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Next-generation pneumatic valves offer greater design flexibility
25th March 2025

The latest stage of AVENTICS series XV pneumatic valve systems features new flow rates, configurations, accessories, and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certifications, aimed at giving... 


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Cerebos signs 10-year lease expanding Coega SEZ operations
24th March 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has announced a significant milestone in the growth of the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) with the R17-million expansion by its long-standing inaugural... 


NTT DATA Launches Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies
24th March 2025

NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and technology services, today announced the launch of its Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies. This transformative suite of services... 


Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Dr Blade Nzimande
TIA names 2025 Cleantech Innovation Programme – South Africa winner
24th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Government incubation organisation the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) has selected AB Farms, led by entrepreneur Mogale Maleka, as the winner of the 2025 Global Cleantech Innovation Programme –... 


Final 800 MW Kusile Unit 6 added to electricity grid
24th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned power utility Eskom added the Kusile power station’s final unit – Unit 6 – to the national grid on Sunday afternoon, a key milestone in Eskom’s strategic objective of adding 2 500 MW of... 


Schneider Electric and Humana People to People formalise intent to collaborate on energy access and socio-economic development
Schneider Electric and Humana People to People formalise intent to collaborate on energy access and socio-economic development
24th March 2025

Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation, and Humana People to People,a network of 29 national NGOs working for the sustainable development of vulnerable communities... 


SIs - the channel’s conductors of light
SIs - the channel’s conductors of light
24th March 2025

By: Ben Seliers - Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric  There’s a reason the adage, strength in numbers still holds true today.  In business, we are only as good as... 


Kusile Power plant
South Africa adds 800 MW capacity unit to national grid
24th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s state electricity utility added an 800 MW unit at the Kusile Power Station to the national grid, amid ongoing efforts to boost generation and bring an end to scheduled outages. The... 


Marnus Koorts, General Manager Original Equipment at Weir
Weir’s Wear Reduction Technology cuts energy cots in pumping
24th March 2025

(Virtual Showroom) As part of Weir’s mission to support its customers’ sustainability efforts, Wear Reduction Technology (WRT®) upgrades have made both WARMAN® and ENVIROTECH® pumps more energy... 


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Mozambique Area 1 liquefied natural gas facility, Mozambique – update
21st March 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The board of the US Export-Import Bank has approved a nearly $5-billion loan for the long-delayed project, clearing a key hurdle to restarting construction. 


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Oakover manganese project, Australia – update
21st March 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Manganese developer Firebird Metals has been granted mining lease 52/1086 for its Oakover manganese project. 


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Virginia gas project, South Africa – update
21st March 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen announced the start of commercial sales of liquid helium on March 14. 


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Urea and diesel exhaust fluid production plant, Canada
21st March 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Farmer-owned consortium Genesis Fertilizers proposes to build a fertiliser plant with a urea melt capacity of 2 500 t/d.  


Precious Ramushu
Exxaro celebrates women in mining
21st March 2025

Precious Ramushu is a Blasting Technician at Leeuwpan Mine.  She started her career as a graduate intern, where she gained hands on experience in mining and blasting operations. She holds a BTech... 


Gift Nyambe, GM: Technical at Air Products, a manufacturer of atmospheric gases
Gift Nyambe
21st March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This week we profile Gift Nyambe, GM: Technical at Air Products, a manufacturer of atmospheric gases 


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Pumps supplier opens first branch in Steelpoort
21st March 2025 By: Tracy Hancock

As part of its strategic expansion plan, Johannesburg-based dewatering pump solutions provider Integrated Pump Technology has invested in a service centre in the mining town of Steelpoort, Limpopo.... 


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Pumps for automotive paints available locally
21st March 2025 By: Halima Frost

Fluid handling technology provider Monitor Pumps & Systems’ pumps are not only suited to water-related applications but also primers and paints specially developed for new vehicles, says GM Wim... 


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Pumps manufacturer targets hydrogen projects
21st March 2025 By: Halima Frost

As an increasing number of hydrogen projects are implemented globally, particularly in Namibia, South African pumps manufacturer KSB Pumps and Valves has developed some of its pumps to cater to the... 


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Mixed reaction to African oil, gas opportunities – GlobalData
21st March 2025 By: Lynne Davies

Investors are responding to opportunities in Africa’s oil and gas sector with optimism and caution, influenced by a variety of geopolitical and economic challenges across the continent, says data... 


MTN, Ghana ink AI, coding and digital skills agreement
21st March 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Telecommunications giant MTN Group and the government of Ghana have signed a landmark agreement that will equip young Ghanaians with artificial intelligence (AI), coding and digital skills. The... 


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Policy coherence seen as key to scaling up SA’s circular economy
21st March 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

With increasing pressure being placed on South Africa’s municipal dumps amid growing waste generation, promoting a circular economy could provide valuable solutions while potentially creating new... 


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Available local technology must be taken up fast to help reindustrialise South Africa
21st March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Strong public-private collaboration is needed to help South Africa to win back its top position in ferrochrome, ferromanganese, ferroalloys and even some other metals. The restart know-how is... 


Meta opens applications for Llama Impact Grant for startups, researchers in sub-Saharan Africa
20th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Social media and technology company Meta has announced the Llama Impact Grant for startups and researchers based in sub-Saharan Africa, which will support innovative projects that harness Meta's... 


Altron Digital Business cloud services head Natasha Bezuidenhout
Altron Digital Business and DigiCloud Africa to provide Google Cloud to help businesses innovate
20th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Enterprise IT services provider Altron Digital Business and cloud reseller DigiCloud have joined Google Cloud and will leverage it to help businesses in South Africa to innovate. Features that are... 


