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Closing the loop with new service, repair centre
24th January 2025

As part of its strategy to "close the loop" in its service offering, drive and control technologies specialist SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa has broken ground on a new 17 000 m2 Service and Repair... 


Condra clinches order to supply three cranes for Namakwa Sands project
24th January 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Crane manufacturer Condra Cranes has secured an order from Tronox Mineral Sands for three cranes for the Namakwa Sands East orange feldspathic sand (OFS) project, in Brand-se-Baai, 385 km north of... 


Metal fatigue
24th January 2025 By: Riaan de Lange

“I can’t believe the news today (January 06); oh, I can’t close my eyes and make it go away. How long, how long must we sing this song? How long? How long?”  – to borrow the opening lyrics of Irish... 


China’s MG makes SA debut
24th January 2025 By: Irma Venter

MG has returned to the South African market after exiting the country in 2016. The former British brand belongs to Shanghai giant SAIC Motor, which acquired it in 2007. 


Picup to start rolling out electric vehicles this year
24th January 2025 By: Irma Venter

Picup Technologies has started providing electric mobility solutions to its driver network, all of whom are independent contractors, for deliveries within a five-kilometre radius in selected urban... 


WearCheck laboratory technicians Precious Mabaso (left) and  Ntiyiso Masia are seen processing transformer oil samples in the company’s Johannesburg transformer laboratory.
New technologies, techniques on display
24th January 2025

Scientific oil analysis, transformer oil analysis, reliability services, and water testing and analysis are some of the condition monitoring techniques that will be displayed by specialist... 


Advanced Fire Global
Delivering proven safety solutions for Africa’s mining industry
24th January 2025

Africa’s largest integrated fire suppression and combined site service provider, Advanced Fire Global is poised for an exciting year of large-scale projects across Africa in 2025.  The company’s... 


JA Engineering,
JA Engineering: Pioneering mining excellence for nearly 40 years
24th January 2025

Welcome to the world of JA Engineering, where innovation meets excellence. Founded in 1987, JA Engineering (JAE) has been a trailblazer in the mining equipment industry for nearly four decades.... 


Pilot Crushtec
Pilot Crushtec
24th January 2025

With over three decades of experience in the crushing, screening and materials handling industry, Pilot Crushtec International is not only an approved distributor of world class leading brands such... 


Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions
24th January 2025

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is a global leader in equipment, tools and services for the underground and surface mining sectors. With an extensive portfolio, the company provides advanced... 


SEW-EURODRIVE invests R384m in Africa’s largest gearbox service hub
SEW-EURODRIVE invests R384m in Africa’s largest gearbox service hub
24th January 2025

SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa is advancing its strategy to “close the loop” in drive and control technologies with the development of a new 17 000 m² service and repair centre. Located next to its... 


FLS powers sustainable mining with MissionZero innovations
FLS powers sustainable mining with MissionZero innovations
24th January 2025

Flowsheet technology and service provider FLS’s MissionZero strategy drives innovation to enhance mining sustainability by reducing emissions, energy use and water consumption while boosting... 


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Lanseria International Airport expansion, South Africa
24th January 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Turn-key general aviation business Absolute Aviation, the authorised representative for Cessna, Beechcraft and Pipistrel in Southern and Central Africa, announced a major expansion at Lanseria... 


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Eskay Creek gold/silver project, Canada – update
24th January 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Precious metals developer Skeena Resources has collected $45-million of gold stream funding under its gold stream arrangement. 


Image of copper sheets
Florence Copper in situ copper recovery facility, US – update
24th January 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project has surpassed the halfway mark. 


Location map of the Waterberg project
Waterberg project, South Africa – update
24th January 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Platinum Group Metals is in discussions with several South African smelter operators, including Impala Platinum, to negotiate formal metal concentrate offtake arrangements for the project. 


Microsoft Africa president Lillian Barnard
Microsoft demonstrates AI language models, emphasises benefits of its use in Africa
23rd January 2025 By: Schalk Burger

IT software firm Microsoft Developer Community VP Scott Hanselman demonstrated the use of an AI language model on a cellphone and on a laptop at the Microsoft AI Tour, in Sandton, on January 23.... 


Haib copper project in Namibia
Koryx to roll out C$20m technical programme at Haib this year
23rd January 2025 By: Darren Parker

TSX-listed Koryx Copper has confirmed that a large-scale C$20-million technical programme is to be completed at its Haib copper project, in Namibia, during the course of this year. This 2025... 


The symbiotic relationship between OEMs and SIs that is key to IT project delivery
The symbiotic relationship between OEMs and SIs that is key to IT project delivery
23rd January 2025

By: Ben Selier - VP of Secure Power for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric While businesses tend to turn directly to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) or vendors when embarking on IT... 


ISF SFP: Fire and Security Integrators
ISF SFP: Fire and Security Integrators
23rd January 2025

Security and fire systems integrator ISF SFP (Pty Ltd) delivers comprehensive solutions in electronic access control, fire detection, fire protection and CCTV video management systems. As a systems... 


Pindulo Namibia
Pindulo Namibia
23rd January 2025

End-to-end logistics solutions provider Pindulo offers innovative, client-centric services through import, export, road, warehousing, stock management and stevedoring solutions.  A cornerstone of... 


PwC Africa CEO Dion Shango
More optimistic CEOs drive tech adoption, employment globally
22nd January 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Nearly 60% of CEOs expect global growth to increase over the next 12 months, which indicates a more positive outlook compared with 38% of CEOs having expected growth this time last year, and 18% of... 


