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Ports’ Customer Forum seeks to align Eastern Cape planning

4th October 2018 Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) hosted port clients and representatives of government, business and industry at the Nelson Mandela Bay ports’ Customer Forum on 28 September in the Port of Ngqura. The session aimed to align TNPA’s plans to meet the business requirements of port users.... →

Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II, Lesotho

By: Sheila Barradas 4th October 2018 The The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority has started a series of workshops with registered construction companies to explain the procurement framework of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase 2. →

Altura loads first cargo ship

By: Esmarie Iannucci 4th October 2018 Lithium miner Altura Mining has started loading its maiden cargo of 5 000 t of spodumene concentrate at Port Hedland, bound for customers in China. The ASX-listed company said on Thursday that the final product testing of the cargo is ongoing, however, it added that the processing plant has... →

First African Rolls-Royce lease engine storage facility opens at SAAT

By: Simone Liedtke 3rd October 2018 In the culmination of a two-year journey, Rolls-Royce and South African Airways Technical (SAAT) on Wednesday celebrated the official opening of Rolls-Royce’s first lease engine storage facility in Africa. This facility, based at SAAT’s premises in Kempton Park, Gauteng, marks a milestone event... →

Family Values and a Shared Passion for Africa Shine in New South Africa Partnership

3rd October 2018 Haver & Boecker Enters Joint Venture with South Africa-Based Portland Packaging (Pty) Ltd →

R4.6bn Nwamitwa dam construction set for 2026 completion, subject to finance availability

By: Marleny Arnoldi 2nd October 2018 The Department of Water and Sanitation plans to appoint contractors for the roads and advanced works for the Nwamitwa dam, in Limpopo, in March 2020, ahead of the appointment of a contractor for the construction of the dam in March 2022, Water and Sanitation Minister Gugile Nkwinti said in a... →

Protect potential explosive zones from lightning strikes with DEHN AFRICA

By: Creamer Media Reporter 2nd October 2018 a lightning strike caused a major fire in an oil storage tank on Butcher Island (Jawahar Dweep), off the Mumbai shore. It took four days to extinguish the fire on the island, which houses a marine oil terminal of the Mumbai Port Trust, where oil tankers discharge crude oil, thereafter transported... →

Capetonians can use more water – and pay less

By: News24Wire 2nd October 2018 Capetonians can now use a bit more water every day – and will pay around 25% less for it. The slightly less stringent water restrictions kicked in on Monday as the combined level of supply dams reached 75.9% of storage capacity. While the rocketing fuel price is making a dent in consumers'... →

Long4Life’s Chill acquisition price set at R481m

By: Simone Liedtke 1st October 2018 The final purchase consideration for JSE-listed Long4Life’s acquisition of beverage producer, packer and distributer Chill Holdings, amounted to R481-million, the company announced on Monday. This amount was based on actual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation of... →

Drilling for water 'makes no economic sense'

By: News24Wire 1st October 2018 The City of Cape Town's (CoCT) borehole drilling programme has scientists scratching their heads at the apparent determination of the City to drill into the hard rock of the Table Mountain Group Aquifer (TMGA) at great cost, while other cheaper and more environment-friendly options are not first... →

Engen Refinery Emergency Exercise

28th September 2018 Engen Refinery places the highest premium on safety and carries out regular emergency response exercises to test and perfect preparedness for dealing with incidents that could potentially put people at risk. As such, plant personnel supported by emergency services conducted a major simulated... →

Metallurgical coal miners may curb costs as prices slip – Fitch Ratings

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 28th September 2018 Strong cost inflation in the global metallurgical coal sector suggests that miners may focus on cost controls as prices decline over the next 18 months, says Fitch Ratings and CRU. CRU estimates that global costs in the metallurgical coal sector increased by 18% in 2017 and continued to rise this... →

