Birko-Food and Beverage Heating Equipment

Birko is an Australian manufacturer of industrial and catering-standard food and drink heating equipment. The company, which has over 50 years of experience developing products to heat food and beverages, provides catering equipment for many industri…

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China’s appalling mining death rate – dealing with ‘disorderly’ management

China’s mines have suffered appalling accidents and high fatality rates. Ozge Ibrahim speaks with safety professionals to reveal the critical difference good management practices can make.

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Cauldron Energy intersects high grade uranium at Yanrey project in Australia

Australian exploration company Cauldron Energy has identified high-grade uranium at the Yanrey Uranium Project in Western Australia.

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Altura Mining to acquire 15% stake in Lithium Corporation

Australian commodity producer Altura Mining has agreed to acquire a 15% interest in American junior mining company Lithium Corporation for $550,000.

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ABB to Automate Material Handling and Processing at Antucoya Copper Mine in Chile

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won a contract from mining equipment provider Tenova TAKRAF to supply power and automation equipment for the material handling and processing systems at the Antucoya greenfield copper p…

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Karmod Brochure

Karmod is the construction design and manufacturing firm of Kartal Group. Karmod produces prefabricated buildings (residential, commerical, construction site, airdrome etc.) and container buildings.

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Capex culling a ‘last resort’ as Transnet reviews impact of soft economy on R300bn plan

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet is reviewing ways to de-risk its R300-billion market demand strategy (MDS) in light of the weaker-than-expected economic outlook, which could negatively affect commodity and container volumes.
South Africa’s National Treasury had lowered its growth projection for 2012/13 to 2.5%, from the 2.7% figure forecast in the February Budget, which itself was a downward revision from the 3.4% forecast in October 2011. The figure was largely in line with the International Monetary Fund’s revised growth estimate for South Africa of 2.6%.

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Low prices hitting SA coal exports – Transnet

South African logistics group Transnet may only move around 68-million tons of coal for export this financial year despite an expanded rail capacity as producers limit exports due to low prices, the head of its freight rail unit said on Wednesday.

Transnet has been investing heavily to upgrade its ageing infrastructure and push more coal through the Richards Bay Coal Terminal on South Africa’s Indian Ocean coast before it gets shipped off to coal-hungry markets in Europe and Asia.

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Implats and DST join hands to further hydrogen research

Platinum producer Impala Platinum (Implats) is partnering with South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) on the development of hydrogen and fuel products, announcing that it would cofund a R6-million niche project over three years.

The project involves using South African raw materials to explore novel on-board hydrogen storage devices that would be used for utility vehicles such as forklifts. The devices would be tested in the Implats environment.

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CoAL confirms receipt of $20m into escrow from Haohua

outh Africa-focused mining company Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) on Wednesday said $20-million had been received into an escrow account from Haohua Energy International (HEI), a subsidiary of Beijing Haohua Energy (BHE).

The Johannesburg-, Sydney- and London-listed company recently agreed a $100-million placement deal with the Chinese group, bringing in BHE as a strategic partner.

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