Many new lithium entrants as electric cars, consumer goods drive demand

When the global recession spilled like hot coffee on the collective lap of consumers worldwide, sales of luxury goods spiralled downwards, dragging lithium demand with them. The lithium market is dominated by industrial applications such as...

Lithium market sees many new entrants as electric cars, consumer goods drive demand

When the global recession spilled like hot coffee on the collective lap of consumers worldwide, sales of luxury goods spiraled downwards, dragging lithium demand with it.

Company Announcement: Copper Concentrate Gets A Lift With Nissan

Attached please find a press release on: Bulk Connections, part of the Bidvest group, is renting 6 Nissan 2.5 ton diesel forklift trucks from McCarthy Heavy Equipment’s Materials Handling division.

11/12/2009 (On-The-Air)

South Africa gearing up to produce batteries for electric cars; Patrice Motsepe's African Rainbow Minerals wining a contract to supply coal to Eskom for 17 years; Nelson Mandela's grandson, Zondwa, buying yet another gold mine - his fourth in as...

Real Economy Report

This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: it's a blast as microdots prove their mettle; gold junior Gold One eyes the Toronto Stock Exchange; and, Synovate announces quality vehicles of the year.

05/12/2008 (On-The-Air)

In this broadcast: Sasol may turn to the Spekboom tree to capture the carbon that goes into the air when it makes petrol from coal; the South African government has given South Africa’s electric car aspirants a R55-million kickstart;...

Low quality hydraulic hose imports challenging for local suppliers

South African importer of Chinese hydraulic hose Genflex Hydraulics director David Michelle says that there has been a general increase in the importation of hydraulic hose from the Far East, a situation which has not been without challenges.

Real Economy Report

This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: DRD Gold turns the corner with a near break-even at ERPM, Nissan is to nearly triple its vehicle production, and Bell takes the lead in satellite truck monitoring.

Daily podcast – July 21, 2008

In today's podcast: National Treasury unveils the details of its R60-billion capital injection into Eskom, AfriSam selected the PIC as its second-biggest shareholder because it was the most supportive of its black-controlled status, and repair...

Embattled Anglo Platinum's 'little mines' chip in to lift production

It was platinum giant Anglo Platinum�s minnow mines that helped to increase production in the first half of this year.

Zimbabwe’s embattled mining sector short of 3 000 professionals

ZIMBABWE�S central bank is mulling a possible relaxation of exchange control regulations to stop massive skills losses in the mining sector.

Over a century of bearing-making expertise

Manufacturer SNR Bearings has been around for over a century.