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Russian firm promises South Africa 15 000 jobs

Russian state-owned nuclear company, Rosatom, says it will create more than 15 000 jobs in association with stakeholders of the South African nuclear program. Speaking at the annual industry convention of the Nuclear Industry Association of South...

Government workers coining it

Government employees and their families are coining it on your tax money. They’ve scored contracts worth almost R1-billion in the past financial year. And in many cases they didn’t declare their interests during the bidding process....
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A new era for Pilot Crushtec International

The crushing and screening specialist previously known as Pilot Crushtec (SA) has announced that CEO Sandro Scherf had bought out his partners and increased his indirect stake in the company now called Pilot Crushtec International. Effective...
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Simplifying hydrocarbon gas detection

Industrial operations in Africa could detect and monitor hydrocarbon gas concentrations more effectively by adopting the Ultima OPIR-5 Open Path IR gas Detector. MSA Africa marketing manager for gas detection products, Robbie Taitz, points out that...
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e-Waste: Valuable or hazardous?

The second National e-waste Collection Day, which took place on 13 July 2013 at 631 points nationwide, has added to the growing collection of e-waste by eWaste Association of South Africa (eWASA) member companies for responsible management and...
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Disposal technology and the environment

by Sherwin Naicker, director, Cecor Allied Technologies On 3 June 2013, Cecor Allied Technologies became the first commercial autoclave treatment facility to process non-anatomical health care risk waste (HCRW) in Gauteng. This type of autoclave...

Western Aqueduct back on track

The multimillion-rand Western Aqueduct project is back on track following this week’s announcement that Cycad Pipelines has been selected as the successful contractor for the initial 7 km sector of the water pipeline between Inchanga Station and...
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Preservation through innovation

A sensitive wetland project necessitated a solution with a minimal site footprint and little or no excavation – the perfect opportunity to utilise trenchless alternatives. Current legislation limits the degradation of environmentally sensitive...