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Afrimat advances various improvement initiatives across its operations
27th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Ahead of releasing its interim results for the six months ended August 31, JSE-listed construction materials and industrial minerals company Afrimat has advised that there will be a decrease in the... 


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Government urges operator-collaboration amid fiscal constraints facing public transport
27th August 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

South Africa’s constrained public finances and sluggish economy are limiting the pace of public transport improvements, senior Department of Transport (DoT) officials told delegates at the Southern... 


Grindrod showcases rail offering at SARA Rail Conference and Expo
Grindrod showcases rail offering at SARA Rail Conference and Expo
27th August 2025

Logistics solutions provider Grindrod Rail CEO Johny Smith spoke to Engineering News at the 14th SARA Rail Conference and Exhibition, following Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy’s announcement... 


A smarter approach to navigating regulatory compliance in mining
A smarter approach to navigating regulatory compliance in mining
27th August 2025

“We used to spend weeks chasing down legislative updates—now we see changes the same day they happen.” – EHS Manager, South African gold mine In today’s high-stakes mining environment, compliance... 


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Steenhuisen lauds Agbiz, Agri SA for strengthening rural road networks
27th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has lauded the efforts of industry bodies Agri SA and the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) to improve critical agricultural transport... 


Understanding Catalytic Converters: The Key to Cleaner Air
Understanding Catalytic Converters: The Key to Cleaner Air
27th August 2025

(Virtual Showroom) Catalytic Converters (DOCs) utilize a catalyst, typically a precious metal coating such as platinum or palladium, to accelerate the chemical reactions between oxygen and... 


FLS completes major upgrade of Delmas polyurethane facility
FLS completes major upgrade of Delmas polyurethane facility
27th August 2025

Full flowsheet minerals processing supplier FLS has recently upgraded its manufacturing facility in Delmas, Mpumalanga. Darren Parker tells us more. 


Resources Watch
Resources Watch
27th August 2025

This week:DRDGOLD investing R7.8bn in Big Five growth projects as part of Vision 2028; Exxaro spending R5.2bn on coal mine expansion, R4.7bn on wind farm project; and, Filling solution increases... 


Champion Iron CFO to step down ahead of Q2 results
27th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Quebec-focused miner Champion Iron said on Wednesday that CFO Donald Tremblay would leave the company shortly before the release of its second-quarter results for the 2026 financial year. The... 


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Automotive Industry Transformation Fund tasked to track rollout of auto masterplan
26th August 2025 By: Irma Venter

The Automotive Industry Transformation Fund (AITF) has assumed the role of Executive Oversight Committee (EOC) Secretariat to track the implementation of the South African Automotive Masterplan... 


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Schreiber says Home Affairs moving at 'light speed’ under GNU
26th August 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber said on Tuesday that his department is moving at “light speed” to take a department that has long been maligned as almost the symbol of government... 


Power Distribution, Reinvented – Rittal’s RiLineX Now Available in SA
Power Distribution, Reinvented – Rittal’s RiLineX Now Available in SA
26th August 2025

(Virtual Showroom) Industries are under growing pressure to deliver more output with less downtime, all while meeting stringent safety standards. This is why Rittal has developed the RiLineX - a... 


South Africa’s journey to smart, greener transport
26th August 2025

By: Andrés Diaz - Vice President, Power Systems, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric South Africa like it peers across the globe is making some noteworthy stride in establishing an economy... 


Diesel Emissions Made Easy: Understanding Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs)
Diesel Emissions Made Easy: Understanding Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs)
26th August 2025

(Virtual Showroom) Cleaner Air Through Advanced Filtration Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs) play a crucial role in reducing harmful emissions from diesel engines. At HJS Emission Technology SA, we... 


NZ minister Shane Jones keen to build on new high standing
26th August 2025

New Zealand resources minister Shane Jones isn’t getting carried away with results of the latest Fraser Institute survey out of Canada that has the country ahead of all Australian states and... 


