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Eaton launches ARCON® 3G in South Africa
Eaton launches ARCON® 3G in South Africa
3rd June 2021

State of the art modular safety system guarantees highest degree of personnel and assembly protection, with a total arc mitigation time of less than 2 milliseconds. 


Rental and Independent Power for Africa
Rental and Independent Power for Africa
3rd June 2021

Jozi Power Limited rents out, operates and maintains a fleet of containerised 1MW and 2MW diesel generator sets to African mines and other large consumers for short to medium term periods.  


Tribunal approves merger involving OMAI, ACTOM Investment Holdings
28th May 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Competition Tribunal has unconditionally approved a merger involving Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI) and ACTOM Investment Holdings. OMAI will, through its subsidiary OMPE V GP,... 


JULIANO VARGAS Manufacturing has already grown to represent about one-quarter of yearly revenues
Group outlines positive ‘cascading effect’ of local manufacturing evolution
28th May 2021 By: Terence Creamer

Electrical products supplier Zest WEG aims to continue expanding its South African manufacturing footprint in an effort to improve its market competitiveness and respond to government’s growing... 


TIGHT FIT 
These enclosures are designed for maximum safety and the ordered arrangement and optimum protection of electrical components
Cabinets for use in multiple industries
28th May 2021

Electrical equipment and wire accessories company Legrand’s Atlantic stainless steel cabinets have been designed for safe use in corrosive conditions and in areas requiring a high level of hygiene.... 


Medupi power station project, South Africa – update
Medupi power station project, South Africa – update
28th May 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

SABC News has reported that South Africa’s Deputy President David Mabuza has confirmed that Eskom’s Medupi power station will be fully operational by the end of 2021. 


Redstone concentrated solar power plant, South Africa – update
Redstone concentrated solar power plant, South Africa – update
14th May 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

Construction has started after financial close was achieved on the R11.6-billion project. 


FARTHER-TEST
Being able to test from a distance or remotely has become a reality during Covid-19
Pumps acceptance testing achieved remotely
7th May 2021

Local pumps manufacturer KSB Pumps and Valves has launched an innovative online acceptance test procedure that no longer requires customers or their engineering teams to be present when acceptance... 


Image of Kusile power station
Kusile power plant project, South Africa – update
2nd April 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

Unit 3 has achieved commercial operation. 


DRC’s first social term sheet approved
19th March 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

A large mining company in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has – with assistance  from consultancy SRK Consulting Congo – become the first to have its Cahier de Charge, or social term sheet,... 


An Impactful Combination – Top Business Transformers join forces
18th March 2021 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South African consulting firm Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings (Pty) Ltd. (RSPH) has been appointed as an Authorised Partner of its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) offerings. “I am delighted to... 


Fitch raises metals, mining price assumptions in line with returning demand, low inventories
Fitch raises metals, mining price assumptions in line with returning demand, low inventories
26th February 2021 By: Donna Slater

Ratings agency Fitch Ratings has revised some of its metals and mining price assumptions in line with that it sees as commodity prices being set to benefit in the short term from returning demand,... 


Modular substation containing cast resin transformer and associated switchgear
Customised transformers for Mozambique liquified natural gas plant
12th February 2021

A number of specialised transformers have been designed for a liquified natural gas (LNG) plant being constructed in northern Mozambique. The custom-designed solution for the LNG mega-project,... 


DEPENDABLE POWER DISTRIBUTION
Key advantages of this power distribution system over conventional busbar systems include a simple design, quick installation and improved performance
Range provides dependable power distribution
12th February 2021

Electrical and digital building infrastructure provider Legrand’s range of Zucchini busbars includes the LB PLUS range of busbar trunking systems, designed for the distribution of power from 25 A... 


Kusile power plant project, South Africa – update
Kusile power plant project, South Africa – update
12th February 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

Unit 3 is on track for commercial operation by March 2021. 


Medupi power station project, South Africa – update
Medupi power station project, South Africa – update
12th February 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

Medupi Unit 1 is on track for commercial operation by July 2021. 


Specialised transformers from Trafo for LNG plant
4th February 2021 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Twenty custom-designed transformers are being prepared by dry-type transformer specialists Trafo Power Solutions for a liquified natural gas (LNG) plant being constructed in northern Mozambique.... 


Helping South African power grid brave thunderstorms
20th January 2021

Hitachi ABB Power Grids PEXLINK line surge arresters can safeguard transmis-sion lines from lightning strikes, ensuring ‘business as usual’ for everyone in the country 


Dry-type transformers ensure safety at LNG camp
15th January 2021 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Dry-type transformers supplied by specialist company Trafo Power Solutions are ensuring the safe and reliable operation of substations in a construction camp at a large liquified natural gas (LNG)... 



POWER TO PROJECTS
Trafo Power Solutions will supply Area 1 of the Mozambique liquid natural gas project with 25 specialised dry-type transformers for use in a processing plant
Local supplier helps power Mozambique gas project
15th January 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Electrical equipment supplier Trafo Power Solutions, together with its partner, Italy-based transformer manufacturer TMC, has been selected to supply a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off the... 


DAVID CLAASSEN
Dry-type transformer technology is safer and requires less maintenance
Partnership improves dry-type transformers access in Africa
20th November 2020 By: Darren Parker

Access to dry-type transformer technology has been boosted throughout Africa, following the partnership of South African transformer supplier Trafo Power Solutions with Italian transformer... 


