Innovation will be a key driver at this year’s Electra Mining Botswana, taking place at the Gaborone Fairgrounds from 10-12 September. Co-located with the Africa Occupational Safety and Health... 

National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) is joining forces with nonprofit organisation Beverages Association of South Africa (Bevsa) to support and accelerate its members’ efforts... 

Lighting manufacturer BEKA Schréder will launch its latest energy efficient light-emitting-diode (LED) highbay lighting solution and introduce its extensive LED bulkhead and floodlighting range at... 

Industrial solutions provider HMA South Africa, part of the larger HMA Group, is set to launch the Det-Tronics optical flame detection and releasing system, designed for the demands of... 

Electricity, cellphones and the internal combustion engine are just three modern day inventions that have not gone down well with the general public at some point. At least some Victorians believed... 

Ten years and $500-million later, communications provider Seacom has transformed itself beyond being a cable operator into a pan-African service provider, offering a full suite of resilient and... 

Multidisciplinary engineering company Bosch Projects has entered one of its recently completed projects for the Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) Aon Engineering Excellence awards, which... 

The African mining industry’s lighting requirements have evolved from standard high-intensity discharge (HID) products, which have been commonly used over the past 50 years, to more efficient and... 

The primary goal of almost every mine in the world is ore extraction at the lowest possible cost.  To achieve this, the safe delivery of production tons is always the number one priority.... 

Emerging gold-mining company Blyvoor Gold, which is targeting a resumption of mining at the old Blyvooruitzicht gold mine in the last quarter of this year, is winning overwhelming support from the... 

The resurfacing of illegal mining in the Carletonville area on the West Rand has prompted a gold-mining company to write an urgent open letter to Gauteng's provincial commissioner of police,... 

There is significant interest from the local mining community in bearings and accessories distributor Bearings International’s (BI’s) Dykem cross-check torque seal, and company sales at BI branches... 

Amid the pressures in the built environment, professional services provider WSP is proactively looking for opportunities to diversify and alternative ways of conducting its business to improve... 

Zeal provides innovative and customised consulting services for electrical and mechanical engineering, projects including:  Design Procurement Project management Contract management Construction... 

Gold mining is to resume at the old Blyvooruitzicht gold mine in the last quarter of this year, Blyvoor Gold executive chairperson Peter Skeat has told Mining Weekly Online. “We’ve worked very hard... 

Maladministration and misappropriation of funds continue to render South Africa’s mining royalties system mostly ineffective, with no one being brought to book. Established to deliver... 

High energy savings and a good colour rendering were achieved by replacing the high-pressure sodium installation with light-emitting-diode (LED) floodlights at the Tygerberg Hospital, in Cape Town,... 

As the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) introduces more rating tools, the construction industry’s uptake of green building is “sky rocketing”, says professional services firm WSP... 

Green building consulting company Solid Green Consulting is the first company to be working on an actual Living Building Challenge project in South Africa. The programme was developed by... 

Following then Energy Minister Jeff Radebe’s announcement paving the way for small projects generating between 1 MW and 10 MW of their own renewable electricity to feed it back into the grid, green... 

It was Beijing’s decision almost 30 years ago to make rare earths a strategic material and ban foreigners from mining them that helped pave the way for China to elbow aside the US as the world’s... 

Growthpoint Properties has completed its R600-million development of Exxaro’s new head office, opposite the Centurion Gautrain Station. The building integrates P-grade aesthetics and finishes and... 

Black-empowered resources group Exxaro officially handed over the Ga-Nala landfill site to the Emalahleni local municipality and Ga-Nala communities earlier this week. The transfer of the landfill... 

Proof Engineering (Pty) Ltd was established in 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Steadfastly retaining its original entrepreneurial and innovative roots, the company achieved many personal as... 

Earthmoving equipment supplier CASE Construction Equipment South Africa’s range of full-size F-series wheel loaders has advanced features for faster operation, higher productivity, lower fuel... 

A major miner in Botswana has commissioned a South African company to manufacture three mobile operator stations at its Orapa diamond mine in Botswana. The mobile stations allow for capital... 

By Laurence Smith, Executive at Graphic Image Technologies In 2017, it was estimated that South Africa’s illegal mining trade was worth R7 billion a year, and in 2015 the SA Human Rights Commission... 

Local lighting products manufacturer Nordland Lighting continues to offer project-specific engineering to clients through its range of luminaires, including bulkhead, high bay, floodlight and... 

The Beestepan Agricultural High School located in Middelburg is approximately 34 km from Canyon’s Singani Colliery. It is a no-fee public school with limited resources and caters for learners from... 

Power management company Eaton announces a new line of colour-coded Arrow Hart locking devices for use in commercial and industrial applications. This solution brings the 6 V rating colours from... 

Continued growth in central bank buying and growth in gold-backed exchange-traded funds contributed to a 7% year-on-year increase in global gold demand to 1 053.3 t for the first quarter of this... 

The importance for mines to consult on lighting requirements with lighting experts that are recognised by the Illumination Engineering Society of South Africa (IESSA) cannot be overstated, says... 

As Weir Minerals Africa’s hub for central and east Africa, the newly upgraded Kitwe facility in Zambia is offering customers world class supply chain efficiency. The  branch officially opened in... 

In recent years, the Johannesburg central business district (CBD) has been the beneficiary of concerted rejuvenation efforts to assuage the effects of neglect and revitalise the ailing city centre,... 

South Africa’s largest coal producer and black-empowered coal company Exxaro has unveiled its new ultramodern headquarters. The conneXXion, in Centurion, has e-parking bays for employees to charge... 

Despite there being a slowdown in projects for the past few years in the construction industry, power generation equipment developer Himoinsa Southern Africa business development director Matthew... 

Eskom said on Monday it would commence Stage 4 rotational load shedding from 09:00 to 23:00 and continue into Tuesday due to a shortage of capacity.   Stage 4 load-shedding requires the state-owned... 

State-owned electricity producer Eskom will implement load-shedding on Thursday March 14, from 11:00 until 23:00. The utility said in a statement that it will implement Stage 1 load-shedding, owing... 

Luminaires and glass-fibre-reinforced polyester poles manufacturer BEKA Schréder is proud to have worked with consulting engineers and project managers firm Bicon Consulting Engineers, consultant... 

With lighting being a critical factor on any job site, as workers need to be able to see properly in order to carry out their work safely and correctly, heavy-duty, portable electric power tools... 

While little improvement is foreseen in South Africa’s general trading environment, given the low economic growth prospects, JSE-listed investment and property holding company ARB Holdings believes... 

Founded in 1969, this year, Magnitech celebrates 50 years of excellence in service to the lighting sector. Its reputation for providing quality technology and expert service has made Magnitech a...