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Smart agriculture-as-a-service – securing tomorrow’s food supplies
Smart agriculture-as-a-service – securing tomorrow’s food supplies
9th April 2019

As the backbone of developing economies, agriculture not only serves to feed a nation but creates employment and, often, contributes significantly to the GDP. According to the Food and Agriculture... 


Vodacom, Samsung team up for OneNumber and first eSim wearable
29th March 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed Vodacom and technology giant Samsung have teamed up to launched a new service to allow customers to connect and link a number of devices and wearables to their primary account using the... 


Kenyan life insurer goes paperless with SilverBridge
Kenyan life insurer goes paperless with SilverBridge
26th March 2019

Liberty Life Assurance Kenya has contracted SilverBridge to develop a paperless application form that integrates with its existing policy administrative system. This streamlines not only the... 


SA companies edging closer to full cloud capability
SA companies edging closer to full cloud capability
25th March 2019

While there is little doubt over the hype attached to cloud computing and services, the reality is that South Africa businesses are embracing cloud, especially solutions that are being used to... 


Mandatory, compulsory programmes launched in response to systemic challenges facing govt departments
18th March 2019 By: Simone Liedtke

In direct response to the systemic challenges facing government departments, the National School of Government’s (NSG’s) mandatory and compulsory programmes were launched on Monday, in Pretoria.... 


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SMS group is working on several project opportunities spanning various market segments of the company
SMS group helping clients understand benefit of digitalisation
1st March 2019 By: Jessica Oosthuizen

The South African arm of Germany-based metallurgical plant and rolling-mill technology provider SMS has developed strategies for advancing digitalisation in the steel industry. It is assisting... 


SMS group supplies high-performance Compact Cold Mill to Marcegaglia
SMS group supplies high-performance Compact Cold Mill to Marcegaglia
14th February 2019

Digital assistance system improves yield Marcegaglia Ravenna S.p.A. has contracted SMS group 


Will guidelines on strike and lock-out balloting assist in curbing long and drawn-out or violent strikes?
Will guidelines on strike and lock-out balloting assist in curbing long and drawn-out or violent strikes?
24th January 2019

Our immediate answer is "it remains to be seen". This is simply because the guidelines are new and their implementation is yet to be tested. In particular, a question remains whether any trade... 


JFE Chita Works orders second premium threading machine from SMS group
JFE Chita Works orders second premium threading machine from SMS group
10th December 2018

High output of premium threads SMS group www.sms-group.com has received a new order from JFE Steel Corporation, Chita works, Chukyo Industrial Zone, Japan, for a premium threading machine. This new... 


JCH Platforms Raises The Bar In Access Rental
JCH Platforms Raises The Bar In Access Rental
6th December 2018

With 40 years in the lifting business, Johnson Crane Hire’s expansion last year into the access rental space has given customers a whole new range of access solutions, according to Ramona van... 


Mount Peake vanadium/titanium/iron project, Australia
Mount Peake vanadium/titanium/iron project, Australia
30th November 2018 By: Sheila Barradas

TNG has been granted mineral leases for its Mount Peake vanadium/titanium/iron project. 


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Gold Fields warns striking workers there will be no ‘sweetener’ deals
28th November 2018 By: Nadine James

JSE- and NYSE-listed Gold Fields says the settlement agreement offered to striking workers will expire at 17:00 on Friday, November 30, and warns that no further “sweetener deals” will be... 


Prometal Aciérie contracts SMS group to supply hot rolling mill to widen its production
20th November 2018 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Prometal Aciérie, Cameroon, Africa, has awarded SMS group the order to supply a new hot rolling mill for rebars, sections and wire rod. The new rolling mill will be designed for the production of... 


SMS group upgrades rolling mill of Daehan Sinpyeong with new quenching and HSD® lines
20th November 2018 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South-Korean Daehan Steel Co. Ltd. has placed an order with SMS group for a bar mill modernization. This new order further strengthens the longstanding cooperation between SMS group and Daehan... 


Hertwich to supply multi-chamber melting furnace to Hydro Extrusion Lichtervelde NV
20th November 2018 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Hertwich Engineering, a subsidiary of SMS group, has received an order from Hydro Extrusion Lichtervelde NV for the supply of an Ecomelt-PS200 multi-chamber melting furnace including a skimming... 


