The newly formed West African Chamber of Mines (Wacom), which comprises chief executives from the chambers of mines in Ghana, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Burkina Faso, will be officially... 

Pump supplier, testing and servicing expert AESPUMP intends to further expand its apprenticeship programme, which it says is at the heart of its recent upgrade to Level 4 black economic empowerment... 

Global sustainable productivity solutions provider Atlas Copco is focused on the development and extension of its pumps in 2016 and 2017 to take advantage of the synergies within its compressors... 

South Africa-based components and systems provider for metering liquids and water treatment and disinfection solutions the ProMinent group has introduced a new range of hydraulic diaphragm metering... 

Pumps manufacturer Mather + Platt claims to have built up one of the largest number of pumps operating in the South African mining and water sectors. Mather + Platt marketing and business... 

Comprehensive pump manufacturer Hazleton Pumps expects to deliver two Hippo model 200MH slurry submersible absorbing 185 kW pumps to the Kearl oil sands project in Canada by the end of the next... 

Industrial pump solutions leasing company Integrated Pump Rental has introduced Slurry Blaster, a cost-effective cleaning tool for slurry removal. The Slurry Blaster forms part of the company’s... 

Global progressing cavity pumps manufacturer for the oil and gas industrial sectors PCM Pumps has highlighted the benefits of positive displacement pumps as the overall efficiency and life cycle of... 

The inaugural Pump Summit Americas is set to expand the pump industry network and offer a professional platform for the pump community members and experts across North and South America to stay... 

  Technical consulting services provider Kirton Mechanical Equipment (KME), the vacuum technology-specific,  KwaZulu-Natal-based  rotating equipment supplier, offers solutions to the very... 

South African exports to lucrative overseas markets will be simplified when the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) product certification processes and procedures are amended to be recognised... 

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has invited South African manufacturers and exporters of mining equipment and related products and services to apply to participate at DRC Mining Week... 

Power management company Eaton last month announced the launch of its CLS sectional mobile valve. The CLS provides patented load sense bleed off, pre- and post-compensated load sense relief on each... 

South Africa has an established pumps industry that is considered to be well equipped and highly professional. The quality of pumps produced locally is of a high standard, with several local... 

In heavy industries, such as mining, building something to last could be the difference between unnecessarily expensive downtime and eventual profitability, says RMI Pressure Systems marketing... 

Pumps are a niche market – the only way for the industry to develop and compete internationally is, therefore,  to provide training and safeguard skills, says Southern African Pump Systems... 

Process control instrumentation and specialised systems distributor and manufacturer Instrotech, has launched a dual-output sensor for industrial monitoring applications. The Monitran MTN/2285STC... 

Pumps and Abrasion Technologies (PAT) has expanded its range of services to counteract the current skills shortage in the South African mining industry while ensuring the lowest total cost of... 

Power-transmission specialist Voith Turbo’s new closed loop differential pump (CLDP) servo drive enables customers to mitigate rising energy costs caused by interrupted power supply as a result of... 

Becker Mining South Africa’s range of light, medium and heavy-duty slurry pumps includes the hydro solids range, available in vertical, horizontal and submersible configurations. These pumps,... 

Slurry equipment solutions provider, Weir Minerals’ Warman centrifugal pump range illustrates the long-term cost benefit of purchasing durable equipment, the company says, not that a focus on... 

Water technology provider Xylem is adding high-pressure boosting pumps to its mining industry range.  The pumps are designed for high-head boosting applications in water and grey water and can be... 

Global water technology provider Xylem earlier this month opened a new facility in Port Elizabeth extending the company’s service offering to its customer base in the Eastern Cape. This move is in... 

The mining sector’s growing need to reduce costs without hindering operational efficiencies or reliability has led to a marked trend towards the use of submersible pumps as opposed to vertical... 

Coating technology can help decrease efficiency and performance losses in fluid handling equipment, caused by physical or mechanical damage, and localised erosion and corrosion, thereby increasing... 

After much consideration and identification of the significant needs within the  South African pump industry, six key member companies have decided to reactivate the South African Pumps... 

Pumps, valves, seals and components manufacturer Flowserve announced the launch of its line of Durco Mark 3 ISO chemical process pumps at the 2015 ACHEMA World Forum, in June.  Pump applications... 

UK-based hydraulic tools manufacturer Hi-Force has achieved record sales of its torque wrench pump air-driven (TPA) and torque wrench pump electric-driven (TPE). Sales for this period are 10%... 

Family-owned pump manufacturer Hazleton Pumps in April won the 2014/15 South African Premier Business Awards (SAPBA) Manufacturer of the Year award for the design, development and manufacture of...