Sashnee Moodley

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Sashnee Moodley

Sashnee Moodley is Senior Deputy Editor Polity and Multimedia.

Imported LNG set to kickstart gas-to-power vision

27th November 2015 Creamer Media's Sashnee Moodley speaks to Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer about imported liquefied natural gas initiating greater gas use in South Africa. →

Resources Watch

19th November 2015 AMSA adds R4.5bn rights issue to survival plan; AngloGold increasingly ‘upbeat’ on new improving mining technology; And, locally developed rail transport system to be deployed in 2016 →

SA debt servicing rose to R128bn/y – Motlanthe

18th November 2015 Former president Kgalema Motlanthe questioned whether South Africa should accumulate more debt at the cost of the indigent and future generations, with debt servicing having risen to R128-billion a year. He posed this question during his keynote address at the tenth yearly Electoral Institute for... →

Kgalema Motlanthe

G20 countries failing to fight corruption – $2tn laundered yearly

16th November 2015 As much as $2-trillion is laundered every year, mostly through the hiding of company ownership behind “opaque structures”, with G20 countries not doing enough to prevent corruption. This was according to the ‘Reviewing G20 promises on beneficial ownership’ report, which was released to coincide... →

Midrand becomes Unilever’s African ice-cream capital as factory opens

29th October 2015 Unilever has opened its first ice-cream factory in Africa at the Lords View Industrial Park, in Midrand, making it one of 40 Unilever ice-cream factories across the world. →

Resources Watch

29th October 2015 This week: AMCU will approach ConCourt if current bid for right to strike at mines where it has a majority fails Questions are raised about government’s approach to acid mine drainage And, South African mining’s delicate make-or-break phase outlined →

Call to action for review of crippling Davis tax proposals

29th October 2015 Creamer Media's Sashnee Moodley speaks to Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer about the recommendations of the Davis Committee on Tax. →

Convergence needed for SA mining to successfully navigate current ‘make-or-break’ phase

22nd October 2015 Creamer Media's Leandi Kolver speaks to Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer about the state of the South African mining industry as discussed at the Joburg Indaba. →

Amid progress on next Lesotho Highlands phase, SA urged not to neglect water-loss fight

16th October 2015 Despite Phase 2 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) being under way, South Africa has to ensure that it reduces its water use and water losses before Phase 2 is commissioned in 2024. Currently, 37% of all water supplied by municipalities is lost through leaking pipes, dripping taps and... →

Amid progress on next Lesotho Highlands phase, SA urged not to neglect water-loss fight

16th October 2015 Despite Phase 2 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) being under way, South Africa has to ensure that it reduces its water use and water losses before Phase 2 is commissioned in 2024. →

CHRIS HEROLD The Lesotho Highlands Water Project would be viable, based on the assumption that South Africa can reduce its total water demand by 15%

2015 Joburg Indaba gets underway

15th October 2015 Creamer Media's Sashnee Moodley speaks to Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer about the highlights at the 2015 Joburg Indaba. →

Johan Bosch

25th September 2015 This week we feature Johan Bosch Bosch, GM of Legrand South Africa, a company that specialises in the design, manufacture and implementation of electrical installations and information networks →

Schneider signs switchgear production agreement with local manufacturer

25th September 2015 Global energy management specialist Schneider Electric has entered into a manufacturing partnership agreement with local electrical products manufacturer Steelcor Power to produce Schneider’s new Premset smart-grid-ready, medium-voltage (MV) switchgear. Schneider Electric Southern Africa country... →

PREMSET The first Premset unit would be completed at the end of October

Report highlights economic risks of potential Kariba dam collapse

25th September 2015 Should the Kariba dam, a hydroelectric dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe, collapse, it would be the beginning of years of economic, social, environmental, humanitarian and technological fallout that would devastate Southern Africa’s economies. Further,... →

Photo by Reuters
KARIBA DAM Without urgent repairs, the entire dam would collapse and a tsunami would flow over the Zambezi Valley and reach the Mozambique border within eight hours

