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Transnet Port Terminals, Liebherr sign 10 yr port equipment partnership
19th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has entered into a ten-year partnership agreement with mining and materials handling equipment company Liebherr to modernise and improve the efficiency of... 


Breathalyser iBlow10 Pro
Alcohol Breathalysers (Pty) Ltd
19th September 2025

Digital breathalyser supplier Alcohol Breathalysers was established in 2004 with the aim to make available reliable, affordable and accurate digital breathalysers to ensure that all businesses and... 


Dignitaries at the launch of the new RTGs, including Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Transnet CEO Michelle Phillips (second and third from right respectively)
First new rubber-tyred gantry cranes introduced at Cape Town Container Terminal
17th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The first nine of 28 new rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) have been introduced at the Cape Town Container Terminal as part of a R3.4-billion investment programme at the facility by Transnet Port... 



Stats SA industry statistics director Nicolai Claassen
South Africa’s manufacturing production declines 0.7% in July
11th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has reported that manufacturing production decreased by 0.7% year-on-year in July. Stats SA industry statistics director Nicolai Claassen notes that seven of the... 


Vehicle manufacturing
South Africa's GDP grew 0.8% in the second quarter
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South Africa’s GDP increased by 0.8% in the second quarter, following an increase of 0.1% in the first quarter of the year, Statistics South Africa has reported. The manufacturing industry... 


Mathe Group's Minenhle Mkhize and Dr Mehran Zarrebini inspect de-beaded steel wire taken from the side wall of a truck tyre
Mathe Group to export steel recovered from waste tyres to India, South Korea
8th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Radial truck tyre recycling company Mathe Group has commissioned new equipment, including a new clean steel mill with an automated packaging line and several de-beading machines, to extract... 


Time to burn rubber on tyre recycling
8th September 2025

Vast tailings dams, giant-tyre burial grounds and leaky water stewardship will all be regulated out of mining’s future. Tyre Stewardship Australia’s Lina Goodman thinks one part of that future... 


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ArcelorMittal South Africa must be nationalised, Saftu says
8th September 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s government must “re-nationalise” ArcelorMittal South Africa to avert job losses and rebuild the country’s beleaguered manufacturing industry, according to a leader of a body that... 


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Tyre solution gains traction in Zim mines
5th September 2025 By: Lynne Davies

The growing problem of sending big volumes of waste to landfill and general waste issues associated with used tyres is intended to be addressed through tyre filling solutions provider Carlisle... 


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Naacam CEO on key priorities for preserving ‘critical source of industrial capacity’
5th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

The global automotive market is facing a shift as profound as the day the first mass-produced vehicle drove off the assembly line. From horse-and-carriage versus car, the conflict has now, more... 


NAACAM CEO Renai Moothilal
NAACAM CEO on key priorities for preserving ‘critical source of industrial capacity’
5th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

The global automotive market is facing a shift as profound as the day the first mass-produced vehicle drove off the assembly line. From horse-and-carriage versus car, the conflict has now, more... 


BCG project leader Lindokuhle Shongwe.
Unleash Africa's energy, critical minerals to uplift continent, Boston Consulting exhorts
4th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

With the world's energy transition accelerating and nations scrambling to secure resilient supply chains, Africa has what the world needs. In fact, the continent is seen to be in pole position to... 


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Inefficiencies cost fruit export industry R1bn
29th August 2025

Delays and logistical bottlenecks at the Cape Town port, in the Western Cape, cost South Africa’s apple and pear export industry an estimated R1-billion in 2024, according to supply chain solutions... 


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.... 


SAVA and SAPPMA joint industry conference strengthens collaboration and showcases innovation
SAVA and SAPPMA joint industry conference strengthens collaboration and showcases innovation
22nd August 2025

The Southern African Vinyls Association (SAVA) and the Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of their joint industry... 


a large underground machine with a cross section of its tyre showing the yellow TyrFil compound in it
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... 


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Port of Maputo expansion project, Mozambique
22nd August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The Maputo Port Development Company plans to expand the container terminal’s capacity to one-million twenty-foot equivalent units. 


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Yaouré mine, Côte d'Ivoire
15th August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A gold mine in central Côte d’Ivoire. 


Coltan mining in the DRC
Inside the mine that feeds the tech world - and funds Congo’s rebels
13th August 2025 By: Reuters

Under the watchful eye of M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of Rubaya, a line of men in rubber boots ferry sacks full of crushed rocks up winding paths cut into the slopes. The... 


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Company outlines strategies for safe, efficient transport
8th August 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Ensuring that a chemical fleet is tailored for compliance by maintaining stringent International Organisation for Standardisation- (ISO-) and Chemical Allied Industries Association- (CAIA-)... 


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Invincible Valves - Women in Mining
8th August 2025

Originally trained in financial accounting and IT systems, Invincible Valves MD and CEO Pam du Plessis’s career path seemed unlikely to land her in heavy industry. She began as a contractor... 


Valves in use on a mine site
Collaborative approach, valve innovation improving performance
1st August 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

As mining operations extend into harsher and more remote environments in their search for new mineral discoveries, the role of high-performance, durable and locally made valves is becoming more... 


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Smarter valve design cuts downtime, reduces costs
1st August 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

Smarter design and better materials used to manufacture valves used in mining applications can make a significant difference in not only plant performance but also in overall mine operating costs... 


WearCheck Technical Bulletin: CRUDE AWAKENING Part  2
WearCheck Technical Bulletin: CRUDE AWAKENING Part 2
31st July 2025

By: Rivendren Wayne Moodley – diagnostician, WearCheck (Virtual Showroom) In a world constantly in motion, where ambition shapes empires and innovation fuels the future, there exists a silent... 


