12/08/2011 (On-The-Air)

South Africa’s biggest gold miner is keen to take a journey to the centre of the earth to liberate 100-million ounces of deep gold; government is going all out to give new impetus to its R860-billion public investment programme and we look at...

Bateman making inroads into India’s minerals sector

South African engineering company Bateman Engineering, through its business unit Bateman India, which is based in Bangalore, is making increasing inroads into the Indian minerals sector, having recently received a number of contract awards for...

Real Economy Report

This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week:We discuss solar photovoltaic technology for Africa; we look at the role of the South African Air Force in stimulating the country’s technology base; and, a US company announces a world...

South African coal-processing technology still among the best

South Africa remains a leader in coal processing technology both in terms of its technological expertise and its links to academia.

A look into the micro zoo

The bioleaching technologies developed by Billiton are dependent on two significantly different families of micro-organisms, known as mesophiles and thermophiles.

SA bug in Chile copper extraction plant

The ‘BioCOP’ technology developed by Billiton to extract copper from sulphide ores, and which is now to be applied on a commercial scale in a prototype plant in Chile, in a joint venture with Chile’s national copper company,...