This week we profile Lionel Maasdorp, MD of Allmech, which is involved in water treatment of heat-transfer surfaces and the manufacture of electrode boilers. Allmech is also the agent for Runxin... 

Construction contractor Concor Infrastructure has secured the contract for the extension of the ash disposal facility (ADF) at Eskom's Kendal power station, in Mpumalanga. This comes just a few... 

The Kouga local municipality, in the Eastern Cape, has upgraded its St Francis Bay wastewater treatment works (WWTW) from a capacity of 750 m3/d to 2 000 m3/d. The upgrades, which started in... 

Engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) contracts are commonly used to undertake construction works in complex, large scale infrastructure projects. Currently in South Africa we are... 

Amid a surge of bad news for businesses and societies globally, explosives manufacturer BME is nonetheless excited about the exploration landscape for mining in Canada. The company launched its... 

Government spending is the main drive for construction and/or civils spending, but, as the budget is exceptionally tight, construction equipment supplier HPE Africa MD Ross Collard does not expect... 

RBPlat COO Neil Carr has said that the ramp-up of Styldrift has been disappointingly below expectations. 

A three-year-long relationship with the Goscor Group has allowed Anzi Plant & Mining Services to grow its footprint in the civils and mining industries in the Western and Northern Cape. The company... 

Industrial equipment supplier Turnmill Proquip Engineering mitigated challenges that were presented by the installation and manufacturing of four leaching vats at a vanadium mine. The vats form... 

During tough times in civil engineering – where lack of work is one of the most worrying issues – equipment supplier Civplant Civils and Civtek Limited’s team pulls together even closer to... 

Base metals exploration and development company Force Commodities announced last month that it expected to finalise key exploration, mining and beneficiation contracts for the new openpit... 

Mines and quarries are conservative with regard to capital expenditure on crushing and screening equipment amid the current depressed economic climate, but there are gaps in the market where the... 

Coal mining company Canyon Coal’s Phalanndwa colliery extension project is expected to extend the life-of-mine to 2027, and the company is negotiating with the relevant stakeholders to further... 

A Perth company which has already pre-sold to a major Swiss global trading house its entire high grade lead-silver entitlement from a mine yet to be built in Africa, says it expects to finalise the... 

Specially designed ore silo chutes from Weba Chute Systems will be installed at a South African gold mine to reduce mill wear and other processing challenges caused by the uncontrolled flow of... 

The project is ramping up to its target capacity. 

Styldrift’s ramp-up is progressing steadily. 

Venture capital firm and owner of the Khoemacau copper/silver project Cupric Canyon Capital has made significant progress towards the construction of what is to be a major copper and silver mine in... 

Since 2011, Conax Machine Solutions (CMS) has designed and manufactured innovative mining, civils and industrial equipment solutions. CMS initially built only customised mining equipment and... 

Royal Bafokeng Platinum has reported that the project continues to make steady progress. 

Mining contractor Murray & Roberts Cementation has been awarded a contract by copper miner Palabora Mining Company for a 1 200-m-deep ventilation shaft. The shaft, with a lined diameter of 8.5 m,... 

The Impumelelo mine was opened on April 12. 

Murray & Roberts Cementation, Africa’s leading mining contractor, has been awarded a contract by Palabora Mining Company for a 1,200 metre deep ventilation shaft. The shaft, with a lined diameter... 

The growth of the capital equipment sector, and the manufacturing sector in general, is being stifled by South Africa’s heavy reliance on imports, and its inability to deliver on its localisation... 

The growth of the capital equipment sector, and the manufacturing sector in general, is being stifled by South Africa’s heavy reliance on imports, and its inability to deliver on its localisation... 

Mining contractor Murray & Roberts (M&R) Cementation has been awarded a contract by Palabora Mining Company for a 1 200 m deep ventilation shaft. The shaft, with a lined diameter of 8.5 m, will... 

Royal Bafokeng Platinum has made progress in delivering against its growth strategy. 

Civil and structural engineering firm ADA Consulting is set to complete the upgrade of edible-oil supplier CEOCO’s Boksburg plant, in Gauteng by September. ADA Consulting MD Paul Maitre tells... 

The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has appointed an engineering panel of experts for the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands water project (LHWP II). The panel comprises a... 

The Gamsberg zinc mine is ready to launch Phase 1. 

One of the world’s highest grade known tin deposits is being developed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and dry-type transformers from specialist supplier Trafo Power Solutions are now integral... 

Having grown from strength to strength since its JSE listing in 2012, local innovative drilling solutions provider Master Drilling plans to focus its capital expenditure (capex) on product and... 

Having grown from strength to strength since its JSE listing in 2012, local innovative drilling solutions provider Master Drilling plans to focus its capital expenditure (capex) on product and... 

Royal Bafokeng Platinum has made progress in delivering against its growth strategy for the project. 

Construction of the Venetia underground mine is 18% completed. 

First production from the Impumelelo mine is expected later this month. 

Sasol Mining will be required to make a decision on the next replacement mine in 2024. 

The development at the Mupfuti mine is on schedule to reach design production in early 2015. 

The Randgold/AngloGold Ashanti joint venture with SOKIMO, the Congolese parastatal, Kibali Gold Mine, is located about 560 kilometres from Kisangani, capital of the Orientale Province in the...