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Seifsa appoints new economists

By: Anine Kilian 17th July 2017 The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) has appointed Dr Michael Ade chief economist and Marique-Mari Kruger economist with effect from July 17 and August 1, respectively. Ade will join Seifsa from the South African Revenue Service where he is capacity director... →

Hudaco maintains resilience amid tough economic environment

By: Mia Breytenbach 30th June 2017 Despite a difficult economic and trading environment, JSE-listed industrial products provider Hudaco remains cash-generative, with operations having generated net cash of R247-million for the six months to May 31. Speaking at a presentation of the group’s results on Friday, CEO Graham Dunford... →

Industrial products provider Hudaco CEO Graham Dunford discusses the group's results for the six months ended May 31, and provides an outlook for the second half of the year. Video and editing: Nicholas Boyd

New Tshwane light-steel frame building erected at speed

By: David Oliveira 30th June 2017 South African light-steel frame (LSF) construction company Futurecon has completed the construction of a R7-million 454 m2 facility, in Tshwane, for optometric service provider Spectacle Warehouse last month. Project architect Base Architects & Associates MD Darren Ogden explains that the only... →

The story behind the partial restart of Highveld Steel

22nd June 2017 There are some signs of life at the vast Highveld Steel complex, in Mpumalanga, where all production at was halted in 2015 after the country’s second-largest steelmaker was placed into business rescue. →

The story behind the partial restart of the Highveld Steel

Chairside milling beneficial for dental industry

By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th May 2017 With the dental industry moving towards chairside milling for clinics, digital production solutions company Telpro Management launched electronics manufacturer Roland’s DWX-52DC tooth milling machine last month. →

ROLAND DWX-52DC The dental industry is moving towards chairside milling to shorten teeth replacement manufacturing time and reduce production costs

Additional protection for SA’s embattled steel industry

11th May 2017 Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies has confirmed that additional protection is on the way for South Africa’s embattled steel industry. Engineering News editor Terence Creamer speaks to Creamer Media's Sashnee Moodley about the development. →

Additional protection for SA’s embattled steel industry.

April PMI slumps to well below neutral 50 mark

By: Natasha Odendaal 2nd May 2017 After a solid first-quarter performance, the seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) slumped in April 2017. The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) index fell to 44.7 index points from an average of 51.9 during the first quarter. →

Richards Bay plant to make pearly whites from industrial slag

By: African News Agency 11th April 2017 It’s hard to avoid references to a phoenix while thinking about a deal being inked on Tuesday that will turn industrial waste into a pearly white pigment … and put hundreds of people to work. A technology partnership between Johannesburg-based Nyanza Light Metals and Avertana of New Zealand will... →

Platinum beneficiation champion poised to launch fuel cell components plant

By: David Oliveira 31st March 2017 South Africa’s much anticipated platinum beneficiation drive is about to start, following the arrival of local beneficiation company Isondo Precious Metals’ (IPM’s) fuel cell component manufacturing plant, which is expected to arrive in the country later this year. The new best in class plant,... →

DTI optimistic about R4bn titanium beneficiation project in Richards Bay IDZ

By: African News Agency 27th March 2017 The launch of a new R4-billion titanium beneficiation project for manufacturing titanium pigment at the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) next month is a significant and commendable milestone in South Africa’s mineral beneficiation and industrialisation paths, Trade and Industry... →

Refurbishment demand driven by cost efficiency

By: Simone Liedtke 24th March 2017 Competition in the pumps industry has become fierce, owing to demand for cost efficiency that has seen growing calls for product refurbishment, says pumps manufacturer and distributor Mather + Platt. →

BEFORE REFURBISHMENT The increased call for product refurbishment has resulted in a significant growth in Mather + Platt’s refurbishment department

AMSA officially launches Gauteng steel rail hub

23rd March 2017 ArcelorMittal South Africa in February officially launched its Isando Distribution Centre, in Germiston, in a long-term initiative to migrate the bulk of domestic final product steel distribution from road to rail. →

AMSA officially launches Gauteng steel rail hub

Amplats launches new Chrome Recovery Plant

23rd February 2017 Anglo American Platinum launched its newly commissioned chrome recovery plant earlier in January at its Thabazimbi-based Amandelbult complex in Limpopo. →

Amplats launches new Chrome Recovery Plant

Welding shares steel industry standards

18th November 2016 The quality and standards of welding are critical to the quality and standards of the steel construction industry owing to the role welding plays in joining the steel sections together in the creation of a steel structure, says the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW). →

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING From the left, Wijnberger from In2Structure with Mthebula and Michelle Warmback from In2Structure

Investments required for positive growth

By: Simone Liedtke 18th November 2016 With the world markets still suffering the after-effects of maladministered and unsustainable macroeconomic policies, there is not much appetite for large capital projects in South Africa. But economic growth will start only once people are investing, which does not happen without a positive... →

HYDRA ARC Offshore capital investment will reignite the mining industry and new independent power producer projects

