Tag: plants
Afrox plants certified to FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management Standard
Pieter Moolman, Afrox product manager for Packaged Special Gases, discusses the success of a two-year project to certify the Western Cape and Gauteng gas...
Conversion to natural gas brings new life to aging coal plants
This article, written by Kari Lydersen of the Midwest Energy News, is included to add a (positive) dimension to the current debate around the...
To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution...
We need to revolutionise agriculture in the next 30 years. In 2050 we may have almost 10 billion people to feed. Farmland is already degraded by...
Dagga-growing plant bust in Constantia
The Western Cape Hawks discovered what is being called a “sophisticated” dagga-growing laboratory in the affluent Cape Town suburb of Constantia. Their Narcotics Enforcement...
The Cape’s plant species are dying
A recent study reveals the Western Cape as one of the world’s largest hotspots for plant extinction.
The study, published in a journal titled Nature...
Construction Begins On First Ever Commercial Plastics-to-Fuel Factory in the US
Construction workers have broken ground on what is being hailed as the nation’s first commercial-scale plastics-to-fuel plant.
Located in Ashley, Indiana, the new plant will...
Eskom to face severe challenges in replacing older plants
Eskom will face severe challenges in replacing its older electricity plants because traditional financing institutions have indicated they will no longer fund new coal...
SA’s first cannabis cultivation licence awarded in Cape Town
The Paarl-based company Afriplex (Pty) Ltd, in partnership with the House of Hemp, has been awarded South Africa’s first medical Cannabis licence for the...
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