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Kangas Wind Farm's Groeipunt transmission substation
Eskom’s first outsourced transmission substation nears completion
29th November 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Kangas Wind Farm on Monday reported that construction of the Groeipunt transmission substation was 80% complete and on track to be handed over to State-owned power utility Eskom in March 2020.... 


Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan
Eskom stations to be clustered into ‘competing’ units, as timeframe is set for transmission separation
29th October 2019 By: Terence Creamer

The South African government has opted for an evolutionary approach to the restructuring of Eskom, the details of which are provided in a ‘special paper’ released by Public Enterprises Minister... 


Auction of mining and construction items by GoIndustry DoveBid
Auction of mining and construction items by GoIndustry DoveBid
29th October 2019

Assmang Khumani Iron Ore - Sale 24 If you're in the mining and construction industry, this auction is for you. Featuring items include Front end loader: Caterpillar 950H, Stripped 994F (Qty 2),... 


KIRK MOSS 
The WEG MVW3000 is particularly suited to applications where there are standard motors with no special insulation
11kV VSD adds significant flexibility and versatility to product offering
11th October 2019 By: Nadine James

e newly developed WEG 11 kV variable-speed drive (VSD) – which forms part of WEG Automation Africa’s new MVW3000 product line – is particularly suited to retrofit applications, notes WEG Automation... 


Proudly South African anticable theft technology already deployed on 12 sites
11th October 2019 By: Martin Creamer

It has been said that entering the Elvey Security Technologies headquarters in the Greenstone Hill Office Park, in Modderfontein, Edenvale, is like boarding USS Enterprise on a Star Trek movie set.... 


SOLVING A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM Hudaco executive director Louis Meiring (left) and Commercial ICT MD Brad Morein in futuristic demonstration room.
Proudly South African anti-cable theft technology already deployed on 12 sites
30th September 2019 By: Martin Creamer

It has been said that entering the Elvey Security Technologies headquarters in the Greenstone Hill Office Park, in Modderfontein, Edenvale, is like boarding USS Enterprise on a Star Trek movie set.... 


More people refusing to pay their electricity bills
20th September 2019 By: Kim Cloete

Eskom is facing an uphill battle in Soweto, in Gauteng, as well as in other municipalities, where people are increasingly refusing to pay for electricity, with a sharp drop in payments since last... 


Decentralised generation has big implications for distribution network
Decentralised generation has big implications for distribution network
20th September 2019 By: Schalk Burger

The electricity distribution network will become increasingly important – and has to become increasingly smart – to meet future electricity needs amid the growth of variable and decentralised... 


PARTNER POTENTIAL A ZimTrade market survey identified vast opportunities in the processed foods and mining supplies sectors in Zambia
Zambia a potential market for Zim mining supplies
13th September 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

Zimbabwean companies in the mining supplies sector are being encouraged by the country’s national trade development and promotion organisation ZimTrade to take advantage of opportunities in the... 


WEG’s new 11 kV variable speed drives in Ghana mine
WEG’s new 11 kV variable speed drives in Ghana mine
9th September 2019

Two units of the newly developed WEG 11 kV Variable Speed Drive (VSD) have been commissioned in West Africa by WEG Automation Africa, a member of the Zest WEG Group. According to Kirk Moss, senior... 


FLAME ON
Varying degrees and configurations of fire were tested at the test site to complete the verification
Austrian institute verifies local suppression system
23rd August 2019 By: Halima Frost

Environmental solutions company I-CAT Fire Solutions in January this year commissioned the Institut fur Brandschutztechnik und Sicherheitsforschung, or the Institute for Fire Protection and... 


Radical plan to stem Necsa losses proposed, then withdrawn, by board
26th July 2019 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) suffered cumulative losses of R257.781-million in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years and is expected to announce an even larger loss of... 


An aerial view of Necsa’s Pelindaba complex
Radical plan to stem Necsa losses proposed and then withdrawn by board
17th July 2019 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation suffered cumulative losses of R257.78-million in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years and is expected to announce an even larger loss of... 


WEG Automation Africa Fast Tracks Solution To DRDGOLD Tailings Recovery Project
WEG Automation Africa Fast Tracks Solution To DRDGOLD Tailings Recovery Project
1st July 2019

Blurb for online platforms A fast track solution applied by WEG Automation Africa at DRDGOLD’s new Far West Gold Recoveries Project’s Phase 1 tailings resulted in the commissioning of a... 


GRID GANG
The WSP team working on improving the power grid in Zimbabwe
WSP remains proactive in slow market
28th June 2019 By: Halima Frost

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... 


RWE reviews mine protest damage, says power plants not at risk
23rd June 2019 By: Bloomberg

erman utility RWE AG is reviewing damage done by environmental campaigners who accessed the company’s Garzweiler openpit mine in Germany’s Rhineland on Saturday. There were five arson attacks on... 


Reliable Transformers
Reliable Transformers
14th June 2019

From humble beginnings in 1982, Reliable Transformers (RT) has grown into a leading manufacturer of transformers and related magnetic components, with customers across Southern Africa and beyond.... 


iMS
iMS
7th June 2019

Impact Measurement Solutions (IMS) incorporates machining gear cutting, electrical, instrumentation and automation divisions plc control.  Engineering and Manufacturing 


Jozi Power buys back shares from G5
20th May 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Jozi Power, the mining power station and transformer rental specialist, bought back the entire 29% stake held by its largest shareholder, a subsidiary of Group Five, currently in business rescue.... 


High quality, locally manufactured electrical products from Powermite
16th April 2019

Powermite, a member of the Hudaco group, offers a fully comprehensive range of high quality locally manufactured electrical products for machinery and equipment including mobile generators, pumps,... 


