Critical Medupi boiler test to begin within two months

The hydrostatic pressure test of the Medupi power station’s Unit 6 boiler pressure parts should begin within the coming two months, Hitachi Power Africa has confirmed. CEO Johannes Musel tells Engineering News Online that the test will signal...

Expansion on schedule, coal supply delayed by Medupi

The Exxaro Grootegeluk brownfield expansion project is aimed at supplying State-owned power utility Eskom with 14.6-million tons of power-station-grade coal a year for its Medupi power station.

September 2013 set as ‘worst-case’ start date for first Medupi unit

State-owned power utility Eskom’s current “worst-case scenario” for delivering initial power to the grid from the first Medupi power station unit, or Unit 6, was currently September 2013, Mining Weekly Online has learned. The unit would be...

Fly ash handling system to improve platinum miner’s operation

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...

Real Economy Report

This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: we visit a new R120-million pressure part facility, built to provide boiler parts into Eskom’s big build programme; we look at the impact of the global recession on air passenger...