IMImobile SA joins Google’s Early Access Program for RCS Business Messaging in Africa
20th November 2018

IMImobile SA, part of IMImobile PLC - a leading global cloud communications software and solutions provider - has joined Google’s Early Access Program for RCS (Rich Communication Services) business... 


Altron’s NuPay mobile payment app simplifies business on the go
14th November 2018 By: Creamer Media Reporter

NuPay, a division of JSE-listed Altron, has launched NuPayGO, a cost-effective payment solution to accept real-time debit and credit card payments anywhere and anytime. “One of Altron’s social... 


TNG raises A$3.8m from shareholders
8th November 2018 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Strategic metals company TNG has raised A$3.8-million through a share purchase plan (SPP), with the funds to be used to progress development activities at the Mt Peake vanadium/titanium/iron... 


FEED studies planned at Mt Peake
2nd November 2018 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed TNG has appointed engineering group SMS to start front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the Mount Peake vanadium/titanium/iron project, in the Northern Territory. Under the... 


Mount Peake vanadium/titanium/iron project, Australia
Mount Peake vanadium/titanium/iron project, Australia
2nd November 2018 By: Sheila Barradas

DKSH has signed a binding term sheet with TNG to acquire all the titanium dioxide pigment produced at the Mount Peake vanadium/titanium/iron project. 


Solwara 1 seafloor copper/gold project, Papua New Guinea
Solwara 1 seafloor copper/gold project, Papua New Guinea
23rd February 2018 By: Sheila Barradas

Construction of Nautilus’s production support vessel has passed the 75% completion mark. 


Sophisticated modernization concept for the production of high-quality structural steel, boiler, tube and heavy-plate grades
Sophisticated modernization concept for the production of high-quality structural steel, boiler, tube and heavy-plate grades
30th October 2017

ArcelorMittal Asturias (Avilés) has contracted SMS group for tailor-made conversion of slab caster No. 2 ArcelorMittal Asturias, Avilés, Spain, has contracted SMS group www.sms-group.com for a... 


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Five mobile transformers delivered to Eskom’s Mkondeni unit can be used to replace existing equipment during scheduled maintenance
Five mobile transformers delivered to Mkondeni unit
19th May 2017

Five mobile transformers were delivered to State-owned power utility Eskom’s Mkondeni unit in KwaZulu-Natal in March.  The plan to purchase the five 132/88-22/11KV mobile transformers started in... 


CEO Magara’s COO role revives memories of New Denmark success
7th April 2017 By: Martin Creamer

During his days as COO of the New Denmark Colliery, Lonmin CEO Ben Magara recalls how former Anglo Coal CEO Tony Redman instructed him to do what it took to save New Denmark from closure in the... 


High productivity and product quality due to energy savings of up to 25 percent
High productivity and product quality due to energy savings of up to 25 percent
3rd February 2017

apt Hiller GmbH headquartered in Monheim, Germany, has meanwhile ordered already the fourth front-loading extrusion press from SMS group www.sms-group.com. The new extrusion press operates with an... 


The Battle for Cosatu
The Battle for Cosatu
31st January 2017

Central Executive Committee meeting, 30 March 2015 In what seemed a completely unreal way, the Central Executive Committee … spent time briefly discussing the Treasury’s plan for an Unemployment... 


Lower energy consumption, higher filter performance
Lower energy consumption, higher filter performance
12th December 2016

Sweden-based Uddeholm AB Hagfors, manufacturer of tool steel for industrial tools, has successfully commissioned phase one of the modernization of the EAF fume treatment plant with latest filter... 


Bulgarian manufacturer of aluminum products orders modern cold rolling mill from SMS group
Bulgarian manufacturer of aluminum products orders modern cold rolling mill from SMS group
19th October 2016

Bulgarian aluminum product manufacturer Alcomet AD, located in Shumen, has awarded SMS group www.sms-group.com the order to supply a flexible, modern cold rolling mill for the production of a wide... 


Vodacom, DoH deploy real-time medicine availability monitoring app
14th July 2016 By: Natasha Odendaal

Telecommunications giant Vodacom and South Africa’s Department of Health (DoH) have spent the last few months deploying a mobile-based real-time system that monitors the availability of medicines... 


