https://newsletter.en.creamermedia.com

Receive our free daily newsletter:

Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals

LEADING THE WAY
UJ has positioned itself as a Fourth Industrial Revolution-focused university and has been appointed as the lead of the International Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence Research Collaborative hub in South Africa
I-DAIR hub to boost digital health innovation locally
22nd April 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

While South Africa is leading the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in Southern Africa, the level of technological advancement in the local medical sector is low, with only some innovation and... 


Pesticides, batteries and lubricants producer responsibility consultation process starts
20th April 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has started a consultation process with regard to the requirement of the pesticides, batteries and lubricant oils sectors to... 


New revolutionary glaucoma treatment developed in South Africa
New revolutionary glaucoma treatment developed in South Africa
13th April 2022 By: Darren Parker

South African medical innovation company Liqid Medical has designed a novel ocular implant called the OptiShunt that uses a simple concept to revolutionise the treatment of glaucoma. The... 


Sasol joins consortium to pursue carbon dioxide conversion to aviation fuel
13th April 2022 By: Donna Slater

Chemicals and energy company Sasol has joined an international consortium of industrial and academic project partners, known as Concrete Chemicals, in an effort to combine its technical knowledge... 


Engineering News and Mining Weekly cover image
Retaining refining capacity could pose long-term risks for South Africa
8th April 2022 By: Darren Parker

South Africa’s oil refining capacity has always been rather small when considered on a global scale, but there was some sense of national pride and of security in knowing that the country could... 


Beckman Coulter's new premises in the Centralpoint Innovation District in Samrand, Johannesburg
Beckman Coulter moves premises to Growthpoint’s Centralpoint
28th March 2022 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed Growthpoint Properties has assisted long-standing tenant biomedical products manufacturer Beckman Coulter to relocate from Growthpoint Business Park in Midrand, Johannesburg, to a new... 


A SundWASH high pressure wash-down systems for food and beverage applications
Pump system showcased at expo
25th March 2022

International pumps and compressors designer and manufacturer Sundyne showcased its SundWASH high pressure wash-down systems for food and beverage applications at the International Production &... 


Agreement signed for petrochem product offtake
18th March 2022

Sustainable chemicals manufacturer Bolder Industries announced in January a landmark 20-year strategic marketing agreement with independent petroleum marketer Tauber Oil for exclusive offtake of... 


WTO chief welcomes Covid shot patent waiver plan, drugmakers balk
16th March 2022 By: Reuters

-The World Trade Organization praised a provisional deal to waive patent rights for COVID-19 vaccines after more than a year of deadlock, although drugmakers said the move risked undermining the... 


API lab to accelerate research, development and commercialisation of medicines
11th March 2022 By: Schalk Burger

The Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Plus laboratory, launched by Science and Innovation (DSI) deputy Minister Buti Manamela on March 11, is working with universities and other industry... 


Aspen signs deal to package and sell J&J COVID vaccine
9th March 2022 By: Reuters

South African drugmaker Aspen Pharmacare on Tuesday concluded an agreement with Johnson & Johnson to package, sell and distribute the American group's Covid-19 vaccines under its own brand in... 


Cilo Cybin aims to list a cannabis Spac on the JSE in May
9th March 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Medical cannabis producer Cilo Cybin Pharmaceuticals has launched South Africa’s first oil-based cannabinoid products with a self-emulsifying drug delivery system, which it says increases efficacy... 


Labat acquires Sweetwater to further cannabis offtake
2nd March 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Labat has concluded an agreement for the acquisition of 80% of shares and claims in Lima Romeo Air, known as Sweetwater, which is a fully operational South African Health Products... 


Various vaccines
Nine finance institutions back Biovac’s expansion plans
1st March 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A consortium of nine development finance institutions (DFIs) has partnered with biopharmaceutical company Biovac, based in Cape Town, to support its vaccine manufacturing expansion plans. Biovac... 


Drugmaker Adcock's half year profit rises 30%, eyes new product launches
23rd February 2022 By: Reuters

South African pharmaceutical firm Adcock Ingram plans to launch a range of new products in the next six months to boost revenues and profits, its CEO said, after the company announced a 30% rise in... 


Sasol CEO Fleetwood Grobler
Sasol signs LNG term sheet as it prepares for R20bn-plus coal-to-gas switch at Secunda
21st February 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Energy and chemicals group Sasol has approved development funds for the first phase of a project that is designed to increase the Secunda complex’s ability to use gas instead of coal to produce... 


Libstar disposes of 70% interest in household, personal care businesses
21st February 2022 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed packaged goods company Libstar will dispose of a 70% equity interest in its household and personal care businesses, comprising the Contactim and Chet Chemicals divisions, for... 


Ascendis office building
Ascendis narrows losses, continues with recapitalisation plan
18th February 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed Ascendis Health managed to narrow its normalised operating loss by 49% year-on-year to a loss of R94-million for the six months ended December 31. The basic loss a share from... 


Commission asks Tribunal to prosecute Roche for alleged excessive pricing of breast cancer treatment drug
9th February 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Competition Commission on February 8 filed a referral with the Competition Tribunal for prosecution of Switzerland-based multinational healthcare company Roche Holding and its subsidiaries F... 


Siemens South Africa, Aspen enhancing vaccine production for Africa
7th February 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Siemens South Africa, Aspen Pharmacare Holdings subsidiary Aspen SA Operations and private sector development financier Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) have entered into... 


Ramaphosa, billionaire Soon-Shiong open Cape Town vaccine production campus
4th February 2022 By: Irma Venter

The NantSA vaccine manufacturing campus at Brackengate, in Cape Town, could soon produce its first Covid-19 vaccine, says NantWorks founder and CEO Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong. President Cyril Ramaphosa... 


