Optimum’s water reclamation project using world-first HiPRO process

The Optimum Water Reclamation Project is only the second plant of its kind in South Africa and is leading the way internationally in mine water treatment, says Engineering and environmental consultants Golder Associates Africa.

Water ambitions for infrastructure development company

With water management becoming a national strategic issue, infrastructure development company the Aveng Group, through water treatment subsidiary company Keyplan, is implementing solutions to help mitigate this impending crisis, while steadily...

Seawater converted to potable water for Areva uranium mine

Specialist water treatment firm Keyplan, which is a subsidiary of JSE-listed Aveng, on Friday officially launched the 55 000-m³/d Trekkopje seawater desalination plant, near Swakopmund, in Namibia. The plant, which Keyplan designed and built,...

Acid mine drainage an ‘impending crisis’ - Aveng

Increasing attention has been given to the "impending water crisis" caused by acid mine drainage (AMD) in the Witwatersrand gold fields area, with certain industry estimates stating that some 60-million litres of polluted AMD water could pour out...

New study to investigate possibility of turning AMD into useful products

Research association Coaltech has recently awarded a significant water treatment project to Environmental and Remedial Technology Holdings (Earth).

Water reclamation plant reaches 99% recovery

Consulting and contracting company Keyplan has achieved 99% treated water recovery at the eMalahleni water reclamation plant, which it designed, built and currently operates on behalf of diverse mining company Anglo American's coal subsidiary...

Turning acid mine drainage into drinking water

Acid mine drainage water is a major threat to the environment, but it also constitutes a major resource for the production of high quality drinking water through the process of precipitation and desalination.