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a mobile cooling solution offered by Aggreko to a client
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Updated 1 hour 36 minutes ago

Temporary power generation supplier Aggreko, an official sponsor at this year’s Manufacturing Indaba being held at the Sandton Convention Centre, in October, states that climate change is a hot... 


New initiative aimed at developing climate-resilient sanitation for South African low-income communities
Updated 1 hour 36 minutes ago By: Natasha Odendaal

The Water Research Commission (WRC) has entered into an agreement with eThekwini metropolitan municipality and the City of Cape Town to develop sustainable, climate-resilient sanitation systems.... 


Another three modular substations from Trafo Power Solutions, equipped with dry-type transformers, will soon be headed to the Bisie tin mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
More dry-type transformers for Bisie from Trafo Power Solutions
27th September 2023

It has been five years since Trafo Power Solutions supplied Alphamin’s Bisie tin mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo with two dry-type transformers; they have performed so well that another... 


Due to the large size and weight, this 9.5MW 11KV WEG electric motor has to be disassembled for shipment and reassembled on the offshore FPSO off the coast of Ghana.
Specialist gains traction in oil, gas sector
18th September 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Africa is “hungry for electricity”, and electrical specialist Zest WEG is seeing growing demand from the oil and gas sector, from both upstream and midstream facilities as nations on the continent... 


Copper 360 CEO Jan Nelson.
Copper 360's debut Rietberg mine takes a 220% mineral resource leap
13th September 2023 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s sole listed copper producer Copper 360 (AltX CPR) has announced a significant upgrade of its mineral resources at the company’s Rietberg mine in the Northern Cape. The total resource... 


Olifants Management Model Programme
OMM Programme builds water infrastructure to improve lives, strengthen economy
8th September 2023

The Olifants Management Model Programme (OMM Programme) is the Lebalelo Water User Association’s flagship capital expenditure programme that aims to fast-track the construction of bulk and potable... 


A solar alternating current (ac), low-voltage/medium-voltage, step-up skid or ‘E-House' on show at Turnkey modular's manufacturing site in Germiston
First skid delivered to Free State client
8th September 2023 By: Halima Frost

Prefabricated deployment solutions developer Turnkey Modular rolled out the first of multiple solar alternating current (ac), low-voltage/medium-voltage, step-up skid or ‘E-Houses’ in July for... 


Online platform to make Rhodes Business School’s MBA accessible to students beyond South Africa’s borders
8th September 2023 By: Natasha Odendaal

As Rhodes Business School aims to extend its Association of Masters of Business Administration-accredited MBA to reach into Africa and beyond, it has entered into a partnership with eLearnAfrica to... 


Taxis critical to transport system, but rail has to be the backbone – Cape Town oil, gas sector
8th September 2023 By: Irma Venter

The recent minibus taxi strike in Cape Town cost the Western Cape economy an estimated R5-billion, while it also caused at least R18-million worth of damage in the city, according to provincial data. 


Location map of the Mahenge project
Mahenge graphite project, Tanzania – update
8th September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Black Rock Mining has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with Korean major POSCO International Corporation over a potential long-term graphite fines offtake agreement from Module 2 of... 


Demand for modular substations increasing
1st September 2023 By: Natasha Odendaal

As demand for dry-type transformers increases, particularly for difficult operating environments, dry-type transformer specialist Trafo Power Solutions is accelerating its delivery of complementary... 


Image of two female scientists in a laboratory working on samples
Start-up develops alternative critical minerals production
25th August 2023 By: Bridget Lepere

A partnership between Canadian net-zero mining start-up Tersa Earth and geological exploration and mining consulting company Trigteq is paving the way for a feasible solution to cost effectively,... 


Commissioning of Zimbabwe ferrochrome plant under way
25th August 2023 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

A novel smelting plant that produces ultra-low-carbon, high-grade ferrochrome at a fraction of the time it takes conventional facilities is being wet-commissioned at the African Chrome Fields (ACF)... 