Gemfields delivers maiden mineral resource, ore reserve estimates for Kagem

23rd September 2015 Coloured gemstones miner Gemfields has produced the first measured mineral resource and proven ore reserve statement for its 75%-owned Kagem emerald mine, in Zambia. The company on Wednesday said a Competent Persons Report (CPR), produced by consulting firm SRK Consulting, had shown a Joint Ore... →

Edenville to supply Tanzania ministry with additional info by month-end

23rd September 2015 Aim-listed coal mine and energy project developer Edenville Energy will, by the end of this month, provide the Tanzania Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MEM) with additional information related to the company’s mining licence application for the Rukwa project. The company submitted the mining... →

Coega Development Corporation eyes second gas-to-power project

18th September 2015 The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has received an overwhelming number of responses from key local and international industry players after issuing a tender notice in August for an environmental-impact assessment (EIA) for a gas-to-power facility in the Coega industrial development zone... →

Photo by Duane Daws
COEGA IDZ The proposed gas-to-power plant would be the second power plant in the Coega IDZ

Omnia appoints new explosives division MD

18th September 2015 JSE-listed chemicals group Omnia has appointed Joseph Keenan the new MD of its explosives division, Bulk Mining Explosives. Group CEO Rod Humphris said in a statement to shareholders on Friday that Keenan was an accomplished international executive with more than 20 years of global experience in... →

Joseph Keenan

Enviro decision for abalone farms expected in 2016

18th September 2015 A decision on an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Doringbaai Aquaculture project, under government’s Operation Phakisa initiative, is expected in mid-2016. →

SCOTT MASSON Consulting engineers and scientists, SRK Consulting South Africa is undertaking the Environmental Impact Assessment process and associated permit applications for the Doringbaai Aquaculture project in the Western Cape

Operation Phakisa is positive, but challenges remain

18th September 2015 President Jacob Zuma held a report-back meeting on government’s Operation Phakisa initiative, which focused on the maritime and oil and gas sectors, in Pretoria, last month. →

LIZEL OBERHOLZER A balance needs to be struck between the creation of an investor-friendly environment and securing appropriate benefits for South Africa

Search under way for young entrepreneurs with sustainable business ideas

18th September 2015 South African Breweries (SAB) last month started the pitch segment of its KickStart Ignite entrepreneurship programme, which aims to amplify and strengthen the maker movement in South Africa by enabling young entrepreneurs to prototype and commercialise their ideas. →

Independent adviser achieves energy-verification accreditation

18th September 2015 Independent advisers Cova Advisory and Associates celebrated its second anniversary last month, which coincided with the company’s being accredited by the South African National Accreditation System (Sanas) as an energy measurement and verification inspection body – only the sixth company in... →

Quantum Foods subsidiary buys Eastern Cape feed mill

16th September 2015 A subsidiary of JSE-listed Quantum Foods Holdings will acquire the Olifantskop feed mill, in the Eastern Cape, from Olifantskop Feeds for more than R40-million. The mill produces animal feed for supply to livestock farmers in the province. →

Public–private collaboration key to understanding shared water risks

11th September 2015 South Africa faces significant challenges in managing its scare water resources, but effective engagement between government and the private sector might allow for improved management of scarce natural resources through new and novel partnerships. →

HANNAH BALETA The country has to conserve water and better manage demand, alongside significant investments in water supply and wastewater treatment

Megaprojects pose deadline, budget risks for governments

11th September 2015 Megaprojects are often over budget and delayed and project planning is a crucial element in ensuring the successful delivery of such projects. →

MOE SHAIK Governments did not conduct proper consultation with the users of infrastructure

Potential Kariba dam collapse puts Southern Africa at economic risk

10th September 2015 Should the Kariba dam, a hydroelectric dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe, collapse, it would be the beginning of years of economic, social, environmental, humanitarian and technological fallout that would devastate Southern Africa’s economies. →

