Allen Sparrow

Position: MD of Rand Air & Gas, a division of African Cryogenics 

Rosatom promises to work with SA firms if selected as nuclear partner

Russian State-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom has reiterated its willingness to cooperate with South African companies if it is chosen to build nuclear power plants in this country. In line with... 

Indonesia expresses interest in SA’s dormant PBMR

Indonesia has expressed interest in South Africa’s pebble-bed modular reactor (PBMR) technology, the demonstration of which was abandoned in 2010, after R9.244-billion had been spent over a decade,... 

Profits of top 40 global mining companies nosedived last year

Tough industry conditions over the past year have driven the profits of the top 40 global mining companies to their deepest depths in a decade, a report by professional services firm PwC has shown.... 

Cobus van Schalkwyk

Main Activity of the Company: The design and supply of power generation systems Date and Place of Birth: August 24, 1980, Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal Education: North-West University, BEng (electrical... 

Rwanda to implement ‘conflict-free’ certification to instil confidence in minerals sector

The authorities in Rwanda have committed to instilling confidence in the lucrative mining sector in order to attract more investments and spur the industry's growth. The East African nation has... 

Martin Peterson

Main Activity of the Company: The company is a distributor of Makita, Mercury and Topcon products Date and Place of Birth: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, September 28, 1963 Education: I graduated from Rhodes... 

Mandla Mlangeni

Main Activity of the Company: MMQS is an infrastructure cost management consultancy specialising in quantity surveying, estimating, cost accounting, planning and scheduling and cost engineering... 

Keith Matthews

Main Activity of the Company: Telecommunications and information technology servies Date and Place of Birth: May 22, 1965 

Chris Botha

Position: MD of Aveng Grinaker-LTA Main Activity of the Company: Aveng Grinaker-LTA is a multidisciplinary construction and engineering group anchored in South Africa, with experience and expertise... 

Getting It Right

In the Engineering News edition of November 15, 2013, we incorrectly stated in our Civil Engineering and Construction feature that Murray & Roberts had received accolades at the Construction... 

Brandon Bekker

Position: MD Main Activity of the Company: Unified information management Date and Place of Birth: July 20, 1973, Cape Town 

A glimpse into Bronze Age copper mining

On a recent trip to the UK, a few very dear and long-suffering family members decided to indulge my obsessive interest in mining history by taking me on a visit to two of Britain’s flagship mining... 

Derek Franks

Position: Group Director & Co-Owner Main activity of the company: Supplier of Steel, Tube, Pipe, Fittings, Valves, Pumps & Irrigation products since 1903 Date and place of birth: 12/03/1956 England... 

DMR consents to transfer of SA coal prospecting right

South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources has given its consent for the transfer of the prospecting right that is required by dual-listed Continental Coal to start exploration at its Vaalbank... 

Nico Jacobs

Position: Director: operations Main Activity of the Company: Informal eating outlets 

SA’s capital project performance – a slide to mediocrity on

By Willem Louw It is ironic and puzzling to read and hear leading decision-makers in the country regularly calling for citizens to claim ownership of the National Development Plan (NDP) and give it... 

World’s water-recycling leader has even higher aspirations

Water-constrained Israel hopes to recycle up to 90% of its municipal effluent for irrigation in the next decade – up from about 80% at present – as it continues to take measures to ensure adequate... 

Israel continues to churn out innovative water solutions

Israeli companies continue to churn out technologies that are being lapped up by a global water sector intent on raising efficiency levels as growing populations and other factors continue to... 

Israel in bid to deploy its cutting-edge water technologies in the mining sector

Israel, renowned for its cutting-edge water technologies, is pushing for these innovations to be deployed in the global mining sector, where pressure to extract resources in an environment-friendly... 

Malcolm Rabson

Position: MD of Dariel Solutions Main Activity of the Company: Enterprise software development 

Martin Ochien’g

Position: Marketing and strategy director at ADT South Africa Main Activity of the Company: Provision of integrated fire and security solutions in the commercial market in Africa Date and Place of... 

Two words every South African should hold dear

At the beginning of 2008, South Africa was literally plunged into darkness, when the national electricity utility, Eskom, embarked on massive load-shedding in response to worsening problems on the... 

Tractor manufacturer mulls relocation after promised support fails to materialise

At a time when South Africa needs to create and maintain jobs, a local manufacturer of the world’s biggest and most powerful tractor could relocate to Australia, all because it has failed to... 

Plastic rail-sleeper trials under way

Three mines in Limpopo province are undertaking trials aimed at proving the feasibility of replacing wooden underground cocopan rail sleepers with products made from recycled plastic. 

Lesotho case shows that the corruptor is as guilty as the corrupted

The conviction of international civil-engineering consulting firms and contractors on charges of bribing their way to lucrative contracts on the multibillion-rand Lesotho Highlands Water Project... 

SA firm in cashew nut shelling innovation

A Mpumalanga company has developed and patented a cashew nut shelling machine which, it claims, will give Africa’s moribund cashew nut industry a new lease on life.