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Company emphasises advantages of gas cleaning technology for SA ferroalloys industry

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The recent power constraints and price hikes in the country should prompt the South African ferroalloy industry to consider using technology to turn furnace off-gas into energy, says Germany-based gas cleaning specialists Theisen Engineering....
24th May 2013
 
 
Furnaces & Kilns

Company experiences success with rotary kiln division

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Manufacturer and supplier to the mining, smelter and minerals processing industries, the Dickinson Group, established a dedicated rotary kiln division last year, focusing on all the furnace industries that use rotary kilns. CEO Trevor Dickinson...
24th May 2013
 
 
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Depressed market causes company to revert to offshore work

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Owing to the depressed market in South Africa, designer and supplier of high-capacity, electric submerged-arc smelting furnaces and complete smelting plants for the production of ferroalloys, base metals, slag cleaning and alloy refining, Tenova...
24th May 2013
 
 
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Engineering firm to focus on lowering costs of production for SA clients

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South African smelter engineering firm Metix does not predict any major expansions in the South African ferroalloy industry in the next two years, owing to major industry challenges. The company, which forms part of global steel processing...
24th May 2013
 
 
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Improved production in first quarter due to furnace performance

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Resource company Merafe Resources improved its ferrochrome production in the first quarter of 2013 by 3% over the comparative 2012 period on the back on enhanced overall furnace performance, realising attributable production of 67 000 t. The...
24th May 2013
 
 
Furnaces & Kilns

Success for kiln specialist with redesigned heating system

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Furnace and carbon regeneration kiln specialists Custom Furnaces says its redesigned heating system for carbon regeneration kilns has been well received by the gold mining industry in South Africa, as it reduces downtime by at least 30 hours....
24th May 2013
 
 
DIVERSIFIED MINERS

BHP Billiton in two project South African investment

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Diversified major BHP Billiton is investing in two projects in South Africa. BHP Billiton South Africa chairperson Dr Xolani Mkhwanazi, who addressed the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, reports that the company is undertaking a...
6th February 2013
 
 
Furnaces & Kilns

Local partnership supplies components for largest calcium carbide furnaces Video Available

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A partnership between engineering consultancy Hatch and furnace component engineering and production company Thos Begbie & Company will form an integral part of a China-based project to build the largest calcium carbide furnaces in the world.
6th September 2012
 
 
 
 
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