An engineer using rope access to asses and clean inside a boiler prior to the start of maintenance, with headlamp on
Boiler, burner maintenance key to company success
4th February 2022 By: Halima Frost

The instrumental job of cleaning an industrial boiler or burner prior to maintenance has proven to be an integral part of rope access company Skyriders’ offerings, says marketing manager Mike Zinn.... 


Aspen expects to report higher interim earnings
1st February 2022 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed pharmaceuticals company Aspen has advised shareholders that its normalised headline earnings per share (NHEPS) from continuing operations for the six months ended December 31 are likely... 


A photo of Omnia CEO Seelan Gobalsamy
Omnia successfully sells majority stake in Umongo
1st February 2022 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed diversified chemicals company Omnia Holdings has successfully concluded its divestment from petroleum products producer Umongo Petroleum, which Omnia had identified as noncore during a... 


Adcock expects to report up to 30% improvement in earnings
26th January 2022 By: Darren Parker

Pharmaceutical company Adcock Ingram has advised shareholders that its earnings per share (EPS) and headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the six months ended December 31, were expected to show an... 


Logistics companies ally to enlarge African healthcare network
24th January 2022 By: Darren Parker

Logistics companies Imperial and UbiPharm have joined forces to create an expansive healthcare distribution network across Africa. This strategic alliance is aimed at providing complementary... 


an image of Chieta CEO Yershen Pillay
Modern disruptions priming chemicals industry for new way of doing business – Chieta
19th January 2022 By: Donna Slater

Despite the chemicals industry being the fifth hardest-hit industry globally as a result of supply chain challenges, oil price fluctuations and deglobalisation, the disruption has “primed” the... 


Image of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong cut the ribbon on the NantSA facility
Ramaphosa, billionaire Soon-Shiong open NantSA vaccine production campus in Cape Town
19th January 2022 By: Irma Venter

The NantSA vaccine manufacturing campus at Brackengate, in Cape Town, could soon produce its first Covid-19 vaccine, says NantWorks founder and CEO Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong. President Cyril Ramaphosa... 


Cannabis plant
Local lab awarded licence to produce active ingredients for cannabis meds
14th January 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has issued a licence to GESlabs to manufacture cannabinoid pharmaceutical ingredients for use in therapeutic medicines. The company... 


Africa joins race to acquire Pfizer's Covid-19 Paxlovid pills
13th January 2022 By: Reuters

Africa's top public health body said it was in talks with Pfizer about securing supplies of its antiviral Covid-19 pills for the continent, the latest to join the race for a drug seen as a... 


South African study to compare J&J, Pfizer Covid-19 boosters
7th January 2022 By: Bloomberg

Researchers have started recruiting South African health workers to take part in a vaccine trial that will compare the use of Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Covid-19 shots as boosters. The health... 


A Covid-19 vaccine being administered
Tie pharma CEO pay to fair global Covid-19 vaccine access, investors say
7th January 2022 By: Reuters

A group of institutional investors representing $3.5-trillion in assets under management on Thursday called on pharmaceutical companies to link their executives' pay to making Covid-19 vaccines... 


Adcock expects to report higher interim earnings
14th December 2021 By: Donna Slater

JSE-listed pharmaceutical company Adcock Ingram reports that, owing to an improvement in the trading environment, its earnings a share and headline earnings a share for the six months to December... 


Sahpra approves affordable, locally developed Covid-19 antigen test
9th December 2021 By: Yvonne Silaule

South Africa's fight against Covid-19 has received a boost with the approval by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) of a locally developed Covid-19 antigen detection... 


Local cannabis group to list on Germany’s FSE
6th December 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed cannabis holdings group Labat Africa’s share price on the JSE rose by 56% on Monday after the company announced it had been approved for a listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE).... 


Filled vaccine vials
Aspen strikes deal with J&J to launch own vaccine, called 'Aspenovax'
30th November 2021 By: News24Wire

Aspen will manufacture and sell its own branded Covid-19 vaccine in Africa, following an agreement with Johnson & Johnson. Johnson & Johnson is granting Aspen an intellectual property licence to... 


Pic of Covid-19 Vaccines with South African flag in background.
Aspen SA closer to launching own-branded vaccine, called Aspenovax, for Africa
30th November 2021

Pharmaceutical company Aspen’s wholly-owned South African subsidiary, Aspen SA Operations, has signed a nonbinding term sheet with Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, two of the... 


Competition Commission prohibits sale of Sasol’s cyanide business
30th November 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

The Competition Commission has prohibited the sale of Sasol’s sodium cyanide business to Czech Republic-based specialty chemicals company, Draslovka. The commission’s approval was a key condition... 


Unilever South Africa pioneers purple carbon in its homecare products
23rd November 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Consumer products company Unilever South Africa has become the first manufacturer in the world to introduce purple carbon into its range of homecare products. For the entire month, Sunlight... 


1 2 3 4
5
6 7 8 9

Sector News

 

Showroom

Willard
Willard

Rooted in the hearts of South Africans, combining technology and a quest for perfection to bring you a battery of peerless standing. Willard...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Weir
Weir

Weir is a global leader in mining technology. We recognise that our planet’s future depends on the transition to renewable energy, and that...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

The SAIMM started as a learned society in 1894 after the invention of the cyanide process that saved the South African gold mining industry of the...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
BOVA Safety Wear
BOVA Safety Wear

BOVA cemented their reputation in Africa by delivering high quality engineering through their range of safety footwear. 21 years after producing...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Photo of Martin Creamer
On-The-Air (21/02/2025)
21st February 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







pqt: 0.164s - ct: 0.382s - 412pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now