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McDonald's SA seeks to build, scalable adaptable restaurants in future 
By: Tracy Hancock 23rd July 2015 McDonald’s South Africa CEO Greg Solomon says the company wants to use a “go-to-market” concept with regard to the construction of its future restaurants, producing scalable, adaptable buildings, “like a Meccano set”, adding modules as needed. “This is a huge trend for us,” he noted when hosting... →
South Africa’s new JSE-backed oil, gas code globally aligned
By: Martin Creamer 22nd July 2015 The recently published South African Code for the Reporting of Oil and Gas (Samog) is fully aligned to the oil and gas reporting standards used globally. South African Oil and Gas Committee chairperson Andy Clay and Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) GM corporate finance Annalie de Bruyn, who... →
Volvo Car’s new XC90 first salvo in four-year product assault
By: Irma Venter 22nd July 2015 Volvo Car South Africa (VCSA) will launch ten new models over the next four years, says newly appointed MD Greg Maruszewski. Four years from now, the new XC90, available in South Africa in August, “will be the oldest car in our showroom”, he adds. →
Low iron-ore price killing jobs at Kumba
By: Martin Creamer 21st July 2015 South African iron-ore major Kumba Iron Ore has taken the knife to 1 772 jobs as low iron-ore prices cut a swathe through the industry. Out of a previous complement of 572, only 221 permanent and fixed-term employees remained at head office, with the 351 head office jobs cut by the Anglo American... →
Planning, cost containment emerge as PICC's top infrastructure priorities 
By: Terence Creamer 20th July 2015 Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel reports that improved capital project planning and cost containment have emerged as two leading priorities for the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC), which is overseeing government’s R4-trillion National Infrastructure Plan.... →
Signal-processing technique set for commercial testing
By: Mia Breytenbach 17th July 2015 Having developed a new signal-processing technique for the vibration monitoring and testing of turbomachinery, the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Centre for Asset Integrity Management (C-AIM) research facility aims to create industry partnerships to develop this technique to maturity and... →
User-pay infrastructure funding critical in light of on-budget resource constraint – Radebe
By: Terence Creamer 16th July 2015 Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe has defended the user-pay principle as one of the mechanisms to finance critical infrastructure projects, warning that “on-budget” resources are limited and that “off-budget” solutions, such as public-private partnerships (PPPs), would need to be pursued to... →
Transnet says take-or-pay contracts offer volume ‘cover’ in weak commodity climate
By: Terence Creamer 14th July 2015 State-owned freight logistics group Transnet is budgeting for continued growth in coal and iron-ore export volumes in 2015/16, despite weak commodity market conditions. The group railed 76.3-million tons of export coal last year, a material 12% increase on the 68.2-million tons achieved in... →
South African steel industry faces global oversupply
By: Bruce Montiea 10th July 2015 The South African steel industry is under severe stress, an ongoing issue exemplified by steel and vanadium slag producer Evraz Highveld Steel & Vanadium filing for business rescue in April and integrated steel company ArcelorMittal South Africa reducing production capacity at some of its mills... →
Inland terminal rapid rail master plans urged for new coal basins
By: Martin Creamer 8th July 2015 A new logistical concept involving the overland conveying of coal to inland terminals for processing prior to rapid railing to ocean terminals is being proposed for new coal basins, to boost efficiencies, cut costs, ensure economically feasible junior-miner participation and bring bulk-commodity... →
Bakwena rehabilitates Zeerust road
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 2nd July 2015 Special-purpose vehicle Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire on Thursday said work on the entire road between Zeerust through to Groot Marico was progressing well. The project, which kicked off in April, would see the rehabilitation of the nearly 40 km road at an estimated cost of about... →
Oliphant lobbies business to embrace centralised wage bargaining
By: Natalie Greve 2nd July 2015 Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant continues to back the centralised wage bargaining model as the most suitable mechanism through which the country’s fractious labour relations contentions can be deliberated and solved, appealing to business on Thursday to adopt a collective, unified approach when... →
Rejected mine water plan deprived 7 000 of jobs – Robinson
By: Martin Creamer 2nd July 2015 The rejection of a still-workable mine water and slimes dam plan at the stricken Grootvlei gold mine on Gauteng’s East Rand deprived 7 000 squatter camp dwellers of employment and set the mine on its downward trajectory, which has arguably ended up as the harshest aspect of the Aurora liquidation... →
