Dylan Stewart

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Dylan Stewart

Dylan Stewart is a Creamer Media Writer for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

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Mitigation measures needed to combat water infrastructure theft

6th March 2015 Until government is able to upgrade its water infrastructure, amend punitive laws for theft of State property and implement traceability laws for scrap metal, the routine theft of government-owned pipes, substation components, transformers and other water-related infrastructure, which is sold as... →

Gas company provides CO2 to remineralise AMD

6th March 2015 Gaseous carbon dioxide (CO2), provided by gas products and services company Afrox, has been successfully integrated into a water treatment system at coal miner Optimum Coal’s water reclamation plant near Hendrina, in Mpumalanga. The system treats acid mine drainage (AMD) during the... →

Photo by Duane Daws
IMMINENT IMPOSITION Acid mine drainage poses a serious threat to parts of South Africa's water supply

Promising anomalies discovered by Australian prospectors in US

20th February 2015 Australian exploration company Carnavale Resources has come across promising anomalies in western Arizona and eastern Nevada, Carnavale MD Andrew Beckwith tells Mining Weekly. →

BIG POTENTIAL The four Carlin anomolies found are spread over an area of about 20km² on the eastern margin of Nevada

Low commodity prices challenge diversified junior’s US operation

20th February 2015 Low commodity prices are a significant challenge for diversified junior mining company Fortune Minerals’ only producing asset, the Revenue silver mine, in south-west Colorado, Mining Weekly learns from president and CEO Robin Goad and investor relations manager Troy Nazarewicz. →

ROBIN GOAD Fortune has now focused its mining activity on higher-grade areas of the Revenue mine to compensate for the lower commodity prices

Mining companies continue to strive for excellence

20th February 2015 North American mining companies are increasingly pursuing superior performance as they respond to low commodity prices, with innovation gaining in importance and energy costs being managed as a diversified portfolio that can be optimised. These form 3 of 10 key mining trends provided to Mining... →

ANDREW SWART The mining industry could be facing a cliff if new mines and developments are not invested in

New partnership generates cutting-edge technology

20th February 2015 The June 2014 acquisition of US-headquartered mining software developer MineSight by design, measurement and visualisation technology provider Hexagon AB to form its new division Hexagon Mining (HxM) has created many possibilities, highlighted by MineSight’s new data repository and analytics... →

HXM BLAST Viewing the volume of influence solids and polygons will be among the features of MineSight's new blast technology

Media company develops new OHS training tech

6th February 2015 Multimedia production company The Boiler Room has, over the past 18 months, been developing its existing games engine that enables companies to build three-dimensional (3D) versions of their work environments for training purposes. Company MD Mark Hocker tells Engineering News that The Boiler... →

New health and safety legislation to impact on construction industry

6th February 2015 All construction projects costing more than R13-million ¬– which is above the Construction Industry Development Board's level six grading, or the project exceeds a duration of 180 days or 1800 person days – will, by August 6, require that the construction client applies to the Department of... →

A GROWING INDUSTRY Though health and safety awareness and compliance is generally poor in South Africa, it is on the increase, especially among larger companies

Carpeting company awarded for health and safety excellence

6th February 2015 In recognition of its commitment to health and safety in the workplace, flooring company Kevin Bates Flooring and Carpeting (KBAC) received the Master Builders Association (MBA) North category award for health and safety in 2014, contracting and safety administrator Louise Ross tells Engineering... →

Maintenance solutions provider supplies Eskom with on-site rescue teams

6th February 2015 State-owned power utility Eskom’s employees and on-site contractors working at height are ensured of their safety in the event of an emergency, owing to permanent on-site rescue teams stationed at Medupi power station, near Lephalale, Limpopo and Kusile power station in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga. →

RIDING HIGH Skyriders provides on-site rescue teams for Eskom's Medupi and Kusile power station projects

Occupational health, safety specialist briefs China reps on coal mining risk management

6th February 2015 Occupational health, safety and environmental management specialist Nosa in December hosted a delegation of 15 people from the State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS), a non-Ministerial agency for the Chinese government, to facilitate a risk management training course for safety implementation... →

Construction firm develops edge protection system

6th February 2015 Multidisciplinary construction group Liviero has designed and manufactured its own edge protection system, which not only helps to ensure the safety of all employees, subcontractors and clients, but also offers cost savings compared with imported edge protection. →

Breathalyser manufacturer to launch new system

6th February 2015 South Africa-based electronic alcohol detection and drug-testing equipment supplier Alco-Safe will supply the Lion Detection System 20 (DS20) interlock system – a breathalyser attached to the starter motor of a vehicle – by the end of April says Alco-Safe director Rhys Evans. →

DDS2 The new drug detection system, provided exlusively to Alco-safe by Alere Toxicology, gives instant test results for six types of drugs

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