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...
Programme instills safety behaviour for all employees
EPIROC Southern Africa, which includes South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe, has joined the list of Epiroc entities around the world in collaborating...
Give every asset a unique digital identity
With Brady Corporation's complete RFID solution, assets in any industrial environment can be given unique digital identities just by applying a label. Users will...
New NGS-based pan-cancer panels
VELA Diagnostics has launched its new OncoKey® SL 60 and 525 Plus Panels. These next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based panels are intended for detection of DNA and...
Disinfectant use during pregnancy linked to childhood asthma and eczema
USE of disinfectants by pregnant women may be a risk factor for asthma and eczema in their children, finds a population study, published online...
A new model to automatically detect and filter spam emails
SPAM emails are undesired messages that are often sent to many random users in bulks. These messages can contain advertisements, but also phishing links...
Scientists find microplastics in blood for first time
MICROPLASTICS had already been spotted in oceans, air and food—now researchers have found it in human blood. Scientists have discovered microplastics in human blood...
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