Award for waterfront ‘Grain Silo’ design

Oct 30, 2018 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, KZN Industrial & Business News, Metals & Alloys, Property – Commercial & Industrial

ARUP was commended for their entry of the V&A Grain Silo Complex facade in the Architectural Category at the 2018 South African Steel Awards recently. The company, an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists, works...

No blockage too big for this ‘hammer’

Oct 30, 2018 | Engineering Supplies, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling

MAGHAMMERS have been sold in South Africa and worldwide for decades to alleviate blockages and material hang-ups in industrial vessels of all kinds. That’s according to Maghammers SA ambassador Gill Patterson-Roberts, who said companies currently using Maghammers...

Geosynthetic sealing-barriers for landfill projects

Oct 30, 2018 | Topics

FIBERTEX SA distributes a wide range of Naue Geosynthetics products, including the Bentofix and Bentofix X range of Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCLs) designed for use as efficient sealing barriers. Typical applications include landfill caps, closures, base seals,...

Mill circuit pumps reduce operating costs

Oct 30, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings

ENGINEERED for use in the most aggressive duties, Warman Mill Circuit pumps easily manage large size particles in highly abrasive slurries. These pumps are designed for the most severe slurry applications such as ball and SAG mill cyclone feed as well as water-flush...

Containerised mine site hydraulic workshop

Oct 30, 2018 | Engineering Supplies, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, KZN Industrial & Business News, Transport & Logistics, Water & Effluent Management

HYTEC Services Africa (HSA) has launched its mine site-based containerised hose workshops to provide a comprehensive onsite hose and fittings service to its mining customers across Africa. Set up in refurbished and branded shipping containers varying in size from 20...

New transformer company launched

Oct 30, 2018 | Topics

SGB-SMIT, a pure-play transformer specialist from Europe and Power Matla, a locally owned black empowered company with investments mainly within the renewable energy, ICT, mining and power utilities markets, have announced the launch of their new company, SGB-SMIT...

Crane hire firm rolls out its own ‘Big Five’

Oct 30, 2018 | Topics

JOHNSON Crane Hire customers were recently introduced to a selection of the company’s lifting equipment at an open day where its heavy lift fleet was likened to the ‘Big Five’ of the wild. “Johnson Crane Hire is a home-grown South African business, and like the Big...

New tripods for confined-space entry

Oct 30, 2018 | Disaster Management, Fire Protection, KZN Industrial & Business News, Occupational Health, Safety, Security

MSA Africa, a manufacturer of safety solutions for hazardous environments such as mining, used the recent Electra Mining Africa 2018 expo to display some of its latest products. These included the Workman range of tripods, which are used specifically to assist with...

​Hillcrest entrepreneur tops power utility’s academy class

Oct 30, 2018 | Education & Training, KZN Industrial & Business News, Power Generation, SMME Development & Support

NOMPILO Vilakazi (pictured), owner of Sibani Holdings, is the top achiever in the 2018 Eskom Contractor Academy. With an average 89%, Vilakazi topped the class, which had a total of 176 graduates, who are all either Eskom contractors or suppliers, or entrepreneurs...