Mar 6, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News
THE increase in the price of petrol at 74 cents a litre and diesel around 91 cents a litre, will have a severe impact on the cash flow of farmers. That’s according to Dawie Maree, Head of Information and Marketing at FNB Agribusiness, who said that fuel and diesel...
Mar 6, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Petrochemicals
OILTANKING Grindrod Calulo (OTGC) and Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) recently turned the first sod at the site of the Port of Ngqura’s future liquid bulk tank farm. This comes ahead of the planned decommissioning and rehabilitation of the existing liquid...
Mar 6, 2019 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry
VETTING in the supply chain function enables businesses to review their suppliers and vendors, mitigating risk before entering into business relationships. It is an important step in the supply chain, as businesses are vulnerable to a host of potential threats that...
Mar 6, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Occupational Health, SMME Development & Support
THERE have been a number of significant developments in employment law recently, with various amendments coming into force. Imraan Mahomed, Employment Partner at Hogan Lovells, explains some of the more important changes. The National Minimum Wage Act The purpose of...
Feb 21, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping
Transnet National Ports Authority has given the assurance that contingency plans are in place to avoid disruptions to fuel supplies during a scheduled five-week shutdown of the tanker berth in the Port Elizabeth harbour from Monday, 18 February until Monday, 25 March...
Feb 20, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Mining & Quarrying
Equipment sales have skyrocketed in the Port Elizabeth region where multi-franchise supplier, ELB Equipment recently opened a modern branch and fully equipped workshop in order to meet growing customer demand for its products. With a wide range of the world most...
Feb 20, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Events, Packaging, Plastics & Rubber
MORE than 20 industry leaders from the packaging, printing, and plastics industries will be sharing their insights into the latest developments and challenges in these industries over four days of free-to-attend seminars taking place during Propak Africa in March. An...
Feb 20, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Import / Export, Packaging
IN a difficult operating climate, the resilience of Sappi’s, business and the benefits from the diversification of its product portfolio in recent years have paid off. That was the message from Chief Executive Officer Steve Binnie, commenting on the paper and pulp...
Feb 20, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Government & Municipal, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, Power Generation, Social Development
ENEL, through its renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power RSA (EGP RSA), has begun construction of its 140 MW Nxuba wind farm in the Amatole District, making it the group’s third wind project in the Eastern Cape. The construction of Nxuba, which is expected to be...