Safaricom uses Nokia Customer Experience Management on Demand to differentiate its services in Kenya
14th July 2016

Uses CEM on Demand to understand and improve the daily network experience of each Safaricom customer Prioritises network investments based on customer experience insights including cell/MSISDN... 


Lech-Stahlwerke GmbH places order with SMS group for expansion of bar mill 2
Lech-Stahlwerke GmbH places order with SMS group for expansion of bar mill 2
14th July 2016

The expansion of bar mill 2 of Lech-Stahlwerke GmbH at the Meitingen site will be completed by SMS group (www.sms-group.com) in the fall of 2017 when the mill will go into production. The scope of... 


A new development for flexible heat treatment of heavy plates
A new development for flexible heat treatment of heavy plates
12th July 2016

World’s first MultiFlex-Quench® successfully commissioned by SMS group at Acroni in Slovenia On June 30th, 2016, the MultiFlex-Quench® newly developed by SMS group (www.sms-group.com) has... 


DA intensifies its campaign with mobile messaging
DA intensifies its campaign with mobile messaging
24th May 2016 By: Sane Dhlamini

Opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced the use of mobile messaging in during its election campaign to interact with voters and campaigners and to secure its IT infrastructure... 


Nautilus shrugs off activists’ critique as ‘unscientific’
Nautilus shrugs off activists’ critique as ‘unscientific’
2nd October 2015 By: Henry Lazenby

Deep sea mining pioneer Nautilus Minerals is making light of an environmentalist attack on its flagship Solwara 1 copper/gold/zinc/silver project, in the Bismarck sea, earlier this week,... 


Solwara 1 seafloor copper/gold project, Papua New Guinea
Solwara 1 seafloor copper/gold project, Papua New Guinea
2nd October 2015 By: Sheila Barradas

Steel cutting for Nautilus Minerals' production support vessel has started. 


While first steel gets cut for Nautilus’s support vessel, critics ramp up opposition
29th September 2015 By: Henry Lazenby

Steel cutting for deep-sea mining pioneer Nautilus Minerals’ production support vessel started last week while environmentalists ramped up protests against the project, citing flawed environmental... 


SMS group to supply turn-key production facility for large-diameter pipes to Al Gharbia Pipe Company
SMS group to supply turn-key production facility for large-diameter pipes to Al Gharbia Pipe Company
13th August 2015

Al Gharbia Pipe Company has awarded the consortium of Larsen & Toubro Limited and SMS group (www.sms-group.com) as the EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) contractor with the supply of a... 


Pieter Bezuidenhout
Pieter Bezuidenhout
12th September 2014 By: Ilan Solomons

Main Activity of the Company: Engineering, manufacture and supply of processing technology, plant, equipment, components, spare parts and technical services for the steel, ferroalloys and... 


Solwara 1 seafloor copper/gold project, Papua New Guinea
Solwara 1 seafloor copper/gold project, Papua New Guinea
16th May 2014

Government has paid $113-million into escrow, representing the balance of the State’s 15% share of capital required to complete the Solwara 1 offshore project up to first production. 


11/10/2013 (On-The-Air)
11/10/2013 (On-The-Air)
11th October 2013 By: Martin Creamer

The Cabinet this week gave firm approval for the production of shale gas in the Karoo. This week saw another important step towards the production of valuable natural gas off the seabed of Cape... 


Company Annoucements:Strike-resistant business: why prevention is better than cure
10th October 2013 By: Creamer Media Reporter

With the South African ‘strike season’ at its end for some industries, turning the focus on what can be done in terms of risk mitigation during labour strikes is a matter of focusing on prevention... 


Union accuses SAB of bribery
Union accuses SAB of bribery
8th October 2013 By: Sapa

Fawu accused South African Breweries (SAB) on Monday of using underhand tactics to end an ongoing strike. "Fawu is in possession of sms's sent to workers by management to lure them into abandoning... 


Company Annoucements:SeAH Steel puts JCO® pipe forming press from SMS Meer into operation
2nd October 2013 By: Creamer Media Reporter

In Pohang, South Korean tube manufacturer SeAH Steel Corporation has taken a JCO® pipe forming press from SMS Meer, Germany, into service. Commissioning of the forming press only took two and a... 


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