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Electricity wheeling can reduce load-shedding risk if legal, technical uncertainties are addressed
15th October 2021 By: Donna Slater

Tariffs and the legal framework governing the wheeling of electricity from independent power producers (IPPs), which are taking advantage of the recently declared 100 MW licence threshold, will be... 


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Free thermal heat from natural gas baseload power generation solution
15th October 2021

The gas burners used for heating water for students living at the University of Witwatersrand’s Barnato Hall residence were generating enormous costs for the university owing to old and inefficient... 


Sibanye tests viability of underground hydroelectric storage
13th October 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater has been named as the client for which Thyssenkrupp Uhde Africa is undertaking an underground pumped energy storage prefeasibility study (PFS).... 


Golden Arrow executes option for Argentina silver/gold project
13th October 2021 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Golden Arrow Resources has executed a definitive option agreement to acquire a 75% undivided interest in the Libanese project, in Santa Cruz, Argentina. Libanesa is a 14 500-ha... 


CleanCo joins hydrogen forces in Qld
12th October 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Queensland-based renewable energy generator CleanCo has joined Sumitomo Corporation and its partners on the development of a hydrogen industry in Gladstone. Sumitomo earlier this year inked a... 


Fracking is going electric and not everyone is impressed
6th October 2021 By: Bloomberg

Low-carbon fracking - as oxymoronic as it sounds - is gaining traction across the US But since it still extracts the very oil and gas that fossil-fuel critics want the world to stop consuming... 


Technology that treats municipal wastewater to reusable quality being tested in South Africa
1st October 2021 By: Natasha Odendaal

WEC Projects has been selected by the Water Research Commission (WRC), under the South African Sanitation Technology Enterprise Programme (Sastep), to test a new off-grid sanitation system with the... 


Cloudbreak gets boots on the ground in north-western BC
27th September 2021 By: Creamer Media Reporter

LSE-listed resource project generator Cloudbreak Discovery has started an exploration programme on five recently stake north-western British Columbian polymetallic projects. These projects – Atlin... 


MTEE appoints EngineCo as dealer in South Africa
21st September 2021

EngineCo, based in South Africa, is now an official dealer of Mitsubishi Turbocharger and Engine Europe B.V. (MTEE). They are responsible for the sales and service of Mitsubishi Diesel Engine from... 


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First hydrogen station commissioned in Chile
17th September 2021

Diversified major Anglo American last month announced its Chilean copper business making history by commissioning the country’s first green hydrogen station for zero carbon vehicles. This is... 


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Refrigeration system to cut energy costs available
17th September 2021 By: Halima Frost

With South African retailers looking for ways of recovering from the latest lockdown, as well as the looting and vandalism, an opportunity to decrease costs on the system that comprises the bulk of... 


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American Pacific doubles Tuscarora size, reports grades of 21 032 g/t gold
16th September 2021 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Exploration and development company American Pacific Mining on Wednesday announced a transaction that effectively doubles the size of its Tuscarora land package, in Nevada. The company would... 


Asset Health Monitoring
14th September 2021

Back in 2019, researchers from Verdantix identified the trends in technology roadmaps for asset management technologies and compiled a helpful graphic to illustrate the value and associated growth... 


Lucara’s Botswana expansion formally approved
9th September 2021 By: Mariaan Webb

The board of Lucara Diamond Corp has formally approved the $534-million expansion of its Karowe mine, in Botswana, the Canadian miner announced on Wednesday. The underground mine construction... 


AngloGold is a potential partner for Latin Metals in Argentina
2nd September 2021 By: Mariaan Webb

TSX-V-listed Latin Metals has found one of the world’s biggest gold miners – AngloGold Ashanti – as a potential partner for its projects in Argentina. The company on Thursday announced a... 


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Generators necessary despite new legislation
27th August 2021 By: Claire O'Reilly

With load-shedding a reoccurring problem for mines and businesses in Southern Africa, standby power generation company Generator and Plant Hire South Africa (GPHSA) suggests that mines will... 


Altus begins survey at Morocco project
25th August 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim- and TSX-V-listed mining royalty generator Altus Strategies has started a 135 line kilometre induced polarisation (IP) and gradient array geophysical survey at its 100%-owned Agdz copper and... 


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Ability to sell electricity to multiple customers made explicit in updated 100-MW reform amendment
20th August 2021 By: Terence Creamer

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has gazetted an updated version of the amendment to Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act that he first gazetted on August 12. The... 


Laser tech used in canal extension
20th August 2021

Laser solutions provider Laser Tools Co helped build the Panama Canal expansion by supplying tunnelling lasers that ensure accurate excavation. The GL350 Green Laser Technology Mining Alignment... 


A Grundfos booster pump installed at a lime slaking facility in Mpumalanaga, South Africa
Stainless pump installed in lime slaker
20th August 2021

A stainless steel Grundfos booster pump is at work at water reclamation and desalination technology company Nafasi Water’s recently commissioned lime-slaking facility in the Mpumalanga coal mining... 


Audi unveils electric car that will compete in 2022 Dakar Rally
20th August 2021 By: Irma Venter

Audi Sport has started testing the new Audi RS Q e-tron, which it plans to enter in the 2022 Dakar Rally. Audi says it wants to be the first car manufacturer to use an electrified drivetrain in... 


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REVOV
20th August 2021

REVOV sells lithium-iron batteries either as single units or in powerful systems made up of hundreds of batteries with a vision to provide freedom from the grid and provide storage for renewable... 