Shipping container shopping centre opens in Melville
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 1st July 2015 Property management company Citiq on Wednesday launched its R30-million mall-meets-market shopping centre, 27Boxes. The centre, located in Third avenue, in Melville, was built using 102 shipping containers. It hosted about 80 stores selling clothing, décor and art, as well as restaurants and... →
Mine mechanisation linked to local equipment retains jobs – Jourdan
By: Martin Creamer 30th June 2015 Resource development strategist Dr Paul Jourdan this week called for the local manufacture of mechanised mining equipment to neutralise job losses during the switch to machines. The former Mintek president says that even though mechanisation “massively” increases the quality of work in mines and... →
Urgent govt, business cooperation needed to end South Africa’s crisis – Turok
By: Martin Creamer 29th June 2015 The time had come for government and business to find ways and means of working together to end South Africa’s current economic stagflation crisis, United Nations Commission for Africa (UNCA) mineral value chain lead consultant, anti-apartheid struggle veteran and former African National Congress... →
SA’s rail revitalisation ambitions lauded as more opportunities arise
By: Natasha Odendaal 23rd June 2015 US Secretary for Transportation Anthony Foxx has lauded South Africa’s rail revitalisation efforts as State-owned Transnet and US-based General Electric (GE) developed one of the “best localisation case studies”. Speaking at a US State delegation tour of Transnet’s Koedoespoort locomotive... →
Wescoal commits to black holding company control to qualify for Eskom business
By: Martin Creamer 23rd June 2015 Coal mining and trading company Wescoal, which suffered lower profitability in the three months to March 31 on the drying up of long-term Eskom contracts, has committed to being more than 50% owned by black shareholders before December 2016 to qualify for long-term coal business from the State... →
Gauteng launches online invoicing system for service providers
By: Natalie Greve 22nd June 2015 In line with pledges by Gauteng Premier David Makura to expedite the payment of invoices to provincial services providers, improve procurement transparency and tackle cronyism, the provincial administration on Monday launched an online invoicing service to accelerate the invoice processing period... →
‘Homeless’ S African CEOs raise R25m on icy streets of Joburg
By: Natalie Greve 19th June 2015 Over 250 CEOs from South Africa’s largest corporates traded in boardroom suits for cardboard boxes on Thursday evening, spending 12 hours on the streets of Johannesburg as part of an initiative to raise some R25-million for charity Girls and Boys Town and bring awareness to the plight of the... →
Cleanroom ensures good manufacturing practice
By: Bruce Montiea 19th June 2015 The successful installation of a R13-million ISO 3 cleanroom and BSL3 laboratory at national mineral research organisation Mintek was proof that the Department of Science and Technology’s (DST’s) ongoing investment in national research projects was bearing fruit, said Science and Technology... →
S Africa can no longer depend on mining sector to drive economic growth
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 18th June 2015 South Africa needs to sharpen up its industrialisation programme if it is serious about reaching the 5.4% a year gross domestic product growth target as set out in the National Development Plan, as the country can no longer depend on its declining mining sector to drive economic growth. Speaking... →
Dutch collaboration to print 3D steel bridge in Amsterdam
By: Irma Venter 18th June 2015 Dutch construction services firm Heijmans announced last week that it will collaborate with Dutch start-up MX3D on the three-dimensional (3D) printing of a steel bridge, to be located in the centre of Amsterdam. The bridge will be designed by Dutch designer Joris Laarman. MX3D equips multi-axis... →
Molefe unveils new Eskom maintenance-sans-load-shedding operational strategy
By: Terence Creamer 17th June 2015 State-owned electricity utility Eskom outlined a new operating philosophy on Wednesday with acting CEO Brian Molefe indicating that the strategy was based on finding the theoretical “sweet spot” that would enable it to conduct much-needed maintenance with “no, or minimal load-shedding”. Speaking... →
Ford improves automation processes at assembly plant
By: David Oliveira 15th June 2015 Automotive manufacturer Ford’s Silverton assembly plant, in Pretoria, has improved the automation of the Ford Ranger production line, following the installation of a conveyor belt and wax system, as well as further improvements to the underbody system of the production line, which were all... →
New welding technologies cultivate global competitiveness
