Vedanta has set its eyes on Zambia with the prospect of investing in the electric car battery manufacturing sector. This follows the recent signing of a Memorandum of understanding between Vedanta and the state of Gujurat of India to set up a semiconductor fabrication plant commonly referred to as aContinue Reading
Engineers at a European power station’s FGD plant wanted to reduce SO2 emissions at the same time as maintaining consistent site efficiency. Installing two large motors to drive a booster fan and an absorber recirculation pump helped them ensure that the station’s reputation for environmental responsibility was upheld. A pdfContinue Reading
Handling corrosive, toxic and flammable materials needs a special type of pump. When it was time for API manufacturer Ofichem to upgrade its pumping equipment, it found that Almatec® E-Series and CX Series AODD pumps proved the ideal solution. The Dutch Ofichem Group BV is a developer, manufacturer and distributor ofContinue Reading
The Chilean Collahuasi mine in the Pica district of the Tarapacá region produces more than 5,000 tons of fine copper per year, making it one of the largest copper mines in the world. Two opencast mines, Rosario and Ujina, provide the necessary copper ores, which are smelted on site intoContinue Reading
ITT’s Goulds Pumps has added the IC Open (ICO) Impeller i-FRAME pump to its portfolio of ISO standard pumps. Designed to handle chemical slurries and waste liquids and challenging food and beverage applications, the ICO augments the standard IC pump design with an open impeller for handling solids. This newContinue Reading
Polluted water and run-off from mines and quarries require pumps that can handle these highly acidic liquids. To meet this challenge, Tsurumi has continued developing its range of submersible pumps that are made of 316 stainless steel casting. Since its foundation in 1924, the Japanese company Tsurumi Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Continue Reading
South African motorists were sent into panic once again this past weekend as oil refineries were shut down due to a lack of crude oil. This comes after Sasol Ltd declared force majeure at its second biggest refinery on Friday due to a lack of crude oil.. On Monday, SasolContinue Reading
Wanner Engineering has announced the introduction of its new Hydra-Cell T200 Series medium pressure pumps, with no seals or packing. The pumps feature a seal-less design that avoids the maintenance of mechanical or dynamic seals and packing that can leak and wear. The design means that Hydra-Cell T200 pumps doContinue Reading
Ucore Rare Metals Inc is taking over Innovation Metals Corp (IMC), a privately held Canadian company that has developed RapidSX, a proprietary technology for the separation and purification of critical metals including rare earth elements, lithium, nickel and cobalt. RapidSX is an accelerated solvent-extraction-based separation technology, successfully piloted by IMC.. Ucore said the process has been highlyContinue Reading
German heavy machinery manufacturer GHH has developed a new 45 tonne (t) payload dump truck that offers maximum drive power, improved turning radius, large dumping angle, and high levels of safety. The dump truck is specially designed for use in underground hardrock mining applications. Fulfilling the latest emission standards asContinue Reading
