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Company delivers drainage system to Sierra Leone mine

17th January 2014 UK-based pipe manufacturer Polypipe has supplied over 4 000 m of 300 mm perforated twinwall pipes for the construction of a drainage system at African Minerals’ Tonkolili iron-ore mine, in Sierra Leone. The mine presents one of the largest iron-ore resources in the world and contributes... →

Local boiler manufacturer completes improvements to factory pipeline

17th January 2014 Industrial soot blower manufacturer Agram reports that it has installed nine electrically operated blowers, three electrical valves and an automated control panel at Ford Motor Company’s manufacturing plant in Silverton, Pretoria, to improve the plant’s pipeline system. These improvements will... →

Partnership to support training and skills development

By: Pimani Baloyi 17th January 2014 South African plastic pipe industry facilitator, the Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (Sappma) has signed a memorandum of uderstanding (MoU) in November 2013 with the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (Saice) to expand its reach to the new generation of... →

African market helping local pipe manufacturer recover

By: Pimani Baloyi 17th January 2014 South African plastic pipe manufacturer Pipeflo has been expanding its presence in the African market to recover from the financial downturn that resulted from the high incidence of labour unrest in the mining industry in 2012, which has been recurring since, company founder and director Stefanus... →

PIPEFLO FACTORY
Part of the company’s success is its willingness to invest in human resources development

Pipeflo business manager Lizl du Preez discusses the effects of the Marikana tragedy on the pipes industry.

Emergency R52m pipeline comes to the rescue in water crisis

By: Zandile Mavuso 2nd August 2013 A 14 km, R52-million temporary, emergency bulk raw water pipeline, commissioned in Ermelo in June, was supplied with R12-million of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) piping, steel fittings and valves from fluid conveyance and pumping solutions provider Incledon. →

R2m contract for hydraulic hose component assembly workshop

2nd August 2013 A contract worth about R2-million a year for two hydraulic hose component assembly workshops has been awarded to hoses and fittings supplier Genflex Hydraulics by a mining plant in the North West. →

Product for joining small-diameter piping systems

2nd August 2013 Mechanical pipe-joining systems company Victaulic has introduced to the market Vic-Press, a press system that joins pipe in a matter of seconds, providing an industrial-grade solution for quick and reliable joining of small-diameter piping systems. →

Pipe-lining trial completed successfully in Australia

2nd August 2013 The trial, completed in February, took place at the Sonoma coal mine about 6 km south of Collinsville at the northern end of the Bowen basin, in Queensland, Australia. The mine produces high-quality coking and thermal coal, states FLSmidth Ludowici. →

Major contract for CrC pipe lining awarded

By: Zandile Mavuso 2nd August 2013 Long-life liner manufacturer Rio-Carb received a large order in June for 190-mm- to 2 m-diameter chromium carbide (CrC) lined dust extraction ducting for a BHP Billiton plant from air pollution control specialist Genair Pollution Projects, the main design and installation contractor of the project. →

Pipe lining solution protects against wear, reduces downtime

By: Zandile Mavuso 2nd August 2013 Engineers are moving away from using traditional rubber-lined steel pipes towards using linings that will reduce downtime and avoid plant abrasion through wear-protection products, such polyurethane wear solutions, polyurethane expert company UMP tells Engineering News. →

Govt’s infrastructure expansion plan for water supply, sanitation delayed – Sappma

By: Zandile Mavuso 2nd August 2013 Government’s delivery of basic water supply and sanitation services to all South Africans by 2014 seems to be delayed, says the South African Plastic Pipes Manufacturers Association (Sappma). →

SUPPLY CAPACITYThe plastic pipes industry is well developed and capable of handling much higher volumes of work than disclosed by government as it boasts about R3-billion in output sales a year

Pipe diameters available in Africa for first time

By: Zandile Mavuso 2nd August 2013 Water reticulation and drainage pipe manufacturer DPI Plastics last month introduced its new range of 560-mm- and 630-mm-diameter polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes, the biggest PVC pipe sizes to be manufactured in Africa. →

EXPANDING MARKETWith the larger diameter polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes range, DPI Plastics hopes to expand into the bulk water market and other markets that can benefit from using PVC pipes

Plastic pipe production capacity exceeds demand

By: Gia Costella 18th January 2013 The plastic pipe manufacturing sector is feeling the economic pinch, with domestic plastic pipe production capacity outweighing demand, says Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (Sappma) chairperson Jan Venter. “This is both ironic and concerning, as existing steel and asbestos... →

Solutions provider supplies pipes for Mpumalanga water project

By: Gia Costella 18th January 2013 Fluid conveyance and pumping solutions provider Incledon has supplied more than 15 km of ductile iron and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) piping products for the R41-million Mbuzini bulk water augmentation scheme, in Mpumalanga. →

Fluid conveyance company completes R16.5m Zambian project

By: Gia Costella 18th January 2013 Fluid conveyance solutions provider Rare completed and commissioned a R16.5-million high-density polyethylene (HDPE) piping project for African mining company Chambishi Metals on September 30, expanding the refinery plant’s output to 50 000 t/y of London Metal Exchange (LME) Grade-A copper. →

PVC-u gutters and downpipes range hail resistant

By: Gia Costella 18th January 2013 The recent spate of heavy and destructive hailstorms that caused severe damage to property in Gauteng has proved to be no match for a range of Rainflo unplasticised polyvinyl chloride (PVC-u) gutters and downpipes, says water reticulation, drainage and pipe-fitting systems manufacturer DPI... →

Glass-reinforced plastic pipe the future, says manufacturer

By: Gia Costella 18th January 2013 Pipe manufacturer and supplier Fiberpipe says glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes are the future of pipes in South Africa. “GRP pipes were introduced onto the civils market in South Africa during June 1992 and have been used worldwide in the civils market since the late 1960s. →

Pipes, tubes manufacturer replaces anticorrosion system

18th January 2013 Steel pipes and tubes manufacturer Robor’s galvanising division Robor Galvanizers has replaced the anticorrosion system at its galvanising plant. →

Fishing line pilot project successful, next phase starts

By: Gia Costella 18th January 2013 Following the successful implementation of a pilot project to use polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes as bins for discarded fishing line along the Overberg–Gansbaai shoreline, bins are being placed at Western, Northern and Eastern Cape beaches, where fishermen can dispose of their broken or used... →

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