Post-Mugabe policies raising expectations for Zim platinum-sector growth

By: Nadine James 28th September 2018 Amid Zimbabwe’s policy changes after former President Robert Mugabe’s removal in November 2017 and the subsequent air of expectation, the country’s platinum sector is poised for positive growth, if not for the challenges presented by the depressed global platinum market. The Zimbabwe Geological... →

Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II, Lesotho and South Africa

By: Sheila Barradas 28th September 2018 South African Water and Sanitation Minister Gugile Nkwinti, Lesotho Water Minister Samonyane Ntsekele and the Lesotho High Commissioner Sello Moloto have reaffirmed their commitment to the successful implementation of the Phase 2 project. →

Kusile power plant project, South Africa

By: Sheila Barradas 28th September 2018 The remaining Kusile units are progressing well. →

Local strides to hydrogen economy tempered by cost, industrialisation questions

By: Schalk Burger 27th September 2018 The use of platinum group metals-based fuel cells in electricity and mobility applications is expected to provide ample commercial opportunities for South Africa, in line with worldwide trends to decarbonise electricity generation and transport. However, the high cost of these technologies,... →

AfDB extends R2.87bn loan to Eskom to expand its transmission network

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 27th September 2018 The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a R2.87-billion loan for South Africa’s State-owned power utility Eskom for the upgrade and expansion of its transmission facilities. The funding supports the Eskom Transmission Improvement Project (ETIP), which will see the construction of 555 km... →

Montepuez financing strategy advancing

By: Mariaan Webb 27th September 2018 The development of the Montepuez graphite project, in Mozambique, is progressing well and the funding strategy has also advanced, ASX-listed Battery Minerals reported on Thursday. The company said that key construction milestones at the $51-million project, which will operate for ten years at 50... →

Bushveld reports first consolidated net profit, net free cash flow for group

By: Simone Liedtke 26th September 2018 Aim-listed Bushveld Minerals on Wednesday reported its first consolidated net profit and net free cash flow for the group for the six-month period ended June 30. Commenting on the results, CEO Fortune Mojapelo said the unaudited financial results for the first half of the financial year reflected... →

Total to roll out solar-powered service stations in Kruger National Park

By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th September 2018 Total South Africa (Total SA) on Wednesday revealed a demonstration model of its solar-powered service station at the Skukuza camp, in the Kruger National Park, in Mpumalanga, on the occasion of celebrating a 60-year partnership with South African National Parks (SANParks). The demonstration... →

Base case confirms Gabanintha vanadium project fundamentals

By: Mariaan Webb 26th September 2018 An initial base case for the Gabanintha vanadium project, in the Murchison province of Western Australia, has indicated robust economics, with a net present value (NPV) ranging between $191-million and $2.37-billion, depending on pricing assumption. The upper-end of the NPV range is estimated at... →

Greensmith Energy unveils standardized energy storage solution

25th September 2018 GridSolv optimizes storage technology and software integration to deliver powerful upgrade in generation performance The technology group Wärtsilä has released a new solution, GridSolv, the company’s first standardized energy storage solution. →

Why Are More Mines Integrating Renewables?

25th September 2018 By Melodie Michel, Energy and Mines Rob Schueffner, Hybrid Energy Solutions Manager for Caterpillar Electric Power, explains how the financial benefits and reliability of renewable energy solutions available for mines today are quickly matching the environmental benefits. →

Chinese lithium giant agrees three-year pact to supply Tesla

By: Bloomberg 21st September 2018 China’s top producer of lithium, a metal used in electric-vehicle batteries, said it’s agreed a deal with Tesla Inc. to supply a fifth of its production to the vehicle maker, highlighting the push for supply pacts. Tesla will designate its battery suppliers to buy lithium-hydroxide products from... →

Fuel cell parts manufacturer ready to commission plant

By: Donald Makhafola 21st September 2018 Fuel cell components manufacturer Isondo Precious Metals (IPM) hopes to commission its platinum-containing membrane electrode assembly (MEA) manufacturing plant in the upcoming months, pending the finalisation of the balance of funding. The state-of-the-art MEA manufacturing technology plant from... →

