In preparing for annual December shut-downs, process plants and manufacturing facilities should carefully plan for conveyor belt maintenance and ensure that orders are placed timeously to ensure stock availability. Local conveyor belt manufacturer,...
To boost the town’s sewage treatment capacity, the Walvis Bay Municipality is upgrading its filter technologies at a local sewage treatment works. This upgrade, valued approximately at ZAR 15 million, will significantly improve the quality of final...
A leading bus manufacturer recently supplied two new vehicles that are specially equipped with hydraulically-operated wheelchair lifts and dedicated wheelchair docking stations to Mpumalanga’s major commuter bus service to help give passengers with...
With ambitious targets for the development of 19GW of renewable energy in South Africa by 2030, foreign companies are showing increasing interest in the opportunities in this sector. Over the last three years, via the Renewable Energy Independent...
Ethiopia has ambitious plans to build a $4.2 billion dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, 40 km from its borders with Sudan. The dam is expected to provide 6.000 megawatts of electricity, enough for its population plus some excess which it will...
Extracting valuable by-products from municipal sewage and re-using them in crop fertilizers and day-to-day consumer applications is gaining popularity. Industry is already capitalising on this controversial new resource,according to experts at the...
National Enforcement Week has been kicked off by the Department of Water Affairs issuing stern warnings to companies and individuals responsible for the pollution of the country’s water resources and violating the National Water Act....
MAN Truck & Bus South Africa has moved into its new Parts Distribution Centre (PDC) in Germiston, Gauteng. The new flagship MAN Parts Distribution Centre, a Super Group facility designed and built by commercial property developer, Intaprop, is...
Predictions that the South African market for extra-heavy duty vehicles would show growth in a tough environment in 2013 are being realised. Sydney Soundy, head of Vehicle and Asset Finance at Standard Bank, says, “Sales for January to September...
