The seven-year, R16.1-billion capital investment programme will focus on the ports of Mossel Bay, Saldanha and Cape Town. 

An expanded range of flexible cables and energy chains that protect moving cables is now available to South African industry. The local division of German company igus has extended its product... 

Transportation service provider Jacobs Transport has outgrown its current yard space and will be redesigning the company’s modus operandi to conform with business requirement flow. The company... 

Cape Town-based crane manufacturer BB Cranes has received several new orders, including an order for two Class 4 cranes, which will be the first of this class built by BB Cranes in Cape Town. This... 

Through its acquisition of HoistHub, RGM Cranes will once again be the sole distributor for the Surelift brand in South Africa. RGM Cranes Managing Director, Alex Dowling, explains: “HoistHub was... 

Adaptability, intuition, and foresight are the key survival tools needed as business look to weather the myriad of storms currently facing South African companies. Years of neglect of South African... 

Corestruc, a leading designer and erector of precast-concrete structures, has bolstered its crane fleet with new 150t crawler crane. The crane, which complements a 100t crawler crane and other... 

Thos Begbie & Co was established in 1887 by Scottish marine engineer and pioneer Thomas Begbie, in the newly proclaimed gold-rush town of Johannesburg.  A management buyout in 1989 further boosted... 

The latest addition to the UNIC Cranes Europe dealer network sees Goscor Access Solutions take on exclusive distribution across Southern Africa?. As part of their appointment, the company has taken... 

Materials handling equipment distributor and service provider Charco Cranes used the KwaZulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition, held in February, as well as smaller industry-related events, as... 

In what has been described as a major milestone and a significant boost ahead of the start of port operations, Lekki deep sea port, on July 1, 2022, took delivery of three Super Post Panamax ship... 

Work has started at the mothballed smelter. 

The processing plant for the Molo graphite mine has arrived in Madagascar. 

The processing plant for the Molo graphite mine has arrived in Madagascar, cleared customs and the modules, including two mobile cranes, are now on route to the mine site, Toronto-listed NextSource... 

Ford Motor Company has kicked off production at its new stamping plant at the Ranger assembly complex in Silverton, Pretoria. The new facility has 10 320 m2 of floorspace, equivalent to almost... 

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) will invest R16.1-billion at the Mossel Bay, Saldanha and Cape Town ports in a seven-year capital investment programme. The capital investment programme... 

Johannesburg-headquartered cranes and hoists manufacturer Condra says its efforts to protect the environment exceed industry norms by a “considerable margin”. This, it outlines, is in contrast to... 

(Virtual Showroom): The focus on environmental protection is often product-centred. If a product causes least possible harm and leaves a smaller environmental footprint than anything produced by a... 

Industrial equipment supplier BMG’s Nord-Lock range of bolting solutions includes Expander Pivot Pin components that comprise advanced pivot pin technology to offer dependable solutions that combat... 

Ford Motor Company has started production at its new stamping plant at the Ranger assembly complex in Silverton. 

Aim-listed iron, vanadium and titanium developer Ironveld plans to raise up to £5-million to acquire the remaining stake in the mothballed Ferrochrome Furnaces (FCF) business it does not already... 

Ford Motor Company has kicked off production at its new stamping plant at the Ranger assembly complex in Silverton, Pretoria. The new facility measures 10 320 m2 in floorspace, equivalent to almost... 

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) will invest R16.1-billion at the Mossel Bay, Saldanha and Cape Town ports in a seven-year capital investment programme. The capital investment programme... 

ASX-listed Metro Mining’s board has approved a final investment decision (FID), subject to financing, to expand the capacity of its Bauxite Hills mine, in Queensland, to 7-million wet metric tonnes... 

Eskom’s actions to rectify major boiler defects at its newly built Medupi and Kusile power stations are improving the plants’ energy availability factor. 

(Virtual Showroom): An order for an overhead crane and gantry specifically designed to overcome delivery and functionality constraints has been placed by Consulmet Pty Ltd on crane and hoist... 

Sandock Austral Shipyards has launched a port feeder barge that it believes will “revolutionise the way containers are handled in South African ports”, ultimately leading to less road congestion... 

Kenya’s State-run electricity distribution company is re-configuring power lines to prevent the electrocution of birds such as flamingos, pelicans and cranes. Kenya Power and Lighting Co has... 

Eskom has announced that Kusile Unit 4 has entered into commercial operation. 

Condra has secured a new order to provide lifting equipment for Zimplats’ Mupani mine, in the Hartley Geographical Complex, south-west of Harare, in Zimbabwe. Mupani is undergoing an upgrade to... 

The project achieved a major machine assembly milestone on May 11. 

Building materials supplier Trumod has designed an innovative greenhouse, which has been constructed and developed as a light steel frame (LSF) indoor cultivating warehouse structure used for... 

Heavy lifting and rigging specialist Lovemore Bros added four new trucks from global truck manufacturer Volvo to its heavy lifting and materials handling fleet. Lovemore Bros heavy rigging manager... 

Forecast for 2022 financial year unchanged Business development in first quarter of the 2022 financial year was in line with Jungheinrich’s expectations. Despite challenges in the supply chains and... 

The combination of consenting weather, an improved equipment reliability programme and increased human resources has cleared vessel backlogs at the Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT), State-owned... 

Sarens is the global leader and industry reference in crane rental services, heavy lifting and engineered transport. With state-of-the-art equipment and value engineering, Sarens offers its clients... 

Heavy lifting solutions provider Criterion Equipment’s versatile range of forklift manufacturer Toyo Carriers Manufacturing (TCM) forklift trucks comprises robust machines for handling goods in all... 

Heavy lifting and rigging specialist Lovemore Bros has successfully concluded a longstanding contract with a global pulp and paper company based in South Africa. The contract, initially signed in... 

Local storage tank supplier and installer Tanks Connected has commissioned tanks for projects in Tanzania, Ghana, Eritrea and South Africa. The company has supplied and supervised six tanks for a... 

GVK-Siya Zama, a leading specialist contractor in the field of building, renovation, restoration and recycling of buildings, has been awarded two notable projects in recent months. Amounting to... 

Engineering company Sandvik in February announced that it is introducing the largest-capacity battery-electric truck for underground mining. With an unrivalled 65 t payload capacity, the Sandvik... 

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will play a role in improving health and safety, boosting efficiencies and achieving sustainability goals, including by combining on-mine renewable energy...