THE Southern African region has abundant mineral resources, making mining activities some of the largest economic drivers across the countries. Zambia, one of Zimbabwe’s key trading partners is big on copper and is the second largest copper producer in Africa after another SADC country, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Continue Reading
For 100 years now, the company co-founded by Dr Kurt Mauritz and based in Vettelschoss, Germany, has been in the business of wear protection. Every day, Kalenborn’s customers move millions of tonnes of material, in all kinds of aggregates and using all kinds of transport. Those raw materials – fromContinue Reading
A company announced a recall on its smoke and carbon monoxide detectors that could pose a serious poisoning risk and even death. Universal Security Instruments announced the urgent recall on two models of the 2-in-1 Photoelectric Smoke & Fire + Carbon Monoxide product. The company says 8,000 units were sold betweenContinue Reading
SKF Group Company, Lincoln Lubrication South Africa’s Africa Export division recently received approval from a leading cement producer in Africa to supply, install and commission 51 Muster II Automated Fire Suppression (AFS) systems at its cement plant in Nigeria. The systems will be installed on drill rigs, crawler excavators, dumpContinue Reading
Yorkshire Water has selected Samotics as the sole supplier of electrical signature analysis (ESA) for its full sewage network until at least 2025. The three-year contract, worth £10 million, is part of Yorkshire Water’s Dynamic Maintenance program. In January 2022, two tenders were issued for two different condition-based monitoring (CBM)Continue Reading
An updated app from SKF extends access to information on super-precision bearings – allowing users to combine bearings into sets. SKF has updated the app that gives users instant information on super-precision bearings. Super-precision manager app allows users to scan a code on the product packaging, or on the bearingContinue Reading
Seventeen miners at a coal mine in southern Zambia survived gas suffocation while working underground, a mining official said on Tuesday. The accident happened in the early hours of Monday at Collum Coal Mine situated in Sinazongwe district at shaft 6 underground when suspected carbon monoxide gas filled the undergroundContinue Reading
Germany’s KSB SE & CoKGaA and Leistritz Pumpen GmbH have unveiled an international service alliance to raise customer service worldwide to a new, networked and especially fast level. Image © WrightStudio – stock.adobe.com. Following a successful test phase in France, the service alliance will now be rolled out to otherContinue Reading
DR Congo’s mines ministry has proposed lifting lockdowns at mining operations after workers went on strike to protest compulsory on-site confinements during the coronavirus outbreak. Human rights organisations said earlier this month that mining workers in the vast African country were being forced to stay in overcrowded, unsanitary accommodations. DuringContinue Reading
Sulzer is supplying pumps for Shell’s major new biofuels facility that is under construction in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Image © Inna – stock.adobe.com. The Shell Energy and Chemicals Park, which is expected to become one of the largest biofuels production sites in Europe, will create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) andContinue Reading