Cape Town International Airport
ACSA posts profits after tax, to accelerate capex to improve airports infrastructure
25th August 2025 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned airports operator Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has posted a profit after tax of R1.1-billion for the financial year ended March 31, up from the profit of R472-million reported... 


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Italtile boosts shareholder returns with 17% rise in total dividends despite flat profits
25th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

Despite turnover being slightly down and profits flat, JSE-listed Italtile has rewarded shareholders with a significant uplift in dividends, with a notable 26% jump in the special dividend, helping... 


Pieter Uys, Business Development Manager, Multotec
AfriSam Umlaas Road Quarry adopts Multotec’s rubber panels for its tertiary screening media to improve product sizing accuracy
25th August 2025

The AfriSam Umlaas Road Quarry has taken proactive measures to enhance the accuracy of its final product sizing by adopting Multotec’s rubber screen panels in its tertiary screening application.... 


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BLSA’s Mavuso hails rail slot allocations as breakthrough in logistics crisis
25th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy’s announcement on August 22 that 11 train operating companies have been allocated rail slots across 41 routes and six corridors marks an important step toward... 


UJ Chancellor Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
UJ Mining Summit garners views on mining sustainability amid global turbulence
25th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Mining companies have often needed to navigate disordered markets; however, unprecedented pressure is currently being imposed by export restrictions, resource nationalism, fragmented supply chains,... 


Americas Gold and Silver reports high-grade drill results at Galena, completes share consolidation
25th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Precious metals miner Americas Gold and Silver on Friday announced the discovery of a high-grade extension of the 149 Vein at its Galena Complex in Idaho, US, with drill intercepts including 24 913... 


Transnet Group CEO Michelle Phillips and Exxaro CEO Ben Magara.
Another public-private rail transport service agreement signed
25th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Another agreement involving collaboration between the public sector and the private sector in the field of rail transport service has been signed, this time between the Johannesburg Stock... 


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Moves to boost defence, aerospace spending could be positive for PGM demand – WPIC
22nd August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

In The Hague Summit Declaration, issued on June 25, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) Heads of State and Government committed to spending 5% of GDP yearly on defence requirements by... 


Schneider Electric East Africa introduces new PrismaSeT power distribution switchboard range for smart energy management
Schneider Electric East Africa introduces new PrismaSeT power distribution switchboard range for smart energy management
22nd August 2025

Schneider Electric, the global leader in energy management and automation, and recognised sustainability leader, is proud to introduce its next-generation PrismaSeT range of power distribution... 


Sintech
Sintech
22nd August 2025

Since 1984 Sintech has supplied the South African market with clutches, brakes and engineering solutions for a range of applications in mining and mining-related industries. Sintech supplies... 


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Talbot - The Art of Water
22nd August 2025

This Women’s Month, we introduce four women at Talbot helping industrial clients activate the transition to sustainable water, each with a unique voice, purpose and passion for impact. Liane Henman   


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Treating sustainability as a KPI helps company abate carbon emissions
22nd August 2025 By: Tracy Klückow

With a lofty goal of cutting its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030, minerals and mining technology solutions provider Weir is well ahead of meeting this target since introducing the initiative in... 


READY-TO-GO To supply the Sandsloot Underground exploration decline shaft with dynamic ventilation, Dwyka undertook the sourcing, assembly, testing and delivery of Australia-made fans, to the mine in Limpopo
Dual-speed fans provide air-on-demand in PGM mine
22nd August 2025 By: Donna Slater

A ventilation-on-demand (VoD) system was commissioned by South African technology integrator and mining services company Dwyka Mining Services for the Sandsloot Underground exploration decline... 


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Producer readies for biodiversity report launch
22nd August 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Gold producer Pan African Resources (PAR) is gearing to release its inaugural biodiversity report next month, which outlines the group’s approach to biodiversity conservation across its operations... 


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ESG focus shifts to value creation
22nd August 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

The mining industry is shifting from tick-box environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance to value creation, driven by a convergence of investor expectations, regulatory tightening and... 


Motion Control bogie pioneering in heavy freight rail
22nd August 2025

As global freight demands rise and rail networks seek solutions that offer reliability, performance and cost-efficiency, the evolution of bogie technology has become central to industry... 