Perpetua wins new DoD award to push antimony trisulphide supply chain at Stibnite
22nd August 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US-headquartered Perpetua Resources on Monday announced a new award from the Department of Defense (DoD) for up to $15.5-million to demonstrate a fully domestic antimony trisulphide supply chain... 


Pensana's Longonjo mine
Pensana progresses upfront cost reduction of planned Longonjo mine
21st August 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed Pensana has advised that it is on track to re-engineer the Longonjo project, in Angola, to reduce its upfront capital cost to $200-million and complete financial due diligence for... 


Jubilee's Sable Zinc operations in Zambia
Jubilee on track to expand copper, chrome and PGM processing further
21st August 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Johannesburg- and London-listed Jubilee Metals says it has traded 24 500 t of newly produced chrome product from the expanded Inyoni chrome and platinum group metal (PGM) operations, in the... 


Picture of a modular multi-level drives
Companies collaborate on voltage solutions for large EAFs
11th August 2023

Global solutions provider Tenova and leading power conversion company GE Power Conversion signed a Cooperation Agreement in June, combining their efforts on target projects that are aimed at... 


Sarana Riggs
Uranium hunters in US West face partial ban, pollution concerns
10th August 2023 By: Bloomberg

Five weeks before President Joe Biden announced a historic new ban on new uranium mining around the Grand Canyon, Sarana Riggs approached the barbed-wire fence surrounding an inactive mine in an... 


Graphite
Tirupati reports big increase in flake graphite output
8th August 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Madagascar-focused flake graphite miner Tirupati Graphite has recorded a 188% year-on-year increase in production for the three months ended June 30, as it continues to ramp-up its Vatomina and... 


Company releases new products  for cleaner air
Company releases new products for cleaner air
8th August 2023 By: Sabrina Jardim

Having spent 30 years researching and developing original products to reduce particulate matter (PM) from global industrial sources, air filtration solutions provider Aircure is launching three... 


THE BUTTERFLY VALVE 565
The valve provides “exceptional performance” while reducing installation, maintenance and replacement costs
Versatile valve solution introduced
4th August 2023 By: Simone Liedtke

Combining lightweight construction, modular capabilities, corrosion resistance and high-quality materials, industrial equipment supplier Instru-Serve’s butterfly valve 565 provides “exceptional... 


Spotlight on Sarens in Angola
Spotlight on Sarens in Angola
25th July 2023

Angola – a promising country offering broad business opportunities This month, Sarens shines the spotlight on Angola. Sarens entered Angola in 2021 as a heavy lifting and specialised transport... 


The image depicts the use of a modular design for the WikiHouse, that makes it easy to learn and assemble
Modular systems could transform sustainable housing – UP lecturer
21st July 2023 By: Lynne Davies

Standardised modular building systems, supplemented by educational mobile applications, could transform aspects of the local construction sector, says University of Pretoria (UP) senior lecturer... 


An image of Atlas Copco's first battery driven screw B-Air 185-12 compressor
Battery-driven portable screw compressor unveiled
14th July 2023

Solutions provider Atlas Copco unveiled its new battery driven portable screw air compressor, the B-Air 185-12, at Atlas Copco’s ‘Journey to a Sustainable Future’ event in Antwerp, Belgium, in May... 


Screw compressor introduced to meet various industries’ needs
14th July 2023

To meet the diverse requirements of its customers, compressed air solutions provider Tru Compressor Solutions has introduced the full feature tank-mounted screw compressor Detroit DB FF Series to... 


Copper 360 CEO Jan Nelson.
Copper 360 launching Camborne-modelled mining school in Northern Cape
12th July 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Northern Cape copper mining and marketing company Copper 360 is launching a mining school in the Northern Cape, with its eye on how the highly successful Camborne School of Mines in the UK does... 


Eastplats subsidiary receives summons over mine project agreement
7th July 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Eastern Platinum’s (Eastplats’) South African subsidiary Barplats Mines has received a combined summons from ABT Toda in relation to ongoing arbitration between... 


Atlas Copco has an extensive range of electric submersible pumps
Five tips when choosing a diesel or electric pump
7th July 2023

Every dewatering project will invariably demand a specific priority – such as the volume to be pumped, the amount of solids in the liquid, emission limits or performance; meeting this need requires... 