Survey indicates insufficient infrastructure projects, calls for collaboration
22nd January 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

According to the latest Graduate Professional Index (GPI) released by the Professional Provident Society (PPS), South Africa’s built environment and infrastructure sector is at a critical... 


Steel manufacturing in South Africa
Steel mogul Mittal, South African ministers meet on mill closures
22nd January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Indian steelmaking tycoon Lakshmi Mittal met with South African ministers in Davos this week as the country seeks to head off the planned closure of steel mills that are crucial to the local... 


Workers injured after methane ignites at Polish mine
22nd January 2025 By: Reuters

Polish paramedics treated 16 injured coal miners on Wednesday after methane ignited in a mine in southern Poland, the ambulance service said. Operator JSW said the gas had ignited in the... 


Seifsa president Elias Monage
SOEs remain a vital driver of industrialisation despite recent failures – Seifsa
22nd January 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Despite State-owned enterprises (SOEs) having come under great scrutiny in the last decade, they still have a critical industrialisation role to play. “Demand from SOEs still presents a massive... 


JRA confronts vandalised traffic signals, frequent power outages
22nd January 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) says it continues to address road safety concerns and respond to emergencies affecting traffic signals across the City of Johannesburg, despite significant... 


Cape Town International Airport saw a record number of international passengers in 2024
21st January 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Cape Town Air Access, a public-private initiative headed by Western Cape trade, tourism and investment promotion agency Wesgro, has announced that Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) chalked up... 


Inaugural Gauteng Innovation Showcase set for March
21st January 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Presented by the Innovation Hub, the inaugural Gauteng Innovation Showcase is set to take place on March 18 in Lynnwood, Pretoria. Under the theme ‘Igniting innovation for Sustainable Growth in... 


WearCheck Water first with official AdBlue®/ DEF analysis accreditation
WearCheck Water first with official AdBlue®/ DEF analysis accreditation
21st January 2025

( Virtual Showroom )WearCheck Water - one of the condition monitoring specialist company’s divisions - recently became the first  laboratory in Africa to be officially ISO17025 accredited to test... 


Woman using a cellphone
Nigeria's telecoms regulator agrees to tariff hike by operators
21st January 2025 By: Reuters

Nigeria's telecoms regulator will approve a 50% increase in current tariffs following a request from telecommunications operators, in line with rising costs in Africa's most populous nation, it... 


AMSA CEO Kobus Verster
Steel cuts threaten South Africa’s $257bn building drive
21st January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Billionaire-backed ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA's) plans to shut down a century-old steel mill in South Africa are holding President Cyril Ramaphosa’s dream of fostering a $257-billion... 


Transport Minister Barbara Creecy
Driver behaviour, vehicle testing in the spotlight as festive season road stats are released
20th January 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has revealed that preliminary data shows a 5.3% year-on-year increase in road-related fatalities and a 4.2% year-on-year increase in road crashes that involved... 


Reko Diq
Barrick to expand Capital’s service offering at Reko Diq
20th January 2025 By: Darren Parker

London-listed mining services company Capital has received a letter of intent from gold mining company Barrick Gold Corporation, the operator and 50% owner of the Reko Diq copper/gold project, in... 


Image of a dewatering solution from IPR
Rapid response dewatering services extended across Southern Africa
20th January 2025

Efficient dewatering solutions are essential to help minimise disruptions and ensure operational continuity and productivity, especially in mining operations across Southern Africa challenged by... 


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Flexible, filterless ballast water treatment
20th January 2025

A containerised ballast water treatment system (BWTS) is said to represent a major advancement in maritime technology. The launch of the InTankFITT container was announced by BWTS manufacturer and... 


Rescuers and police at the Stilfontein mine
South African police launch manhunt for gang leader of illegal mine
20th January 2025 By: Reuters

South African police have launched a manhunt for a Lesotho gang member believed to have controlled operations at an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were recovered last week during a police siege,... 


South African police launch manhunt for gang leader of illegal mine
South African police launch manhunt for gang leader of illegal mine
20th January 2025 By: Reuters

South African police have launched a manhunt for a Lesotho gang member believed to have controlled operations at an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were recovered last week during a police siege,... 


Johnson Camp's leach pad overflow pond
US grants $13.9m tax credit to Gunnison’s Nuton-funded Arizona copper mine
20th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US-based copper developer Gunnison Copper has announced that its Johnson Camp mine, in Arizona, has been selected to receive $13.9-million in tax credits to expand production of ‘Made in America’... 


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Partnership between govt, business unblocking impediments to inclusive growth – Ramaphosa
20th January 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

President Cyril Ramaphosa noted on Monday that government has reaffirmed its commitment to working with all social partners in pursuit of inclusive growth that benefits all South Africans and... 


Michelin appoints Vitor Silva president for Africa, India and Middle East
17th January 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Tyre manufacturer Michelin has appointed Vitor Silva as president of the Africa, India and Middle East (AIM) region. He will be based out of Pune, India. He has held several key leadership roles in... 


Ferrochrome smelting at the Lion operation.
Ferrochrome production again only marginally up, Merafe’s latest report shows
17th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The attributable ferrochrome production from the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture for the fourth quarter was 70 000 t, resulting in a marginal increase of approximately 0.3% in production for the... 


Image of Atlas Copco’s TwinPower generators housed in a single container
Two-in-one generator solution
17th January 2025

A mobile power generation solution housing two generators side-by-side in a standard 20-foot container is designed to provide flexible prime and critical standby power. The QAC1100 TwinPower... 


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At John Ratcliffe, we are aftermarket specialists for heavy-duty on and off-road vehicles. We engineer and retrofit advanced safety systems, engine...

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