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Furnaces and Kilns News

Copper smelter refractory installation completed

By: Dylan Stewart     22nd May 2015 South African furnace and industrial service provider Dickinson Group successfully installed  

Industry knowledge supported by website

By: Dylan Stewart     22nd May 2015 Mining solutions provider, Feeco International, uses its website to not only promote the company but also further the overall knowledge of the kiln and dryer industries, Feeco International director of business development Brian Madigan states. 

Malaysia ferroalloys project EPC 71% complete

By: Dylan Stewart     22nd May 2015 Process and engineering service provider Metix is on schedule to complete the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of an infrastructure smelter complex for ferroalloy producer Sakura Ferroalloys, in eastern Malaysia, by March next year. 

SAKURA FERROALLOYS PROJECT Metix has been responsible for the full construction of the project in eastern Malaysia
SAKURA FERROALLOYS PROJECT Metix has been responsible for the full construction of the project in eastern Malaysia

GEFA System AB

22nd May 2015 Established in Sweden in 1989, GEFA System AB focuses on automated ventilation and combustion technology for the metals and mining industry, while also offering automated wastewater treatment solutions. GEFA is a small company consisting mainly of qualified electrical and software development... 

GEFA System AB

Black interests opting out of once-mighty ferrochrome business 

By: Martin Creamer     4th May 2015 Black South African interests are giving South Africa’s once-mighty ferrochrome business the cold shoulder. The value-adding pursuit, which puts six times more value into chrome and generates three times more jobs than mere raw chrome exportation, was last week ditched by Royal Bafokeng Holdings,... 

Ferrochrome produced in South Africa.
Photo by Duane Daws
Ferrochrome produced in South Africa.

Recapturing SA market share top priority for new PPC chief

By: Terence Creamer     22nd April 2015 Following his first 100 days as CEO of cement producer PPC, Darryll Castle reports that action plans have been put in place to more aggressively win back market share within South Africa, while pressing ahead with its high-potential African expansion strategy. A civil engineer by profession, but... 

PPC CEO Darryll Castle
PPC CEO Darryll Castle

Ferrochrome smelter uses significantly less electricity

By: Martin Creamer     12th December 2014 The Lion ferrochrome smelter, owned and operated by the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture, uses 37% less electricity than conventional ferrochrome processes to produce the equivalent volume of ferrochrome. In addition, the smelter needs far less coke than conventional smelters and uses significant... 

IMPRESSIVE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
The Lion ferrochrome smelter uses 37% less electricity than conventional ferrochrome processes
Photo by Duane Daws
IMPRESSIVE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION The Lion ferrochrome smelter uses 37% less electricity than conventional ferrochrome processes

Smelter engineer delivers electrode columns for furnace project

By: David Oliveira     12th December 2014 South African smelter engineering firm Metix has successfully commissioned the electrode columns used in the C and D furnaces at the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture’s Lion Ferrochrome Phase 2 expansion project, in Steelpoort, Limpopo. Metix technology equipment manager Ivan Holl tells Mining... 

UPPER ELECTRODE COLUMNS The upper sections of the electrode column, comprising the slipping device, at the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture’s Lion Ferrochrome Phase 2 expansion project, in Steelpoort, Limpopo were lifted and secured to the supporting beams of the building
UPPER ELECTRODE COLUMNS The upper sections of the electrode column, comprising the slipping device, at the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture’s Lion Ferrochrome Phase 2 expansion project, in Steelpoort, Limpopo were lifted and secured to the supporting beams of the building

Installation team arrives at greenfield copper smelter

By: David Oliveira     12th September 2014 Minerals processing and smelter services company, Dickinson Group’s refractory installation crew has arrived at Canadian mining and metals company First Quantum Mineral’s (FQM’s) Kansanshi greenfield copper smelter project in Solwezi, Zambia, which is owned and operated by Zambian mining... 

KANSANSHI SMELTER COMPLEX
Dickinson Group’s refractory installation crew has arrived at the Kansanshi greenfield copper smelter project in Solwezi
Photo by Dickinson Group
KANSANSHI SMELTER COMPLEX Dickinson Group’s refractory installation crew has arrived at the Kansanshi greenfield copper smelter project in Solwezi

SA supplier delivers cooling elements to Zambian smelter

By: David Oliveira     12th September 2014 Furnace component engineering and production company Thos Begbie has completed the manufacture and delivery of 24 copper cooling elements to an Isa Convert furnace at a Zambia-based smelter. Thos Begbie chairperson and CEO Edwin Dreyer notes that the copper cooling elements weigh between 1 t and... 

EDWIN DREYER
Zambia-based companies are first class and have the technological abilities to compete globally, as does South Africa
Photo by Christo Greyling
EDWIN DREYER Zambia-based companies are first class and have the technological abilities to compete globally, as does South Africa

Focusing on care and maintenance

By: Mia Breytenbach     5th September 2014 Although local furnace and industrial services company Dickinson Group has undertaken more than 90 projects in furnace repairs, demolitions and installations for the mining, metals and minerals processing industry this year, it notes that furnace projects have decreased in magnitude, while... 

