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West African completes last processing works at Kiaka ahead of first gold pour
25th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed West African Resources remains on time and on budget with construction at the Kiaka gold project, in Burkina Faso. The company is targeting first gold production in the third quarter of... 


PepsiCo's new potato chip production line
PepsiCo South Africa installs new R746m potato chip production line at Isando factory
25th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Food and beverage corporation PepsiCo South Africa has invested R746-million at its Isando factory to establish a new potato chip production line. The investment will create 100 new jobs and... 


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Brasco best choice for cutting-edge filtration solutions
25th November 2024

A prominent and highly successful salt processing plant in the Northern Cape has chosen to partner with a widely recognised leader in the design, manufacturing and installation of industrial... 


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Boatbuilding crane sets new record for Cape company
25th November 2024

(Virtual Showroom) BB Cranes is to manufacture its first 30-metre-span overhead crane, a record for this Cape Town-based company and the direct result of improved manufacturing capabilities and a... 


Enhancing Automotive Component Quality Control: How Machine Vision Solutions Are Reducing Recalls and Ensuring Precision
25th November 2024

In the automotive manufacturing industry, precision and reliability are non-negotiable. The introduction of machine vision systems has revolutionised how manufacturers ensure quality control... 


Hulamin improves product quality with new hot-edge inductors from Primetals
Hulamin improves product quality with new hot-edge inductors from Primetals
24th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Engineering and plant construction company Primetals Technologies recently signed the final acceptance certificate with aluminium producer Hulamin following the successful installation and... 


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Astron Energy unveils 400th rebranded station
22nd November 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Fuel company Astron Energy has unveiled its four-hundredth rebranded service station at La Roche, in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, on November 22, marking the halfway point in its goal to... 


Kavango to build new plant to increase production at Zimbabwe prospect
22nd November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Kavango Resources plans to increase high-grade gold production at Prospect 4 at the Hillside project in Matabeleland, southern Zimbabwe. High-grade gold mineralisation is currently... 


Eramet's mineral sands mine in Senegal
JUWI South Africa takes the lead on Senegal’s newest mine-site hybrid solar plant
22nd November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

French multinational miner Eramet’s subsidiary Eramet Grande Côte and renewable energy company JUWI Renewable Energies South Africa have closed a €30-million, or R600-million, deal to build a solar... 


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Mali miner progresses plant build
22nd November 2024

Civil construction of a Stage 1 dense media separation (DMS) plant has been progressed to 90% completion at critical metals miner Kodal Minerals’ flagship fully-funded Bougouni lithium project, in... 


Tailings streaming agreement concludes after 16 years
22nd November 2024

Last month, Harmony Gold Mining Company concluded the final delivery to the streaming agreement between gold-focused royalty and streaming company Franco-Nevada and its tailings retreatment... 


A steel footbridge being built in Sunderland
Delivery of steel bridge sections completed successfully
22nd November 2024

Heavy lifting transportation service provider Mammoet has succeeded in performing the heavy lift and heavy transport of all four New Wear Footbridge steel sections for the project being spearheaded... 


PHILIPPINES MAP AND FLAG
Basa Air Base remodelling project, Philippines
22nd November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific plans to build an aircraft parking apron at the Basa Air Base. 


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Tshedza solar PV power plant and battery energy storage system, South Africa – update
22nd November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

The solar plant has received a formal grid connection certificate from Eskom. 


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Vametco and Vanchem operations expansion, South Africa – update
22nd November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Bushveld Minerals has placed its principal operating subsidiary Bushveld Vametco Holdings, along with Bushveld Vametco Alloys and Bushveld Minerals SA – its South African entities – in business... 


Primetal's hot-edge inductors for Hulamin's cold mill rolling
Hulamin improves product quality with new hot-edge inductors from Primetals
21st November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Engineering and plant construction company Primetals Technologies has recently signed the final acceptance certificate with aluminium producer Hulamin following the successful installation and... 


Marula accelerates work programme at Northern Cape lithium, tungsten project
21st November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Africa-focused Marula Mining has opted to accelerate its initial work programme at the Northern Cape lithium and tungsten (NCLT) project and also seek to leverage its flexible mining and processing... 


Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi
Uncertainty emerges over looming deadline for analogue switch off
20th November 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

As the gazetted date of December 31 draws closer for the years-delayed switch-off of the analogue broadcasting signals, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) warns of the... 


Copper ore
Marula outlines testwork, trials to follow on Kinusi copper material
19th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Battery metals miner Marula Mining has received all necessary export permit and approvals in Tanzania to ship 10 kg of copper ore samples to South Africa for metallurgical testwork and assays.... 


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GFRP Tech launches first of its kind manufacturing facility in South Africa
19th November 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) products supplier and manufacturer GFRP Tech has launched the first manufacturing facility of its kind in South Africa, in Linbro Park, Gauteng, for the... 


Renewable-energy minigrids can empower informal sector in Africa
15th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

About 70% of Africa's population are employed in the informal sector, and renewable energy-based, small-scale microgrids or minigrids present an opportunity to provide decentralised electricity to... 


SAPVIA CEO Dr Rethabile Melamu
SAPVIA calls for incentives for SSEG market
15th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Industry organisation the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) has made a presentation to Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy in which it called for solar... 


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Technical support on mine sites improves efficiency
15th November 2024

Mining industry solutions provider FLSmidth (FLS) says that bringing its technical service capability closer to customers’ sites is vital in providing effective service support to the mining... 