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Filtration range improves performance, supports sustainability
22nd August 2025

Industrial equipment supplier BMG’s extensive filtration portfolio encompasses carefully selected products that improve performance while contributing to sustainability in mining by reducing... 


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Filling solution increases tyre safety, efficiency
22nd August 2025 By: Halima Frost

The chances of a tyre blowout occurring with underground mechanised equipment used in the mining of platinum group metals in Africa can be “100% mitigated” using global tyre filling solutions... 


Dignitaries, government and mining officials all stood in a picture for the official handover of a suite of transformative social and labour plan by Impala
Miner invests in social initiatives, infrastructure
22nd August 2025

The official handover of a suite of transformative social and labour plan (SLP) projects in June, by Impala Rustenburg, the subsidiary of Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats), marks a significant... 


The above image depicts the site for the Red Sands BESS
Red Sands BESS project reaches financial close
22nd August 2025

Independent power company Globeleq and its project partner, energy supplier African Rainbow Energy, have reached financial close on the 153 MW/612 MWh Red Sands battery energy storage system (BESS)... 


DFA nears first-phase completion of national network upgrade
22nd August 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Fibre infrastructure company DFA is nearing completion of the first phase of its national network upgrade and future-proofing project, which started in 2023 and has cost more than R800 million to... 


Endress+Hauser
Showcase at the KZN Industrial Technology Exhibition 2025
22nd August 2025

Global leader in measurement instrumentation, services, and solutions for industrial process engineering Endress+Hauser South Africa supports customers locally and in sub-equatorial Africa. It... 


Sungrow energy storage systems
Sungrow brings inverter, advanced ESS to Middle East and Africa
21st August 2025 By: Darren Parker

Solar power company Sungrow has launched its 1+X 2.0 next-generation split modular utility-scale inverter in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. This inverter, which was launched on August 21... 


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New-look company affirms commitment to innovation and safety in underground mining solutions
21st August 2025

Challenging mining applications such as shaft sinking and mine development require a team built on experience and institutional knowledge, driven by close client partnerships, says Cementation... 


Africa’s mineral wealth and digital transformation – Schneider Electric drives a new era for mining, metals, and minerals
Africa’s mineral wealth and digital transformation – Schneider Electric drives a new era for mining, metals, and minerals
21st August 2025

By: Paul Steyn, Project Manager Lead – Field Services, Schneider Electric Africa, often dubbed the ‘world’s mineral hub,’ holds 30% of the globe’s mineral resources and 19% of the reserves of... 


AXXIST Initiation System
Technology optimises mines’ rock fragmentation and operational efficiency
21st August 2025

Advanced blasting technologies, combined with specialised expertise and meticulous planning, are helping mines achieve new levels of productivity and efficiency. Quality blasts that deliver optimal... 


Nexxus: A Smarter Way to Manage Cranes and Lifting Operations
Nexxus: A Smarter Way to Manage Cranes and Lifting Operations
20th August 2025

The lifting industry is evolving and so are the tools that support it. At the forefront of this transformation is Nexxus, a purpose-built asset and crane monitoring system from RGM Cranes that’s... 


The great supply chain reset: 5 ways to embrace the chaos
20th August 2025

By: David Nightingale - Associate Director, Consulting, Supply Chain and Operations at EY Africa In a world where trade wars erupt overnight, geopolitical flashpoints like the ongoing Ukraine... 


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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...

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SABAT

From batteries for boats and jet skis, to batteries for cars and quad bikes, SABAT Batteries has positioned itself as the lifestyle battery of...

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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...

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M and J Mining

M and J Mining are leading suppliers of physical support systems as used by the underground mining industry. Our selection of products are not...

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Condra Cranes

ISO-certified Condra manufactures overhead cranes, portal cranes, cantilever cranes and crane components: hoists, drives, end-carriages, brakes and...

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Developed to exceed the latest EN 15964 standards for police breathalysers proving that it will remain accurate and reliable for many years to come.

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