Ensuring a sustainable future: Pump innovations for wastewater treatment promote water security and sustainability
Ensuring a sustainable future: Pump innovations for wastewater treatment promote water security and sustainability
20th March 2025

Untreated wastewater significantly worsens global water scarcity, with around 80% released untreated, and just 8% treated in low-income countries. This leads to contamination, disease, declining... 


Ensuring a sustainable future: Pump innovations for wastewater treatment promote water security and sustainability
Ensuring a sustainable future: Pump innovations for wastewater treatment promote water security and sustainability
20th March 2025

Untreated wastewater significantly worsens global water scarcity, with around 80% released untreated, and just 8% treated in low-income countries. This leads to contamination, disease, declining... 


Nedbank CIB Markets Research Head Arnold van Graan.
PGM market adjusts to shifting supply and demand, Nedbank CIB reports
20th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Shifting investment priorities and geopolitical uncertainty continue to shape the outlook for commodities, with platinum group metals (PGMs) facing unique pressures, Nedbank CIB markets research... 


Research team leader Dr Yaseera Ismail
Stellenbosch researchers partner in record-breaking quantum communications link
20th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Stellenbosch University (SU) Physics Department researchers, working in collaboration with Chinese colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China, have successfully established the... 


UP Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology dean Wynand Steyn and Epiroc strategic director of university partnerships Angel Tobar
Epiroc, UP sign MoU to establish Epiroc Academic and Research Forum
20th March 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Mining equipment manufacturer Epiroc and the University of Pretoria (UP) – through its Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) – have signed a memorandum of... 


Globally rated metals & mining analyst and portfolio manager Shamim Mansoor.
Beneficiation: Govt, mining companies must get on with it – together, analyst urges
20th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Globally rated metals & mining analyst and portfolio manager Shamim Mansoor is urging government and mining companies to get on with it – together – to add value through downstream beneficiation to... 


SAIMC CEO Johan Maartens
Message queuing telemetry transport cited as a solution for data silos in mining
20th March 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

With data becoming increasingly important for mining operations, the need for a unified, integrated data architecture that eliminates data silos, as well as enhances efficiency, profitability and... 


Three Decades, One Perfect Harmony GH180
Three Decades, One Perfect Harmony GH180
20th March 2025

For the past 30 years, the Innomotics Perfect Harmony GH180 has stood strong as a leader in the medium voltage drive sector. We are delighted to start our celebration of #30YearsInPerfectHarmony.... 


Digital energy – getting the foundation right
Digital energy – getting the foundation right
20th March 2025

By: Paul Steyn - Business Development Manager, Power Systems at Schneider Electric Digital energy today refers to the integration of digital technologies into the energy sector to, in turn, enhance... 


Deep-sea miners are set to dig for critical minerals, even if rules aren't done
Deep-sea miners are set to dig for critical minerals, even if rules aren't done
20th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

As companies seek to extract critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies from the deep sea, a showdown is under way over when and whether to allow mining of... 


Codelco eyes Friedland’s Pulsed power to boost Chilean mine efficiencies
Codelco eyes Friedland’s Pulsed power to boost Chilean mine efficiencies
20th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

Codelco, the world’s biggest copper producer, is considering adopting technology being developed by Robert Friedland’s I-Pulse that uses electricity to shatter rocks. Maximo Pacheco, Codelco’s... 


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Policy coherence seen as key to scaling up SA’s circular economy
20th March 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

With increasing pressure being placed on South Africa’s municipal dumps amid growing waste generation, promoting a circular economy could provide valuable solutions while potentially creating new... 


Google sub-Saharan Africa MD Alex Okosi
Google launches first cloud region in Africa, to support AI-powered cloud use
19th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Internet and connectivity services company Google Cloud has launched its first cloud region for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, which will provide low-latency access for businesses of all sizes to... 


Gold assaying and refining conference in London.
South Africa’s Rand Refinery is world-leading gold market referee, LBMA highlights
19th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

With the gold price soaring sky-high, insight into the global gold assaying and refining standards that need to be upheld was intensively communicated this week at the conference of the London... 


Transport management is critical for efficient global supply chains
Transport management is critical for efficient global supply chains
19th March 2025

Transportation is a vital link in virtually all supply chains. How goods are moved and effective transport management play a critical role in the efficiency of global supply chains. Recognising... 


The ID.EVERY1 concept vehicle
VW shows concept version of the entry-level electric car it will roll out in 2027
19th March 2025 By: Irma Venter

Volkswagen has unveiled the concept look of a small, entry-level electric car it plans to roll out in Europe in 2027. This car should cost in the region of R400 000 in Europe. Pricing – should the... 


Gypsum stacks at the Phalaborwa project
Rainbow remains confident of REE demand, prospects for its operations
19th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Despite low pricing and the higher growth rates for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) than for full electric vehicles (EVs), London-listed rare earth elements (REEs) project developer... 


Gugulethu’s Salizwa Noji pursues Engineering Dream thanks to Engen bursary
Gugulethu’s Salizwa Noji pursues Engineering Dream thanks to Engen bursary
19th March 2025

Gugulethu’s Salizwa Noji, a standout learner from the Engen Maths and Science Schools (EMSS) programme at CPUT, is studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town this year after... 


Gaia Fund Managers CIO Dr Hendrik Snyman
Gaia acquires an interest in solar PV, wind plants
19th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Cape Town Stock Exchange-listed Gaia Renewables 1, has acquired an interest in three renewable-energy plants from the IDEAS Renewable Energy Fund, which is managed by African Infrastructure... 


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