Portable DGA from Hydromine Projects and Doble Engineering
Portable DGA from Hydromine Projects and Doble Engineering
5th April 2019

Hydromine Projects and Marketing has partnered with Doble Engineering to expand its product range and customer base. Hydromine is the official channel partner responsible for sales and marketing of... 


Lalor copper/gold mine project, Canada
Lalor copper/gold mine project, Canada
29th March 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

Hudbay has increased the mineral reserves and resources for its Lalor mine and nearby satellite deposits, and has a new mine plan that includes the processing of gold and copper/gold ore at the... 


Siegfried Kreutzfeld
Siegfried Kreutzfeld
22nd March 2019 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

This week we profile Siegfried Kreutzfeld, CEO of Zest WEG Group Africa, whose offering includes low- and high-voltage electric motors, vibrator motors, variable-speed drives, soft starters, power... 


PEWA
Event transforming business around the world
Concurrent events to unfold at PEWA
15th March 2019

The Power & Electricity World Africa (PEWA) event brings innovators, disrupters and change agents together to talk and engage in business pertaining to power and electricity. 


AUCTIONS
Changes in the auction rules in mining resulted in enhanced participation in the auctioning process
Mining auction changes provide room for growth
1st March 2019 By: Khutso Maphatsoe

Changes in auction rules with regard to mining have led to enhanced participation in the auction process and have provided a fillip for the auction process that has resulted in more mineral blocks... 


DRDGold CEO Niël Pretorius
Eskom grid upkeep increasingly problematic – DRDGold
13th February 2019 By: Martin Creamer

The quality of maintenance of the Eskom distribution infrastructure is becoming increasingly problematic, DRDGold CEO Niël Pretorius said on Wednesday. At the company's presentation of power-hit... 


Zest WEG Group CEO Siegfried Kreutzfeld
Electrical equipment group aims to penetrate new markets with integrated offering
12th February 2019 By: Terence Creamer

Electrical products manufacturer Zest WEG Group has added an integrated-solutions offering to its products-oriented sales strategy in a bid to penetrate market segments in which there is a growing... 


Disgruntled unpaid mineworkers allegedly hampering rescue efforts at Gloria coal mine
11th February 2019 By: News24Wire

The fate of approximately 22 alleged copper thieves trapped underground hangs in the balance as rescue efforts are allegedly being hampered by disgruntled unpaid mineworkers. "They have threatened... 


Trafo Power Solutions
Trafo Power Solutions
25th January 2019

Trafo Power Solutions was established to cater for the growing appetite and scope for the application of dry-type transformers in Africa. These power solutions are suitable across a wide range of... 


Remote Bisie Tin Mine Gets Trafo’s Dry-Type Transformers
Remote Bisie Tin Mine Gets Trafo’s Dry-Type Transformers
12th December 2018

One of the world’s highest grade known tin deposits is being developed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and dry-type transformers from specialist supplier Trafo Power Solutions are now integral... 


Local manufacturer supplies backup power to new Sandton development
7th December 2018 By: Shannon de Ryhove

Local manufacturer Zest WEG Group’s Cape Town-based generator set (genset) division is in the process of commissioning two 11 kV, 2 000 kVA gensets for a mixed-use property development in Sandton,... 


Zest WEG Group Integrated Solutions executive Alastair Gerrard
Zest WEG Group delivers R200m electrical infrastructure solution at Petra’s Cullinan diamond mine
23rd November 2018 By: Martin Creamer

A R200-million electrical infrastructure project has been impressively completed at the Cullinan Diamond Mine of the London-listed Petra Diamonds through the combined effort of four Zest WEG Group... 


ALASTAIR GERRARD Zest WEG Group's Integrated Solutions executive
Zest WEG Group delivers R200m electrical infrastructure solution at Petra’s Cullinan diamond mine
23rd November 2018 By: Martin Creamer

CULLINAN, Gauteng – A R200-million electrical infrastructure project has been impressively completed at the Cullinan Diamond Mine of the London-listed Petra Diamonds through the combined effort of... 


Kenya sets 2020 universal electricity connectivity goal
Kenya sets 2020 universal electricity connectivity goal
26th February 2016 By: John Muchira

Kenya will in April embark on an ambitious project aimed at achieving universal electricity connectivity by 2020. Over 50% of the country's citizens do not have access to electricity, as only... 


Maximised machine uptime with high quality electrical products from Powermite
29th September 2015

Powermite is a component, equipment and system specialist that leads the southern African market in the supply of a comprehensive range of high quality, locally manufactured electrical products... 


On-The-Air (15/05/2015)
On-The-Air (15/05/2015)
15th May 2015 By: Martin Creamer

Every Friday morning, SAfm’s AMLive’s radio anchor Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.  Reported here is this Friday’s At the Coalface... 


The Zest WEG Group reports continued demand for its WEG transformers, manufactured by WEG Transformers Africa
Zest WEG Group
20th February 2015

Zest WEG Group is Africa’s leading supplier of low- and medium-voltage electric motors, variable-speed drives, softstarters, switchgears, transformers, motor control centres (MCCs), containerised... 


Fire protection company becomes agent for extinguishing systems
4th October 2013

Fire protection products and services supplier Sperosens has been reported as an agent to supply and install dry sprinkler powder aerosol (DSPA) extinguishing systems for the South African mining... 


Company receives large order from Namibia
4th October 2013

Geared mills manufacturer ABB South Africa reports that it has secured a large order for variable-speed drives (VSDs) for a mill at the Namibia-based Husab uranium mine. The N$20-billion greenfield... 


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