Image of Akkuyu outer containment – Unit 1
Akkuyu nuclear power plant project, Türkiye – update
15th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Construction has been completed on the concreting of the dome of the outer containment of the reactor building of Unit 1. 


Water solid contact clarifier
Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works, South Africa – update
15th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

The City of Cape Town has said that the project is on track to be completed in 2027. 


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Refurbishment project to improve water access, quality
15th November 2024 By: Trent Roebeck

The Ekulindeni Water Treatment Works refurbishment project, in the Chief Albert Luthuli local municipality, in Mpumalanga, will be completed by November 30 and will provide residents with access to... 


Engineering group completes two major bespoke projects for international mining client
15th November 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Mechanical and industrial engineering firm Duys Engineering Group has successfully completed two large projects on time for Dublin- and London-listed international mining concern Kenmare Resources,... 


An image showing the K.Hill battery-grade manganese project in Botswana
Progress continues to be made at Giyani’s demo plant commissioning
14th November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals, developer of the K.Hill battery-grade manganese project in Botswana, says the demo plant in Johannesburg, South Africa, is progressing efficiently through the... 


Gold Fields' Cerro Corona mine, in Peru
Gold Fields records quarterly output increases across portfolio
14th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed Gold Fields made notable operational improvements in the quarter ended September 30, resulting in a 12% quarter-on-quarter increase in output to 510 000 oz and a 3% quarter-on-quarter... 


Image off construction at Potsdam WWTW
R5.2bn Potsdam upgrade on track for completion in 2027 – City of Cape Town
12th November 2024 By: Irma Venter

Twenty months into the large-scale upgrade of the Potsdam wastewater treatment works (WWTW), the City of Cape Town (CoCT) says the R5.2-billion project is on track to be completed in 2027. The... 


Brasco Industrial Filtration: Leading the charge in dust filtration excellence
Brasco Industrial Filtration: Leading the charge in dust filtration excellence
12th November 2024

When a major South African-based board manufacturing company—operating across vast regions from Mpumalanga to the Eastern Cape—needed a robust dust extraction system for its new melamine faced... 


Goldplat reports £1.84m operating profit for the Sept quarter
12th November 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Goldplat’s two recovery operations in Ghana and South Africa achieved a combined operating profit of £1.84-million excluding listing and head office costs, finance cost and foreign... 


An image of ENGIE's Hazelwood project
Supportive regulatory environment advances BESS
8th November 2024 By: Nadine Ramdass

State-owned electricity utility Eskom, with the South African government, has made significant progress in supporting battery energy storage systems (BESS), which is pivotal in ensuring energy... 


An image of Eskom's Pongola BESS site in KwaZulu Natal
Eskom leads large-scale commercial BESS rollout
8th November 2024 By: Nadine Ramdass

State-owned electricity utility Eskom is leading the large-scale commercial rollout of battery energy storage system (BESS) technology in South Africa, aiming to demonstrate its feasibility and... 


Image of emerald gemstone
Gravelotte emerald mine, South Africa – update
8th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Gem Resources has reported that Phase 1 of the restart at the Gravelotte emerald mine has been under way for about six months. 


Location map of the Simberi mine
Simberi sulphides expansion, Papua New Guinea – update
8th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

St Barbara has announced plans to raise up to A$110-million to fast-track the expansion. 


Diamonds from Krone-Endora
Krone-Endora at Venetia project expansion, South Africa – update
8th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Diamcor Mining intends to complete a term loan financing to expedite efforts to support the processing of significantly higher volumes. 


C&I Solar + Storage Summit 2024 – Empowering the future of energy security
7th November 2024

The highly anticipated C&I Solar + Storage Summit 2024 is set to convene at The Maslow Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg from 19 – 20 November, bringing together visionaries, policymakers and industry... 


AngloGold's Iduapriem mine
AngloGold posts massive increase in quarterly earnings; proposed Ghana JV with Gold Fields still on hold
7th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Following gold miners Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti’s announcement last year that they intend to enter into a joint venture (JV) in Ghana, the companies have advised it has not yet received the... 


DRDGOLD's Ergo plant showing solar panels and batteries.
DRDGOLD’s Ergo solar plant receives formal Eskom grid connection certificate
7th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The large solar electricity plant at DRDGOLD’s Ergo gold tailings retreatment operation has received a formal grid connection certificate from Eskom, Ergo reported ahead of flying journalists over... 


An aerial view of the Arterial Industrial Estate in Cape Town
Growthpoint starts construction on second development phase at Cape Town industrial estate
6th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Real estate investment trust Growthpoint has started construction on the second development phase of its Arterial Industrial Estate, in Blackheath, Cape Town. Arterial Industrial Estate is on a 71... 


University of Johannesburg and Schneider Electric develop the blueprint for sustainable villages in Vhembe district
University of Johannesburg and Schneider Electric develop the blueprint for sustainable villages in Vhembe district
5th November 2024

Schneider Electric, the world’s most sustainable company and leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, is proud to form part of the University of Johannesburg’s UJ... 


Crates of Coca-Cola being loaded onto a truck
CCBA invests $50m in new bottling line in Namibia
5th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Beverages multinational Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has invested $50-million in a new bottling line in Namibia, which will produce 27 000 bottles an hour. The upgrade will increase the... 


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