Kaspersky solutions were triggered on almost half of industrial control system (ICS) computers in the energy sector globally in the first six months of 2019. The top three cyberthreats were worms,... 

The new Cat® AD45 Underground Mining Truck is available in configurations to meet the strictest emissions standards. With a payload of 45 tonnes (50 tons), the new truck is a perfect three-pass... 

Global food and beverage company Nestle Global’s brand Nespresso has announced the launch of its fully recycled aluminium bicycle the RE:CYCLE – part of its drive to remain at the forefront of a... 

The National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA), a division of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, tells Engineering News that its industrial symbiosis programme is... 

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) production has helped to set international trade records in the Northern Territory in 2019, with A$8.1-billion of trade undertaken. The state government noted that the... 

The refurbishment of three stacker reclaimers at a local coal mine is well under way, with transmission solutions company SEW-Eurodrive supplying 39 new drives for the project. Work on the project... 

Metals industry equipment and service company South African Mining and Smelting Solutions (SAMSS) has launched its range of underground mining utility vehicles in the South African market. SAMSS,... 

James Kalluk spent much of his childhood inside an igloo in Canada’s far north, close to the Arctic Circle. Building that kind of home requires temperatures low enough to freeze the region’s... 

Coal miner New Hope Group has reported a 21% increase in revenue for the full year ended June, on the back of an increased share of coal sales from the Bengalla joint venture, in New South Wales.... 

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... 

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... 

Engineering components supplier Bearing Man Group’s (BMG’s) Nord drive systems encompass optimum drive configurations to ensure ideal performance of mechanical speed control for specific... 

Industrial equipment supplier Dulpeix Liquid Meters (DLM) offers the advanced motor control (AMC) and efficient pump control (EPC) V-Drives, which are available in ingress protection (IP) or dust... 

An independent review into the Woodlawn base metals project has supported the project fundamentals. 

Planning for the restart of the Kukama shaft is complete. 

An updated life-of-mine plan has confirmed the project as a significant gold production centre. 

The food industry’s demand for the equipment and services of vibration equipment manufacturer Vipro Vibrating Products is stable, with the industry focused on maintaining its existing equipment to... 

The local food and beverage industry, compared with the country’s heavy industrial sectors, is one of the industries more receptive to automation, says drive engineering company SEW-Eurodrive.... 

Water conservation, efficient tailings management and responsible mine reclamation are becoming increasingly important for mines to ensure their licence to operate. Therefore global supplier of... 

Increasing consumer demands and changing trends have made planning around product life more difficult and, with increased regulations around quality and traceability, innovation is now critical for... 

Gates Australia Will Have An Interactive Stand With Innovative Products For The Mining Industry Gates Australia, a leading global provider of application-specific fluid power and power transmission... 

Barloworld Automotive & Logistics’ Tshifhiwa Ramuthaga is amongst the first six CIOs in South Africa to be certified by IITPSA. The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa... 

An international slowdown in the mining industry over the past few years has led to a more pressing need for technology improvements, says bearings and transmissions products distributor Bearings... 

Significant progress is being made in the construction of the Kakula copper mine – the Stage 1, six-million-ton-a-year operation – on the tier-one Kamoa-Kakula project in the Democratic Republic of... 

Drive engineering company SEW-Eurodrive has supplied 98 MOVITRAC LTP-B inverters for conveyor belts installed for a local e-commerce warehouse, in Johannesburg. SEW-Eurodrive was contracted by... 

As the global adoption of electric mobility accelerates and more charging stations are deployed across the world, demand for copper will increase substantially over the next decade. A report by... 

There is a boom in cyberattacks to find credentials to access resources and information stored in cloud systems, and using cybersecurity operations centres is one of the ways through which... 

A gold mine located 145 km south-east of Fairbanks, in the US state of Alaska. 

The University of Birmingham, in the UK, has been awarded €4-million to set up a pilot facility to reclaim rare earth metals from scrap as part of a European Union- (EU-) funded Horizon 2020... 

Huawei South Africa has donated bursaries valued at nearly R2-million to nine University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) postgraduate students studying information technology and engineering courses As... 

Energy major Origin has reported a 36% increase in revenues from the Australia Pacific liquefied natural gas project in the 2019 financial year, as commodity prices increased. The project produced... 

The adoption of decentralised technologies, which increase the modularity of vehicle manufacturing production lines, is a growing trend in the global automotive industry, with more local... 

The gold-equivalent production of Russian gold miner Polymetal grew by 19% year-on-year in the second quarter to 384 000 oz, bolstered by the new Kyzyl mine, in Kazakhstan, operating at full... 

Thirty years of reliable duty in a corrosive environment has won crane and hoist manufacturer Condra a repeat order from platinum miner Lonmin Platinum for an overhead tankhouse crane to replace an... 

Last month, engineering consultants Vipro Vibrating Products announced the arrival of its first locally incepted light industry electromagnetic feeder prototype. The prototype feeder was incepted... 

There has been a favourable reaction from the market to the recent inclusion of belt manufacturer ContiTech Power Transmission Group’s drive belt and matched component range to bearings and... 

Multinational engineering and technology company Robert Bosch’s subsidiary Bosch Engineering has put into operation its new acoustics testing centre. Bosch Engineering specialises in development... 

Newfield Resources has progressed with blasting to access an underground mine decline at its Tongo diamond mine. 

Drive engineering company SEW-Eurodrive has more active projects in the rest of Africa, than in South Africa, exports head Marcio Sicchiero tells Mining Weekly. Involved in the delivery of conveyor... 

Diversified technology provider Johnson Controls’ Sabroe compressors, which power a custom-build ammonia chiller plant, will play an important role in diversified chemicals group Omnia’s newly... 

Zambia is planning a law to compel mining companies to give local suppliers a fair share of procurement, its mines minister said on Thursday, in the latest sign of the government taking an... 

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...