Photo by Reuters
Kariba Dam

Schneider signs switchgear production agreement with local manufacturer – a first globally

9th September 2015 Global energy management specialist Schneider Electric has entered into a manufacturing partnerships agreement with local electrical products manufacturer Steelcor Power to produce Schneider’s new Premset smart-grid-ready, medium-voltage (MV) switchgear. →

Premset

Soweto community education campus set to open on Mandela Day 2016

4th September 2015 The community of Devland, in Soweto, will soon have access to a modern, multipurpose learning centre by July next year, in commemoration of Mandela Day, as part of a community outreach project undertaken by nonprofit organisation Growing Up Africa. →

SOWETO EDUCATION CAMPUS The aim of the campus is to provide an education facility from which the community can benefit

Acquisitions support property fund’s distribution growth

4th September 2015 JSE-listed Emira Property Fund reported distributions per participatory interest (PI) of 134.27 c – a distribution growth of 9% – for the 12 months to June 20, 2015. →

JAMES TEMPLETON The increase in distribution is as a result of Emira’s acquisitive growth

Megaprojects pose deadline, budget constraints for governments

1st September 2015 Megaprojects are often over budget and delayed and project planning is a crucial element in ensuring the successful delivery of such projects. →

Moe Shaik

Joburg digital precinct aims to nurture new generation of tech entrepreneurs

28th August 2015 Although the Tshimologong digital precinct in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, is just one of the city’s districts dedicated to economic and social development, it aims to use information and communication technology (ICT) to help solve social and economic problems in Johannesburg through innovation.... →

Industrial vacuum delivered to aluminium smelter

28th August 2015 Local furnace and industrial services company Dickinson Group last month delivered its new MegaVac Cyclone Loader to resources company South 32, where the machine will be used for a large basement cleaning project for the company’s Mozal aluminium smelter, in Mozambique. →

MEGAVAC CYCLONE LOADER The unit will be used in South 32’s smelter for the recovery of 90 t/d of bath material

Enzymatic cleaning gains traction as ecofriendly tech

28th August 2015 Cleaning solutions company Green Worx senior marketing, technical and sales manager Clinton Smith says enzymatic cleaning, or cleaning in place (CIP), is increasingly being used in the industry, as more companies focus on green and ecofriendly cleaning technology. →

CLINTON SMITH Most industries have production waste and when they use chemicals, it presents a threat to nature

New industrial vacuums enter local market

28th August 2015 Industrial and mining vacuum company Hencon Vacuum Technologies launched its Robot Mole in South Africa last month and will also launch its underbelt cleaning vehicle (UBCV) onto the local market this month. →

UBCV CLEANING MODE The vehicle has an integrated vacuum system for cleaning spillage, especially under conveyors

Implats sees off-gas cleaning system upgrade

28th August 2015 JSE-listed Altron subsidiary Powertech System Integrators (PTSI) is undertaking a R30-million wet electrostatic precipitator (Wesp) replacement project at platinum major Impala Platinum’s (Implats’) Rustenburg smelter, in the North West, which is expected to be commissioned by December. →

SECONDARY WESPS Implats' sulphuric acid plant is currently running on the secondary Wesps

Company launches new product as diamond-media maintenance pads gain local traction

28th August 2015 Flooring solutions supplier Superb Flooring has launched the latest Blue Twister pad, with diamond media, onto the local market earlier this year. →

BLUE TWISTER PAD The pad has a layer that contains billions of microscopic diamonds that clean and polish the floor mechanically

Joburg digital precinct aims to nurture new generation of tech entrepreneurs

28th August 2015 Although the Tshimologong Digital Precinct in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, is just one of the city’s districts dedicated to economic and social development, it aims to use information and communications technology (ICT) to help solve social and economic problems in Johannesburg through innovation. →

Photo by Duane Daws
BARRY DWOLATZKY The Tshimologong Digital Precinct hopes to attract companies developing digital products such as digital hardware, software and content

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