Rational fire design solutions championed

21st September 2018 It is imperative for buildings to be designed to allow for safe escape and the control of fire and smoke, as a minor design flaw could potentially put people, equipment and property at risk. For example, inhaling five breaths in a smoke filled room can lead to death. →

Plastic pallets championed in factories

21st September 2018 The use of wooden plastic pallets when considering the health and safety issues at factories is one of the most important decisions for managements, according to plastic pallets distributer Premier Pallets. The balancing act of juggling costs, “green conscience” regarding recyclability of company... →

Increased investment in refrigeration model planned

By: Paige Müller 21st September 2018 Core energy utilities provider Energy Partners Refrigeration plans to invest a further R30-million this year still in its increasingly popular refrigeration outsourcing model. Energy Partners Refrigeration CEO Dawie Kriel tells Engineering News that the company’s two-year-old refrigeration... →

Technically, stuck in a recession

By: Riaan de Lange 21st September 2018 “Is you is or is you ain't?”, to partially borrow from the title of American blues musician BB King’s song. Is South Africa in a recession or ain’t it? It is a simple enough question that should solicit a 'yes' or 'no' answer, ain’t? Surely, if one knows what a recession is, then one should know... →

WASTE NOT

21st September 2018 Putting paper in the recycling bin is only the start of a complex process of value creation, in which packaging company Mpact is deeply involved. Once the waste is collected from households, reclaimers, or private companies, separate the paper, plastic and other recyclables from the waste that... →

Recorded music

By: Terry Mackenzie-hoy 21st September 2018 From the first voice and music recordings of the 1800s, nothing much changed in the early part of the 1900s. Wind-up gramophones with paper mache cones were used for the reproduction of music that was stored on metal or wax discs. There was no electronic amplification – the recording was done by... →

Ingeteam presents its new platform to monitor PV plants and self-consumption systems

20th September 2018 The INGECON SUN Monitor platform is available as a web application and also as an app for iOS and Android mobile devices. A number of self-consumption systems monitored with this application are already achieving mean monthly self-consumption ratios of more than 99%. →

PSV brings on board two key partnerships to drive strategy going forward

By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th September 2018 AltX-listed industrial holding company PSV Holdings has finalised an equity transaction with Regis Holdings and concluded a broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) partnership with Beryl Holdings Partners. Regis is a Mauritanian-headquartered investment holding company, and Beryl... →

Ngqura Port celebrates milestone

By: Simone Liedtke 19th September 2018 The developing Port of Ngqura, owned by Transnet National Ports Authority, celebrated a milestone this week, with the arrival of the first vessel discharging cargo for Osho Cement. Osho Cement is a new cement manufacturer currently under construction in the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ), in... →

Activities restart at New Century’s port facility

By: Creamer Media Reporter 19th September 2018 Queensland miner New Century Resources has started stockpiling zinc concentrate in its 80 000 t storage shed at the Karumba port, paving the way for exports to start and first revenue to be received this month. “The successful refurbishment and restart of activities at New Century’s port... →

DRA to conduct feasibility study for Guinea graphite project

By: Schalk Burger 19th September 2018 Engineering services multinational DRA has been appointed to conduct the feasibility study for Canada-based Guinea-focused mining company SRG’s Lola graphite project, in Guinea. DRA said in a statement on Wednesday that the project will be executed through the DRA Met-Chem office, in Montreal,... →

Abland to develop combined-use Menlyn Maine Towers

By: Schalk Burger 19th September 2018 Property developer Abland will develop a combined motor dealership and premium office space, called Menlyn Maine Towers, in Pretoria, and aims to achieve a 4-star green rating accreditation with the Green Building Council of South Africa. The development for the Barloworld Toyota Menlyn... →

NAIF approves A$95m loan for Sheffield’s Thunderbird

By: Mariaan Webb 19th September 2018 The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) is backing the Thunderbird mineral sands project, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, through a A$95-million loan, ASX-listed Sheffield Resources announced on Wednesday. The NAIF loan comprises a A$30-million project development... →

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