northern Cape. “Conventionally, coal is used to fire kilns to...

By: Tracy Hancock

20th May 2011

Furnaces & Kilns

Barro Alto to reach full production by second half of 2012

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Making use of low-risk proven technology and a rotary kiln electric furnace process, diversified miner Anglo American expects its $1,9-billion Barro Alto nickel project, in Brazil, to reach full production capacity in the second half of 2012.

By: Tracy Hancock

20th May 2011

Furnaces & Kilns

Fibre optics enables temperature mapping

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Consulting engineering and project implementation firm Hatch reports it has developed a Tapblock Fibre Optic Temperature Measurement System that provides accurate temperature readings from previously inaccessible locations inside a furnace. Hatch...

By: Tracy Hancock

20th May 2011

Furnaces & Kilns

Fly ash handling system to improve platinum miner’s operation

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Materials handling company Clyde Bergemann Africa (CBZ) is currently supplying a fly ash handling system to platinum producer Impala Platinum (Implats) to improve the operation of its boiler system. CBZ is part of Clyde Bergemann Power Group, a...

By: Tracy Hancock

20th May 2011

Furnaces & Kilns

Kiln maintenance reduces operating margin

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Junior mining resource company Canaf states the lower than traditional operating margin it experienced for the three months ending January 31, is a result of a maintenance shutdown at its South African calcined anthracite operation.

By: Tracy Hancock

20th May 2011

Topics in these articles

Company	Country	Industry Term	Person
BHP Billiton Energy Intensive Users Group National Treasury Renewable-Energy Rio Tinto Eskom Metix SMS Siemag Zimbabwe Mining & Smelting Company BME Mining Weekly AfriSam Holcim Nedbank Hatch Hatch Africa Control Technologies Group Clyde Bergemann Africa Hitachi Power Africa Impala Platinum Power Group Canaf Quantum Screening Springlake	Australia Brazil Chile China Colombia India Indonesia Russia South Africa Venezuela Zimbabwe Zambia Canada Botswana	Conventional And Unconventional Gas Electricity Industry Lobby Large Mining Groups Liquefied Natural Gas Mineral Processing Renewable-energy Heavy Power Generation Plans Shale Gas Transport Electricity Crisis Integrated Ferrochrome Producer Steel Steel Processing Technology Supplier Technology Equipment Emulsion Manufacturing Materials Emulsion Manufacturing Plant Transportation Costs By-products Cement Cement Products Chemicals Energy Industrial By-products Raw Materials Technology Steel Industries Low-risk Proven Technology Metal Basic Monitoring Software Control Technologies Fibre-optic Sensing Technology Fibre-optic Sensor Technology Boiler Monitoring Systems Boiler Systems Companies Supplying Systems Energy Services Market Flue Gas Junior Mining Resource Local Carbon Producer	Bulelwa Boqwana Mike Rossouw Rolf Degel Charles Hurly Claudene Moorgas Cynthia Carroll Walter De Simoni Terry Gerritsen Warren Braun Jeremy Kirsch
Product	City	Continent	Technology
Fact-based Research Tapblock Fibre Optic Temperature Measurement System	Johannesburg Kwekwe Rustenburg Chingola Dundee Natal Newcastle Vancouver	Africa	SMS Shocktube Technology Raw Materials Technology Control Technologies Fibre Optic Fibre-optic Sensing Technology Fibre-optic Sensor Technology Optical Fibre Boiler-cleaning Technology Heat Transfer Heat Transfer System Online Boiler-cleaning Technology Operating System
Facility	Natural Feature	Currency
Dudfield Plant Ulco Plant Quantum’s Plant	Northern Cape	USD