A brief history of tap water
ANCIENT humans often settled near water. Roughly 12 000 years ago, people started to practice agriculture and animal rearing. One of the earliest examples...
A decade of success for DWU pump
ACCORDING to Weir Minerals Africa head of engineering Christian Stehle, the Warman® DWU pump was designed to fill a gap in the market between...
Seamless plant switchovers with Zest WEG gensets
AS power outages and loadshedding continue to plague the optimal performance of industrial and mining process plants, Zest WEG is providing standby power solutions...
Sources of green methanol production identified for container fleet
TO boost the global production capacity of green methanol, A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has entered strategic partnerships with six leading companies with the...
Product Self-Compliance, a challenge to the regulatory process?
Degeneration of SABS Test facilities
The SABS technical staff complement has declined to around 20% of that before re-structuring and funding for maintenance and upgrading...
Meeting South Africa’s carbon emissions target: first we measure, then we manage
AS the world’s 12th largest greenhouse gas emitter, South Africa has indicated that total emissions will begin to decline in 2025 with our Cabinet adopting...
Private electricity trader set to transform SA energy
A new South African private electricity trading company has recently being awarded a landmark licence that allows it to transport energy from independent power...
Futuregrowth’s position on nuclear
NUCLEAR power as a long-term solution to our energy woes is a sensitive topic, partly due to the ramifications for our country of the...
200 MW of wheeling power purchase agreements to power mining operations in South Africa
TRONOX Holdings plc an integrated manufacturer of titanium dioxide pigment, has entered into a long-term power purchase agreement with the South African independent power...
Hearing loss is a neglected hazard for miners
IN 2020 alone, despite COVID-19, mining contributed R361.6 billion to South Africa’s gross domestic product, a share of over 8%. The industry employs 451 000 people.
But...
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