Survival of steel construction industry top priority

By: Simone Liedtke 18th November 2016 This year, the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction’s (Saisc’s) focus has been on ensuring that steelwork is sourced locally to save the local steel industry. →

2016 STEEL AWARDS The yearly Saisc Steel Awards provide an excellent platform for members to network

Eastgate Shopping Centre wins Saisc Award 2016

By: Simone Liedtke 18th November 2016 The group of companies responsible for the multimillion-rand refurbishment of Eastgate Shopping Centre, in Bedfordview, were named as overall winners at the 2016 South African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) Steel Awards. →

EASTGATE SHOPPING CENTRE The refurbishment project, completed last month, received the award from SAISC

Enamel steel cladding supplied to new ATC tower

By: Victor Moolman 12th August 2016 South Africa-based Vitrex’s vitreous enamel steel cladding has been used at the new air traffic control (ATC) tower in Muscat, in Oman, and can withstand the corrosive, abrasive and high saline coastal conditions. →

OMAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER The new air traffic control tower, in Oman, has been cladded with vitreous enamel steel cladding

Deep Space Industries joins race to mine asteroids

By: Henry Lazenby 10th August 2016 Deep Space Industries (DSI) has entered the race to launch spacecraft that will identify and mine near-earth asteroids, in the hope of establishing a new space economy. The California-based company on Tuesday announced plans to fly the world’s first commercial interplanetary mining mission. Its... →

Photo by Bryan Versteeg/Deep Space Industries
A conceptual image of Deep Space Industries' Prospector X prototype satelite

Steel exporter adapts for changing steel landscape

By: Victor Moolman 1st July 2016 Owing to the global economic downturn, and tough and volatile trading conditions, steel distributor Building System Integration (BSi) Steel has continually adapted and modified its handling of the supply of steel products, to meet the demand in the sub-Saharan African markets. →

Community reception to be held for Modi’s arrival in South Africa

By: Anine Kilian 17th June 2016 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake his first State visit to South Africa next month and is expected to address a reception hosted by a volunteer-based organisation comprising cultural groups and expatriate Indians – SAWelcomesModi – bringing together one of the oldest Indian... →

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Trellidor acquires stakes in two companies for R147m

By: Anine Kilian 6th June 2016 JSE-listed security barrier system specialist Trellidor has acquired a 92.5% stake in each of blind manufacturer Taylor Blinds and Shutters and moulding distributor NMC for a combined R147-million. Trellidor CEO Terry Dennison said a major reason for the company’s listing in October last year... →

Moody’s assigns Barloworld new global scale ratings

By: Anine Kilian 3rd June 2016 Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Services has assigned Barloworld first time long-term and short-term issuer global scale ratings of Baa3 and P-3 and long-term and short-term national scale ratings of Aa3.za and P-1.za on Friday. The outlook on the ratings was stable. Moody’s said the rating... →

Locally manufactured hardness tester offers more, costs less

By: Donna Slater 29th April 2016 Centurion-based testing-device manufacturer Anjo Hardness Testers launched its portable hardness tester the Kompakt Brinell Portable last month. It is cheaper than and offers several advancements, compared with competitor products (all of which are imported) offered locally. →

PORTABLE HARDNESS TESTER The Kompakt Brinell Portable offers hassle-free operation, with improved accuracy and faster cycles

Lily mine enters business rescue, Solidarity reacts to move

By: Creamer Media Reporter 7th April 2016 Gold miner Vantage Goldfields, which operates the Mpumalanga-based Lily mine where three miners have been trapped underground since February 4, has announced that its subsidiary MIMCO, which owns the mine, officially entered business rescue on Thursday. In a statement released on Thursday, the... →

Tesla secures 180 000 orders for new EV in 24 hrs, drives auto sector demand for lithium

By: Henry Lazenby 1st April 2016 Twenty-four hours after launching, US electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla Motors has secured more than 180 000 orders for its new Model 3 vehicle, making it the biggest driver of potential lithium demand from the auto sector to date. By Friday afternoon, that figure had risen to above 198 000... →

Photo by Reuters
Tesla Model 3

Salga, auditors body sign MoU

By: Anine Kilian 23rd March 2016 The South African Local Government Association (Salga) and the Institute of Internal Auditors – South Africa (IIA SA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide South Africa’s municipalities access to standardised norms and methods of internal auditing, to help them achieve sound... →

SALGA CEO Xolile George and IIA CEO Claudelle von Eck

Creamer Media publishes Steel 2016: A review of South Africa's steel sector research report

By: Creamer Media Reporter 7th March 2016 Creamer Media’s Steel 2016 Report examines South Africa’s steel industry over the past 12 months. The report provides insight into the global steel market and and particularly into South South Africa’s steel sector, including production and consumption, main producers and a brief overview of the... →

Insignificant number of women involved in science academies

By: Anine Kilian 29th February 2016 Female representation and participation in national science academies globally are insignificant, despite efforts to promote the role of women in science. The ‘Women for Science: Inclusion and Participation in Academies of Science’ report, which was supported by the Inter Academy Panel (IAP) and... →

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