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Industrial water disinfection, chlorine dioxide and monochloramine
20th August 2021

Chlorine dioxide is receiving increased attention in various industrial markets for the treatment of water and, increasingly, in the food and beverage industry. This is according to Jakes Jacobs,... 


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Mantashe publishes long-awaited amendments to the Electricity Regulation Act
12th August 2021 By: Donna Slater

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, in an August 12 Government Gazette, published the eagerly awaited amendments to Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act to enable... 


Qld hunting for hydrogen skills
10th August 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Queensland government is partnering with between publicly-owned power generator CS Energy and Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise to increase local participation in the hydrogen industry.... 


Explosion damages Medupi's Unit 4
9th August 2021 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom has confirmed that an explosion at the Medupi power station's Unit 4 generator on August 8 has resulted in extensive damage to the generator. Unit 4 had been on a short-term... 


Altus appoints mining veteran to lead its operations in Egypt
3rd August 2021 By: Donna Slater

Aim- and TSX-V-listed African mining royalty generator Altus Strategies has appointed Mark Campbell as nonexecutive chairperson of its 100%-owned subsidiary Akh Gold. Campbell has also been... 


How eight entrepreneurs helped shape the South African economy
How eight entrepreneurs helped shape the South African economy
30th July 2021

In this exploration of eight famous, and not so famous, South African entrepreneurs, economic historian Stefan Schirmer celebrates the dynamism, tenacity and ingenuity of these individuals, while... 


Ethiopia to start GERD turbine testing
30th July 2021 By: John Muchira

Ethiopia intends to start testing two turbines at the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), after filling the reservoir for the second successive year. “The second filling of the... 


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Diesel Electric Services has grown from strength to strength
Diesel Electric Services - Manufacturing
30th July 2021

Year of Formation & Background to Founding: At a very young age, Kevin Donaldson purchased the generator sales division of the old Meissner company in 1993 with the specific agreement that for two... 


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Zest WEG - Electrical and electronic manufacturing for all sectors
30th July 2021

Year of Formation and Background to Founding: Zest Electric Motors was founded in South Africa by James Blakemore in 1980, selling WEG electric motors and has been affiliated with WEG Brazil from... 


How eight entrepreneurs helped shape the South African economy
How eight entrepreneurs helped shape the South African economy
30th July 2021

In this exploration of eight famous, and not so famous, South African entrepreneurs, economic historian Stefan Schirmer celebrates the dynamism, tenacity and ingenuity of these individuals, while... 


OLI South Africa
OLI South Africa
27th July 2021

Making business simpler for customers, while going global with a first-class product, has proved successful in establishing industrial vibration technology company OLI as the world’s top-selling... 


Barrick working with new DRC govt on outstanding legal, fiscal issues
12th July 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Gold miner Barrick Gold is strengthening ties with the recently appointed government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and is working towards an “amicable solution of some outstanding... 


Digital indicator launched
9th July 2021

Load cells manufacturer and supplier Loadtech’s recently launched LT1320, which is a precision digital indicator for belt weighing applications. 


Bridge to the future?
Bridge to the future?
9th July 2021 By: Terence Creamer

It doesn’t seem possible to resolve most societal problems until they are. This is especially true for something as complex and multifaceted as the restructuring of a well-entrenched, albeit... 


Altus finds interesting gold mineralisation 3 km from main Tabakorole project
8th July 2021 By: Donna Slater

Aim- and TSX-V-listed African mining royalty generator Altus Strategies reports that it has received “encouraging” results from a 19-hole drilling programme that spans 3 400 m at its joint venture... 


NEXT GENERATION 
While Nitralife’s nitrogen generators have similar designs for various applications, it adjusts each variation according to customer's specifications
Company achieves milestone
2nd July 2021 By: Theresa Bhowan-Rajah

Rapidly growing demand in the industrial sector, has seen nitrogen generation equipment supplier Nitralife recently achieving the milestone of having supplied more than 100 customised Nitracut... 


Altus discovers high-grade copper, silver at three projects in Morocco
1st July 2021 By: Donna Slater

Aim- and TSX-V-listed African mining royalty generator Altus Strategies has discovered high-grade copper and silver from reconnaissance exploration at its recently granted Azrar, Izougza and Tata... 


STOP CAUSING FRICTION 
The purpose of any lubricant is to separate the mating surfaces and thereby reduce friction and wear
Correct lubrication enhances bearing performance
11th June 2021

Friction wastes power, it is a generator of unnecessary heat, the cause of wear and tear and it reduces mechanical efficiency of plant and machinery, explains engineering solutions provider BMG.... 


Stanwell secures land for hydrogen project
8th June 2021

The Queensland government on Tuesday announced that publicly-owned generator Stanwell and its Japanese partner Iwatani Corporation have secured land west of Gladstone for a 3 GW renewable hydrogen... 


Argosy on target at Rincon
4th June 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Argosy Minerals remains on schedule to start commercial production at its Rincon lithium project, in Argentina, by mid-2022. The company on Friday told shareholders that some 24% of... 


CERTUSS STEAM GENERATOR
The key objective of this project is to overcome the disadvantages of a firetube by installing a CERTUSS steam generator, which reduces heat loss by 20%
Steam generator reduces heat loss by 20%
4th June 2021 By: Anna Moross

Steam boiler supplier Steam Generation Africa, exclusive distributor of the CERTUSS steam generators, is testing the generators at a brewery in Ghana. 


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