FURNACE DEMOLITION
Demolitions of a chrome mine furnace included lancing and removing the furnace trough and all furnace refractories
FURNACE DEMOLITION Demolitions of a chrome mine furnace included lancing and removing the furnace trough and all furnace refractories

Increased demand for South African smelting tech

By: Pimani Baloyi     1st August 2014 As Africa’s mining industries consider new methods of processing precious metals and base metals, the demand for South African induction-heating technologies on the continent is increasing, says induction-heating solutions company Hot Platinum.  Hot Platinum MD Ali Brey tells Mining Weekly that... 

GOLD MELTING 
This high volume system melts up to 2 t of gold at a time
GOLD MELTING This high volume system melts up to 2 t of gold at a time

Smelting companies prepare for economic upturn

By: Pimani Baloyi     23rd May 2014 There appear to be signs of a potential revival in furnace projects in sub-Saharan Africa, says electric furnaces and associated plant equipment supplier Tenova Pyromet, which is part of the international Tenova Mining & Minerals group. Tenova Pyromet MD Chris Oertel tells Mining Weekly that the... 

INDUSTRY REVIVAL Several of Tenova Pyromet's clients are considering the feasibility of new projects
INDUSTRY REVIVAL Several of Tenova Pyromet's clients are considering the feasibility of new projects

Sector uncertainty causes project delay

By: Pimani Baloyi     23rd May 2014 Scientific equipment supplier Wirsam Scientific and Precision Equipment has registered a decline in the number of projects that the company and its competitors are being contracted for, owing to the global economic downturn and local uncertainties. Wirsam Scientific’s product manager Marius de... 

MARIUS DE JAGER There has been a delay in orders for laboratory equipment used to analyse test samples from mines
MARIUS DE JAGER There has been a delay in orders for laboratory equipment used to analyse test samples from mines

Heat treatment specialist to complete furnace installation

23rd May 2014 UK-based metallurgical services laboratory and heat treatment specialist Keighley Laboratories is nearing completion of a heat treatment facility, comprising a nitriding furnace and a nitrocarburising furnace, at its West Yorkshire headquarters. Keighley Laboratories reports that construction is... 

South African furnace maker refurbs major refinery’s kilns

By: Pimani Baloyi     23rd May 2014 South Africa-based kiln and furnace manufacturer Van Tuyl Kilns and Furnaces has been contracted to refurbish global precious metals refining and smelting company Rand Refinery’s two kilns in Germiston, Ekurhuleni, says Van Tuyl MD Ian McCullough. McCullough tells Mining Weekly that the project... 

IAN MCCULLOUGH 
Demand for furnaces is on the decline in South Africa
IAN MCCULLOUGH Demand for furnaces is on the decline in South Africa

Accurate flue-gas measurements key for furnace efficiency

By: Pimani Baloyi     23rd May 2014 When extracting and refining valuable geological materials from the earth, a variety of industrial combustion processes are required, says global instrumentation solutions manufacturer E Instruments International. Product manager Bill Freed explains that the combustion processes can emit highly... 

SA to host first global furnace conference

By: Pimani Baloyi     23rd May 2014 The South African Institute for Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) says it is ready for an influx of global furnace manufactures, users and related stakeholders as it prepares to host the first Furnace Tapping Conference at the Misty Hills Country Hotel, in Johannesburg, from May 27 to 29. Organising... 

JOALET STEENKAMP While doing her PhD studies, Steenkamp identified the need for a furnace- tapping overview platform
JOALET STEENKAMP While doing her PhD studies, Steenkamp identified the need for a furnace- tapping overview platform

Tenova Pyromet to supply copper cooling technology to Xstrata Technology

By: Leandi Kolver     24th March 2014 Electric furnaces and associated plant equipment supplier Tenova Pyromet, part of the international Tenova Mining & Minerals Group, has been awarded a contract to supply its copper cooling technology to Xstrata Technology, the company said on Monday. This contract award followed the successful... 

Tenova Pyromet to supply copper cooling technology to Xstrata Technology

Technology solutions provider exhibits full mining services range

By: Ilan Solomons     24th January 2014 Total technology solutions provider to the global mining, minerals and bulk materials handling sectors Tenova Mining & Minerals, will showcase its comprehensive offering across the mining and minerals value chain at the 2014 Investing in African Mining Indaba, which will take place at the Cape... 

TOLLIE NEL
Tenova Bateman’s capabilities and track record will be on exhibition at the Mining Indaba
Photo by Duane Daws
TOLLIE NEL Tenova Bateman’s capabilities and track record will be on exhibition at the Mining Indaba

Glencore Merafe’s Tswelopele project lauded for slashing energy use by 21%

By: Chantelle Kotze     17th January 2014 The implementation of chrome venture Glencore Merafe PSV’s R800-million Tswelopele project, undertaken at the venture’s Rustenburg ferrochrome smelting complex, saw it reduce its energy use from 3.95 MWh/t of ferrochrome produced in 2011/12 to 3.42 MWh/t of ferrochrome produced in 2013, which... 