Two mask-wearing men at the MECAD stand
Firm returns to KITE
7th July 2023

Engineering solutions provider  MECAD is expected to once again attend the KwaZulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition (KITE) to be hosted at the Durban Exhibition Centre from July 18 to 20.... 


IN OPERATION
SMS group’s continuous caster for billets and beam blanks in operation at SULB
EAF tech to reduce costs, drive sustainable production
7th July 2023

Global player, with German roots, SMS group is providing innovative technology solutions for electrical steel production through its electric arc furnace (EAF) technologies and optimised processes.... 


Location map of the Molo graphite project
Molo graphite project, Madagascar – update
30th June 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

NextSource Materials has produced its first SuperFlake graphite concentrate at the Molo mine. 


Costs rise at Ewoyaa as DFS is delivered
29th June 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

A definitive feasibility study (DFS) into the Ewoyaa lithium project, in Ghana, has increased the project’s cost estimate from the $125-million estimated in the prefeasibility study (PFS) to... 


Andrada Mining CEO Anthony Viljoen
Andrada pleased with higher first-quarter production, lower costs
26th June 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

London-listed technology metals mining company Andrada Mining increased the tin concentrate production at its Uis mine, in Namibia, by 50% year-on-year to 359 t for the quarter ended June 30 – the... 


Image of Australia map/flag
Whim Creek copper/lead project, Australia
23rd June 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

A definitive feasibility study has demonstrated Whim Creek as a technically and economically sound polymetallic project and strategic processing hub development in the Pilbara. 


Location map of the Mahenge project
Mahenge graphite project, Tanzania – update
16th June 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Black Rock Mining will raise A$10-million in a share placement to institutional and sophisticated investors, to fund working capital for the completion of the debt process and project-level partner... 


GE Vernova’s Gas Power business hosts Aeroderivative Users Conference
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business hosts Aeroderivative Users Conference
12th June 2023

GE Vernova’s Gas Power business hosted a Sub-Saharan Africa Aeroderivative Users Conference in Tanzania with the theme, “Building capacity and supporting energy security with Aeroderivative gas... 


Copper 360 CEO Jan Nelson.
Copper 360 has R560bn worth of copper in the ground, the Junior Indaba hears
9th June 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Copper company Copper 360, which listed on the AltX of the JSE in April, has more than two-million tonnes of copper its 12 mines, which is worth R560-billion, the Junior Indaba heard this week.... 


HIGH-TECH OFFERING CERTUSS steam generators enable a highly flexible steam supply while saving energy
Partnership with German supplier bearing fruit
9th June 2023 By: Nadine James

Boiler and steam generator supplier Steam Generation Africa’s work and partnership with German industrial equipment supplier CERTUSS has resulted in numerous projects and opportunities considering... 


Ionic gears up for first production in UK
7th June 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The technology arm of ASX-listed Ionic Rare Earths, Ionic Technologies (IonicTech), is expected to produce its first separated and refined high purity magnet rare earth oxide (REO) from its magnet... 


An image of the NORD MAXXDRIVE XD
Durable drives for belt conveyor systems
2nd June 2023

Industrial equipment supplier BMG reports that its NORD Maxxdrive-XT industrial gearboxes, launched at the Electra Mining trade show in 2022, have been well received by leaders in bulk logistics,... 


Image of Australia map/flag
Lithium iron phosphate cathode manufacturing project, Australia
2nd June 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

A scoping study has demonstrated the technical and economic viability of Avenira’s modular train design to progressively scale production to meet the demand for electric vehicles and stationary... 


Location map of the Mahenge project
Mahenge graphite project, Tanzania – update
2nd June 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Black Rock Mining has signed a binding offtake agreement with strategic alliance partner POSCO. 


Image of graphite ore
Mahenge graphite project, Tanzania – update
26th May 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Black Rock Mining has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding over the supply of high-quality natural large flake graphite concentrate from the Mahenge project. 


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