The number of informal waste pickers who collect garbage at municipal landfill sites and sell it for recycling is growing. Typically seen as a nuisance, government has previously attempted to ban the practice of waste picking. However, government...
The amount of untreated waste material containing uranium is growing after the 28% percent plunge in the gold price last year left many mine sites abandoned. Waste rock from hundreds of mines has been deposited around Johannesburg over the years,...
South Africa explosives and specialty chemicals group AECI is expanding its reach into Africa by acquiring Clariant’s business on the content. Through its subsidiary ImproChem Proprietary Limited, AECI has agreed to buy Clariant Southern Africa...
