Energy is currently the second biggest cost factor in the recycled paper production with the highest lever for cost improvement. Energy generation from sorting and process rejects, provides a considerable substitution and saving of fossil fuel as...
Containerised portable water treatment plants play a vital role in the delivery of water and treatment of waste, especially in hot, water-stressed countries. Water and Sanitation Africa’s latest edition features top manufacturers, installers...
Among many things performed by Government, one of its key functions is to create the enabling environment for the private sector to thrive. The spin-off of having a thriving private sector is the resulting unprecedented national economic growth,...
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene says he is happy with the attention the infrastructure drive received at the recent G20 summit in Australia. South Africa is confident that it can contribute to efforts to boost global growth by 2 percent in the next...
Designed to perform in demanding civil and building applications, this new mini excavator range has undergone major advances in terms of overall functionality, since the company’s first entry into this product segment back in 1998. Since then there...
Policy Makers and leading experts in infrastructure debated and championed delivery of Africa’s critical infrastructure requirements at the African Strategic Infrastructure Initiative Working Group Meeting this week in Sandton, Johannesburg. While...
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has signed a R488 million loan with Tshwane Rapid Transit (TRT) as part of a R800 million loan for the purchase of 171 buses. The buses will be for the A Re Yeng Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operations in...
The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) that was established to revitalise distressed mining towns has mobilised municipalities to review their Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) to pave the way for new-look mining towns. Mpho Ndaba, the Director:...
The restructuring of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) in 2012 has delivered big results. The state-owned entity has achieved an increase in disbursements over the last financial year of 39.1%, repositioning itself as both a funding...
South Africa’s groundwater is under threat but one local geosynthetic linings company heard the call to make a difference. Frances Ringwood reports. “Not acid mine water but groundwater protection is going to be one of South Africa’s biggest...