Kusile power plant project, South Africa
Kusile power plant project, South Africa
6th November 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Unit 2 of Eskom's six-unit Kusile coal-fired power station has achieved full commercial operation status. 


The PFISTERER Universal GIS bypass solution housed within a transportable container
Universal GIS bypass solution for substations
23rd October 2020

A transportable universal cable system up to 132 kV has been developed for rapid use in the event of gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) failures in substations. PFISTERER developed and supplied the... 


Transnet Freight Rail 10-64 locomotives acquisition programme, South Africa – update
Transnet Freight Rail 10-64 locomotives acquisition programme, South Africa – update
16th October 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Bombardier Transportation has reported that it is continuing to execute the contract, despite there being an ongoing dispute resolution process. 


40 years on
9th October 2020 By: Terry Mackenzie-hoy

When I was 19, I fell in love with a girl who was studying at the University Cape Town (UCT). I was studying at the University of the Witwatersrand at the time and had just finished my second,... 


Kamoa-Kakula copper project, Democratic Republic of Congo – update
Kamoa-Kakula copper project, Democratic Republic of Congo – update
9th October 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Ivanhoe Mines is accelerating its Kamoa-Kakula expansion. 


The TRAXX AFRICA locomotives delivered to date have been deployed to support the export of manganese ore
Bombardier says Transnet contract ‘uninterrupted’ as 10-64 dispute resolution continues
7th October 2020 By: Terence Creamer

Bombardier Transportation, one of four companies to secure a contract to supply 1 064 electric and diesel  locomotives to Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) in 2015, reports that it is continuing to... 


Company enters wind energy space locally
2nd October 2020

As engineering solutions provider Zest WEG’s holding company, Brazil-based WEG, is already well-established in the wind energy sector in South America, Zest WEG is developing its own momentum in... 


Medupi power station project, South Africa – update
Medupi power station project, South Africa – update
2nd October 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Eskom has issued a no-obligation request for information to gain insight into what flue-gas desulphurisation technologies are currently available and to assess their potential suitability for... 


SF6 – once a saviour for the electricity industry, now a pariah
25th September 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

By Marcel Buckner, Power Distribution Business Development Manager, Africa, at Eaton Sometimes today’s hottest new product is tomorrow’s problem child, and this is true for sulphur hexafluoride... 


Kamoa-Kakula copper project, Democratic Republic of Congo
Kamoa-Kakula copper project, Democratic Republic of Congo
25th September 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Ivanhoe Mines is accelerating its Kamoa-Kakula expansion to prepare for an expected surge in copper demand that will outstrip supply. 


Kusile power plant project, South Africa
Kusile power plant project, South Africa
25th September 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Kusile's units 2 and 3 are due to enter commercial operation in the 2020 financial year. 


Aerial picture of Kakula's initial 3.8-million-tonne-a-year processing plant under construction.
Ivanhoe accelerates Kamoa-Kakula expansion to 7.6Mt/y
22nd September 2020 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-listed Ivanhoe Mines is accelerating its Kamoa-Kakula expansion in the Democratic Republic of Congo to prepare for an expected surge in copper demand that will outstrip supply. The... 


REDUCED RISK
H2scan’s Gen5 transformer-specific hydrogen analyser provides real-time DGA
System available for transformer monitoring
11th September 2020

Pretoria-based industrial technology and solutions provider RTS Africa Technologies (RTS) has recently announced the increased availability of its Gen5 System, developed specifically for... 


Seifsa joins forces with Leon Viljoen to support SMEs
9th September 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Industry organisation the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) has partnered with manufacturing industry veteran Leon Viljoen to provide support, guidance and... 


Redstone concentrated solar power plant, South Africa
Redstone concentrated solar power plant, South Africa
4th September 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

The Acwa Power SolarReserve Redstone Solar Thermal Power Plant consortium plans to build and operate a concentrated solar thermal power plant with associated infrastructure and services to generate... 


Alastair Campbell
Opinion: Can the private sector deliver government’s proposed infrastructure plan?
1st September 2020

In this opinion article, Vantage GreenX MD Alastair Campbell, who spent 25 years as an investment banker and who manages the R5-billion GreenX Debt Funds, says the renewables programme has proved... 


Amacon South Africa
Amacon South Africa
28th August 2020

Amacon South Africa (Pty) Ltd is a rebranding of iControl Consulting (Pty) Ltd providing quality professional engineering services, products, and innovative engineering solutions in the fields of... 


Zest Weg builds, equips custom e-house for Sasol
26th August 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Zest WEG is leveraging its range of capabilities and local manufacturing facilities to supply a complete low-voltage substation to Sasol’s Prillan plant in Sasolburg. The custom-designed solution... 


Water mist tech sparks industry interest
Water mist tech sparks industry interest
21st August 2020 By: Mc'Kyla Nortje

The use of water mist fire-suppression technologies has been increasing as more land-based applications have been identified and the benefits of such technologies are being realised by industry... 


Trafo Power Solutions' 400 V/22 kV step-up transformer designed for renewable energy applications
Transformers specifically designed for renewable energy plants
14th August 2020

An increasing demand for the use of dry-type transformers in renewable energy plants has been noted as a significant trend. Dry-type distribution transformers are seen as a more suitable... 


Seifsa says high court ruling in favour of the DTIC ‘gives hope’
6th August 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) has welcomed the High Court ruling in favour of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) in a procurement... 


SEIFSA welcomes high court ruling in favour of designation and localisation
6th August 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) has welcomed yesterday’s high court ruling in favour of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) in a... 


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