Jan 31, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Projects, Property – Commercial & Industrial
THE Coega Development Corporation (CDC) is bullish about 2018, a year in which it is anticipating the completion of investment projects valued in excess of R12 billion. The projects include Osho Cement – R600 million; Customs Control Area (in the logistics sector);...
Sep 28, 2017 | EC Industrial & Business News
THE Port of East London should be taken over and run by the municipality in partnership with the private sector to rescue it from decades of government neglect, the local business chamber has said. Les Holbrook, Executive Director of the Border-Kei Chamber of...
Aug 1, 2017 | EC Industrial & Business News
NATURAL gas is a key component of government’s soon-to-be announced energy and resources plans and the Eastern Cape will be central to the successful roll-out of those plans. That was the message from Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi while on a visit recently to the...
May 24, 2017 | EC Industrial & Business News
THE development and application of composites in manufacturing in South Africa is accelerating up a steep growth curve and could be a “game changer” for the Eastern Cape economy, according to the Mandela Bay Composites Cluster. Created with support from the Department...
May 24, 2017 | EC Industrial & Business News
IF there’s a silver lining to the dark cloud cast over the local automotive industry by General Motors’ recently announced decision to pull out of South Africa, it’s Isuzu Motors’ commitment to strengthen its presence in the market. GM dropped the bombshell last...
May 24, 2017 | EC Industrial & Business News
AS businesses around the world continue to reel from onslaught of the WannaCry ransomware attack, many are asking “how could this have been prevented or at least more quickly contained?” While few of the global stock exchanges and other financial systems were...
Mar 27, 2017 | EC Industrial & Business News
Members of the hydro-power project team with KwaMadiba community members at the downsteam side of the Thina Falls taken during a site visit THE Eastern Cape is the location of two recent developments on the alternative energy front which illustrate the enormous...
Mar 27, 2017 | EC Industrial & Business News
SRK Consulting SA has been rated in the top five companies in South Africa’s consulting engineering (mining and infrastructure) segment in the recent Top 500 Companies Awards. The awards survey over 3 000 businesses and honour those who excel in their sectors in terms...
Mar 27, 2017 | EC Industrial & Business News
In the face of growing concerns regarding climate change, the need to meet the escalating demand and efforts towards reaching the UN-backed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), innovative approaches to wastewater management and water recovery are imperative....
