AMD is expected to reach environmental critical level – the highest level that mine water can be allowed to rise in the mine void before adverse impacts can be detected – by September this year. A short-term solution, the construction of a pump...
The Department of Trade and Industry says international investors are ready to help establish a new joint venture steel mill in South Africa. Negotiations are likely to be finalised by the second quarter of this year. But the department says any...
During the planning of the construction of the City of Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transit (IRT) system, which includes the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, Usazasa Road was designated for an upgrade to a dual lane road, owing to the increase in...
The latest census showed that South Africa is winning the challenge of providing water services to its rapidly expanding population: 91% of households now have access to piped water, compared to 85% in 2001. This commitment is evident than in...
Researchers have developed a water purification tablet comprised of nano particles that can be used by developing world communities with no access to clean water. The tablet, Madi Drop, invented by PureMadi was presented at the organisation’s...
Pictured: Delayne Gray, managing director of SBS and Terri Turner, from SBS Tank marketing and communications SBS Water Systems have announced the launch of their Proudly South African SBS Tanks product range. SBS is a level two BBBEE business...
Pictured: Graham Pirie, CEO of CESA, and Victor Terblanche, CEO of Leads 2 Business Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) recently announced it had set aside one million rand towards its anti-corruption ‘war chest’, which it plans to use to take...
Montage of construction site mishaps.
A new manufacturers’ association has come out in support of Pumps, Valves and Pipes Africa (PVPA 2013), one of 10 component expos at the SA Industry and Technology Fair 2013 (INDUTEC). The Valve and Actuator Manufacturers’ Cluster of South...
SRK Consulting conceptualised, designed and supervised the development of a R 7,5-million artificial wetland for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in the Eastern Cape, which may herald a new approach to the natural cleaning of polluted water...