Top ten finalists selected for 2025 FNF GreenPitch Challenge
30th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The top ten finalists for the 2025 FNF GreenPitch Challenge have been selected from more than 200 entries representing various green economy investment opportunity sectors, including the circular... 


Invincible Valves offers service excellence and flexibility,  enhancing customers’ bottom line
Invincible Valves offers service excellence and flexibility, enhancing customers’ bottom line
29th July 2025

(Virtual Showroom) Invincible Valves was established in 1982 and has since grown into a medium-sized enterprise located in Knights, Germiston. Invincible Valves prides itself on service excellence... 


Mathe Group CEO and Tyre Recycling Industry Association of South Africa founder Dr Mehran Zarrebini
Tyre recycler Mathe Group says devulcanisation can enhance circularity, product value
28th July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

KwaZulu-Natal-based tyre recycling company Mathe Group says the introduction of an operational large-scale devulcanisation plant could open up new markets for recycled rubber in manufacturing and... 


TPT reports above-target performance at Cape Town Container Terminal
28th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT) has recorded a historic performance by performing 62% above target for the week ended July 20, with 19 931 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled... 


FLS completes major upgrade of Delmas polyurethane facility
FLS completes major upgrade of Delmas polyurethane facility
28th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Full flowsheet minerals processing supplier FLS has completed a significant upgrade to its polyurethane manufacturing facility in Delmas, Mpumalanga, to position the site as a key global hub for... 


TPT says more citrus arriving at ports by rail
23rd July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) said there has been an increased volume of citrus fruits arriving at ports via rail, as the citrus season reaches its halfway mark. The Durban Container... 


Brad Shepherd, Director Service Line – Screen and Feeder Consumables at FLS
FLS expands Delmas facility to support NexGen polyurethane innovation
21st July 2025

FLS has completed a significant upgrade to its polyurethane manufacturing facility in Delmas, Mpumalanga, positioning the site as a key global hub for the production of its advanced NexGen wear... 


FLS worker in Delmas plant
FLS completes major upgrade of Delmas polyurethane facility
18th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Full flowsheet minerals processing supplier FLS has completed a significant upgrade to its polyurethane manufacturing facility in Delmas, Mpumalanga, to position the site as a key global hub for... 


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A multi-tool on tracks, built for site work – powered by John Deere
17th July 2025

African construction, mining and municipal operations contend with unforgiving terrain and budget constraints. Compact machines need more than muscle—they must be flexible, efficient, and built to... 


Multotec leverages custom wear solutions and global technical expertise to maximise uptime for Brazilian lithium producer
14th July 2025

A leading Brazilian lithium producer has turned to Multotec Brazil for a durable, sustainable wear-lining solution, after being faced with relentless abrasion on its rubber-lined chutes, leading to... 


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Firm outlines new controller features
11th July 2025

New compressor control system CCS-3200 is a significant piece of equipment for managing and optimising the operation of screw and reciprocating air compressors, highlights compressed air equipment... 


Stats SA industry statistics director Nicolai Claassen
Manufacturing production increased by 0.5% y/y in May – Stats SA
10th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

After six consecutive months of year-on-year declines, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has reported that manufacturing output turned positive in May, increasing by 0.5% year-on-year. Stats SA... 


Image of the Alpha Drive range of VSDs from Varispeed
New range of variable-speed drives helps optimise industrial processes
10th July 2025

A range of variable-speed drives (VSDs) will be launched at the 2025 Kwa Zulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition (KITE), to be held in Durban from 22 to 24 July. Electronic motor control... 


Transnet Engineering sets R1bn turnover goal for burgeoning maritime division
4th July 2025 By: Irma Venter

Transnet operating division Transnet Engineering (TE) aims for its relatively new maritime business to reach R1-billion in turnover in the next eight to ten years, says TE manufacturing and ports... 


South Africa’s Manufacturing Sector: Driving Growth Through Key Industries
South Africa’s Manufacturing Sector: Driving Growth Through Key Industries
1st July 2025

South Africa’s manufacturing sector remains a cornerstone of the nation’s economic growth and industrialisation ambitions, contributing approximately 13 % to GDP and employing over 1.6 million... 


Labour Party interim president Joseph Mathunjwa
Mbeki, Biko, Luthuli Foundations intervene in Labour Party’s court case to stop National Dialogue
27th June 2025 By: Sashnee Moodley

The Labour Party said on Friday that it has received notice from the lawyers representing the Thabo Mbeki Foundation, the Steve Biko Foundation and the Chief Albert Luthuli Foundation of their... 


Goodyear plant closure comes on the back of “massive pressure” build-up – NMB Business Chamber
27th June 2025 By: Irma Venter

Goodyear South Africa (SA) has initiated a Section 189A process, related to a restructuring process that includes the tyre manufacturer’s operations in Kariega. The Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB)... 


Goodyear plant closure comes on the back of 'massive pressure' build-up  – NMB Business Chamber  
Goodyear plant closure comes on the back of 'massive pressure' build-up  – NMB Business Chamber  
13th June 2025 By: Irma Venter

The Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Business Chamber says it is deeply saddened at the proposed closure of the Goodyear tyre plant in Kariega. CEO Denise van Huyssteen says a section189A process has been... 


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Holistic mixing strategies required for road, bridge durability
13th June 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The need for asphalt manufacturers to ensure high-quality asphalt mix production, adhere to performance-based specifications, and incorporate sustainable practices to minimise environmental impacts... 


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