southern africa | Infrastructure news - Part 2

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‘Call for entries: IMESA excellence awards’

Local, provincial, government and semi-government authorities,along with their engineering consultants, are invited to submit entries for the 2014 biennial Project Excellence Awards competition. The Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern...
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RapTech acquires pump distributorship

RAP Technologies, trading as Raptech, has acquired the sole LEO pump distributorship for Southern Africa. LEO is the first Chinese pump manufacturer to be listed on China’s stock exchange and has the only state-authorised technical centre for...

Plans to build carbon dioxide plant

BOC Gases plans to construct a carbon dioxide plant at the Green Fuel ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe. If established, it will have the capacity to supply the whole of Southern Africa. Carbon dioxide is a by-product in ethanol production and...
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Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Week looks at Africa

Abu Dhabi sustainability week (ADSW) launched on Monday with a panel discussion on the future of renewable energy development in Africa. The panel looked at opportunities for economic growth in Africa and what the continent needs to increade...
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Serious about water

Protea Chemicals officially opened its new Chlorine Plant and distribution facility on the existing Omnia site in Sasolburg on 23 October 2013. “This new facility will be brought into production on budget and on time,” says Protea Chemicals’...