Kangaroo appoints new chairperson

ASX-listed coal producer Kangaroo Resources has appointed Peter Richards as nonexecutive chairperson, with immediate effect, the company announced on Tuesday. Current chairperson Mark O'Keeffe would remain on the board as MD and would continue to...

Ammonia provides the platform for Sasol’s mining explosives business

As part of its coal-to-liquids (CTL) and gas-to-chemicals (GTC) processes, Sasol produces ammonia, the building block for ammonium nitrate which is the raw material required for the production of Sasol’s mining explosives.

New technology making inroads into global explosives market

Electronic initiation system specialist DetNet aims to grow its annual sales volumes to more than two-million units in 2008, up from the more than 1,2-million unit sales reported last year, says CEO Gys Landman.

Shocktube manufacture at Nitro to double in next 18 months

There are two parts to Sasol Nitro’s explosives business.

SA-linked electro-detonators to be marketed globally

A range of South African-linked electronic detonators are being released on to the global market.

SA-Norwegian explosive alliance

Explosives specialist AEL is considering a phased capital expenditure plan worth some R90-million to automate and increase its detonator-manufacturing capacity, specifically including electronic detonators.

Explosive alliance

Explosives specialist AEL is considering a phased capital expenditure plan worth some R90-million to automate and increase its detonator manufacturing capacity, specifically including electronic detonators.

Restructuring campaign under way at AEL

South Africa’s oldest explosives company, AEL, has launched a broad-ranging restructuring campaign that is likely to affect all aspects of its business, from its ownership to the product it manufactures.