By: Mia Breytenbach 12th June 2015 Adopting new welding technologies and processes that will improve productivity and assist with cost reduction is critical for the local welding and fabrication industry to be globally competitive in terms of price offering, and service and product delivery, says South Africa-based gas and welding... →
Goodyear in China to use rice waste in tyre production
By: Irma Venter 11th June 2015 The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company has reached an agreement with Yihai Food and Oil Industry, in China, for the supply of silica derived from rice husk ash. Goodyear will begin using the silica this year in a consumer tyre that will be manufactured in its factory in Pulandian, China, and sold in... →
Merc SA launches new C 63, aims to push AMG sales up 32% in 2015
By: Irma Venter 8th June 2015 Despite a domestic new vehicle market struggling to remain in positive territory this year, Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) aims to increase sales of its AMG performance brand by 32% this year. This will add to the 63% growth seen from 2013 to 2014, when sales rocketed to 1 600 AMG units, says... →
Telkom to step up turnaround as gains emerge
By: Natasha Odendaal 8th June 2015 The 2016 financial year would see JSE-listed Telkom stabilise its net revenue, maintain an earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) margin of between 26% and 27% and a capital expenditure (capex) to revenue ratio of 15% to 18% as its restructuring journey continued... →
South Africa’s geoscience ‘desperately’ underfunded – Nedbank Capital
By: Martin Creamer 5th June 2015 Government geoscientists are desperately underfunded, which is depriving South Africa of the geological potential that is essential for minerals exploration. There is an absence of investment in large, regional geological exercises and masters students are not being trained in the... →
S African manufacturing sector receives R1.4bn boost with new Unilever facility
By: Natalie Greve 2nd June 2015 Adding to its almost R4-billion investment in the South African consumer goods manufacturing space over the last four years, international group Unilever has officially unveiled its fourth South African production facility, in Boksburg, Johannesburg – a R1.4-billion homecare products factory that... →
Namibian mining’s pulling together boosting country’s economy – Nedbank
By: Martin Creamer 27th May 2015 Despite the Namibian economy being tied to the South African economy, it has been able to grow ahead of South Africa, which a leading mining investment banker puts down to Namibia’s “sensible” mineral policies, as well as the Namibian mining industry’s close working relationship with its... →
Mata secures European accreditation for aircraft maintenance courses
By: Natasha Odendaal 27th May 2015 East Rand-based Mega Aero Training Academy (Mata) has secured European accreditation and recognition for its aircraft maintenance courses. The Safomar Group subsidiary and College Ireland on Wednesday signed an agreement to enable Mata students to obtain European Aviation Safety Agency- (Easa-)... →
New CEO Manilal outlines plans for Technology Innovation Agency
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 22nd May 2015 Newly appointed Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) CEO Barlow Manilal is hoping to bring “some consistency” to the government-funded agency, which has seen five CEOs come and go over the last five years. Speaking to Engineering News Online, Manilal, who was appointed to the position six weeks... →
DTPS allocates R200m for first phase broadband roll-out
By: Natasha Odendaal 22nd May 2015 The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) has set aside R200-million of its R1.4-billion budget this year to kickstart the first phase of South Africa (SA) Connect national broadband strategy. Over the next three years, the department aimed to connect all government... →
From mines to hospitals to mortuaries – yet another use for SA’s Lodox scanner
By: Irma Venter 22nd May 2015 Within a decade conventional invasive autopsies may be a rarity, says head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of Pretoria (UP), Professor Gert Saayman. Instead, pathologists will use imaging technologies to conduct virtual post-mortems. →
Extended offering to include LV, MV products
By: Mia Breytenbach 22nd May 2015 Motor control systems manufacturer Shaw Controls, a member of motors, controls, electrical products and solutions provider Zest WEG Group has extended its product offering to encompass low-voltage (LV) and medium-voltage (MV) applications. The company manufactures switchboard panels and control... →
Policy reform would free S African economy – Maimane
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 18th May 2015 South Africa needs policy reform if it is to scale the economic ladder, as current incoherent policies are contributing to unemployment, “the greatest challenge that [the country] faces.” This was the number one factor that led to companies divesting in the country, said Mmusi Maimane, the newly... →
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