TSWELOPELE PELLETISING AND SINTERING PLANT 
The Tswelopele project started in 2010 and was aimed at developing a 600 000 t/y chrome-fines pelletising and sintering plant at its Rustenburg operation
TSWELOPELE PELLETISING AND SINTERING PLANT The Tswelopele project started in 2010 and was aimed at developing a 600 000 t/y chrome-fines pelletising and sintering plant at its Rustenburg operation

SA manufacturer delivers water-cooled components for Copperbelt mine

By: Zandile Mavuso     6th December 2013 Furnace component engineering and production company Thos Begbie has completed the manufacturing of water-cooled copper components for the Isasmelt furnace, based at TSX-listed First Quantum Minerals’ (FQM’s) Kansanshi mine on the Central African Copperbelt, in Zambia 

Furnace supplier ‘fully entrenched’ in Indian ferroalloys market

By: Samantha Herbst     13th September 2013 Having completed the cold commissioning of two 33 MVA ferro- and silicomanganese furnaces for India-based Sarda Metals and Alloys (Smal) in January, high-capacity electric smelting furnace designer and supplier Tenova Pyromet believes it has entrenched its position in India and is currently the... 

Company experiences success with rotary kiln division

By: Gia Costella     24th May 2013 Manufacturer and supplier to the mining, smelter and minerals processing industries, the Dickinson Group, established a dedicated rotary kiln division last year, focusing on all the furnace industries that use rotary kilns. CEO Trevor Dickinson tells Mining Weekly that this was in line with the... 

Success for kiln specialist with redesigned heating system

By: Gia Costella     24th May 2013 Furnace and carbon regeneration kiln specialists Custom Furnaces says its redesigned heating system for carbon regeneration kilns has been well received by the gold mining industry in South Africa, as it reduces downtime by at least 30 hours. “In 2010, we redesigned the heating system using... 

Engineering firm to focus on lowering costs of production for SA clients

By: Gia Costella     24th May 2013 South African smelter engineering firm Metix does not predict any major expansions in the South African ferroalloy industry in the next two years, owing to major industry challenges. The company, which forms part of global steel processing technology supplier SMS Siemag, notes that these industry... 

Company emphasises advantages of gas cleaning technology for SA ferroalloys industry

By: Gia Costella     24th May 2013 The recent power constraints and price hikes in the country should prompt the South African ferroalloy industry to consider using technology to turn furnace off-gas into energy, says Germany-based gas cleaning specialists Theisen Engineering. State-owned power utility Eskom’s yearly electricity... 

Improved production in first quarter due to furnace performance

By: Natalie Greve     24th May 2013 Resource company Merafe Resources improved its ferrochrome production in the first quarter of 2013 by 3% over the comparative 2012 period on the back on enhanced overall furnace performance, realising attributable production of 67 000 t. The furnaces, at the company’s Tswelopele pelletising plant... 

Depressed market causes company to revert to offshore work

By: Gia Costella     24th May 2013 Owing to the depressed market in South Africa, designer and supplier of high-capacity, electric submerged-arc smelting furnaces and complete smelting plants for the production of ferroalloys, base metals, slag cleaning and alloy refining, Tenova Pyromet, reports that it has increased the number... 

BHP Billiton in two project South African investment

By: Martin Creamer     6th February 2013 Diversified major BHP Billiton is investing in two projects in South Africa. BHP Billiton South Africa chairperson Dr Xolani Mkhwanazi, who addressed the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, reports that the company is undertaking a geophysical survey to assess the hydrocarbon... 

Local partnership supplies components for largest calcium carbide furnaces 

By: Chantelle Kotze     6th September 2012 A partnership between engineering consultancy Hatch and furnace component engineering and production company Thos Begbie & Company will form an integral part of a China-based project to build the largest calcium carbide furnaces in the world. 

Local partnership supplies components for largest  calcium carbide furnaces
Thos Begbie Corporate Profile. Camerawork and Editing: Shane Williams and Darlene Creamer.

Supplier making strides in mineral-rich Australia

By: Samantha Herbst     10th August 2012 South Africa-based furnace component engineering and production company Thos Begbie, has, in this quarter, supplied three Australia-based smelting projects of top mining companies BHP Billiton, Outotec and Xstrata Technologies, with various furnace components. One of the many components supplied... 

Europe’s biggest blast furnace produces 70-millionth ton of steel

25th May 2012 Blast furnace Schwelgern 2, owned by diversified industrial group ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, produced its seventy-millionth ton of hot metal, in February. 

Indonesian steel manufacturer places furnace order

25th May 2012 One of Indonesia’s largest steel manufacturers, Gunung Steel Group, has placed an order with global steel processing technology supplier SMS Siemag Germany for the supply of an Arccess electric arc furnace and a ladle furnace for its new steelmaking plant complex, in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. 

Copper foundry company eyeing Joburg, Toronto listings 
by next May

By: Jonathan Faurie     21st May 2010 Copper foundry, component engineering and production company Thos Begbie & Company (TB&CO) is positioning itself for a duel listing on the JSE and the Toronto Stock Exchange by May 2011. 

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