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low-voltage motor assembly line of Zest WEG Group
Major OEM commissions new low-voltage motor assembly line in Gauteng
14th October 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Brazilian motor and controls manufacturer WEG’s South African subsidiary Zest WEG has commissioned a new assembly line for low-voltage WEG W22 IE3 and IE4 motors at the company’s corporate premises... 


The full ABB’s low-voltage process performance motors range all in one picture
Supplier diversifies product offerings to grow in Africa
14th October 2022 By: Halima Frost

Bearings and power transmission distributor Bearings International (BI) South Africa, a member of the Hudaco group, has expanded its offerings to include low voltage motors of electric motor... 


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QPM strikes $69m deal with GM
12th October 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The share price of ASX-listed Queensland Pacific Metals (QPM) climbed more than 18% on Wednesday on news of a long-term strategic collaboration agreement with General Motors (GM). QPM has entered... 


An image of cobalt mining in the DRC
First US cobalt mining operation to begin after more than 30-year hiatus
7th October 2022 By: Bloomberg

Booming demand for batteries powering the world’s shift into electric vehicles is rekindling US cobalt production after a nearly 30-year hiatus. Jervois Global is starting the first US cobalt mine... 


AWARD-WINNING
Pilot Crushtec’s Pilot Modular range is an award-winning range of ready to use semi-mobile, skid mounted crushing, screening, washing and stockpiling equipment
Company has unique blend of crushing, screening equipment on offer
7th October 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

Focusing solely on crushing and screening equipment, mining equipment provider Pilot Crushtec offers customers a unique blend of Finnish industrial company Metso Outotec’s and its own brand of... 


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Charco Cranes
4th October 2022

Charco Cranes, based in Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa, is a dynamic, innovative materials handling equipment service provider providing comprehensive sales and service of over-head cranes, hoists... 


South32 CEO Graham Kerr
EV demand sparks revival of US manganese mining after decades
3rd October 2022 By: Bloomberg

South32 aims to accelerate development of the first new US manganese mine for decades as carmakers rush to secure supply of the metal needed in electric vehicle batteries. Automakers are “super... 


EV makers must partner with miners to secure key metals
3rd October 2022 By: Bloomberg

A key lithium producer in Australia, the world’s top supplier, is urging electric car manufacturers and battery makers to become its partners in new refinery projects, arguing their direct... 


COAL CONCENTRATION
A Clean Coal Technology research group study to characterise the associations, distributions and concentration of rare earth elements in coal focused on the Waterberg basin, in Limpopo, a region hosting about 40% of South Africa’s remaining coal resources
Coal waste could boost REEs supply
30th September 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

The information derived from a study published this year on the mineralogy and distribution of rare-earth elements (REEs) in Waterberg coalfield high-ash coals could assist with a new concept of... 


Industry must adapt to new vehicle transition
23rd September 2022 By: Cameron Mackay

A significant growth opportunity for the local automotive component manufacturing sector lies in how successfully South Africa positions itself in the newenergy vehicle (NEV) assembly space for... 


Jakob Rutqvist, Sandvik VP strategy and commercial for battery and hybrid/electric-vehicles business unit of Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions.
World’s largest battery-electric mine truck heading for commercial availability in 2024
21st September 2022 By: Martin Creamer

The world’s largest battery-electric truck for underground mining is on its way to becoming commercially available in 2024. Sandvik’s 65 t TH665B machine removes between 1 t and 2 t of carbon... 


New-vehicle sales stats show promise, but used-car allure waning
16th September 2022 By: Irma Venter

The sales statistics for August indicate that “some form of stability” is returning to the new-vehicle market, says WesBank. August delivered the second-best performing sales month for the year... 


Vehicle production, exports hard-hit by KZN floods
16th September 2022 By: Irma Venter

The KwaZulu-Natal floods, along with the associated disruption in the movement of automotive components and vehicles through the Durban port, as well as the ongoing global semiconductor shortage,... 


BMG MD Robin Briggs
BMG confident about post-Covid recovery
14th September 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

While economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic has been slower than expected, industrial equipment supplier BMG is confident that this will speed up as infrastructure development starts to... 


Glencore CEO Gary Nagle.
Glencore clinches green aluminium deals
9th September 2022 By: Martin Creamer

Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore has entered into a ten-year alumina supply and aluminium offtake agreements with global green aluminium subsidiary of Press Metal Aluminium... 


The Kwatani assembly facility packed to capacity with vibrating screens.
Major export order signals Kwatani’s leadership
8th September 2022

Competing with leading OEMs from around the world, vibrating screen specialist OEM Kwatani has snatched a mammoth export order for over 70 screens. The order was signed in April with a large copper... 


CEO Mervyn Naidoo
Actom anticipating demand as energy projects continue to flow from REIPPPP
8th September 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

With a major increase in renewable energy projects anticipated over the next 12 months, turnkey electrical solutions provider Actom is confident that this will translate into an increased demand... 


SEW-EURODRIVE national sales and marketing manager Jonathan McKey
High-tech launches from SEW-EURODRIVE at Electra Mining
8th September 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

Visitors to this year’s Electra Mining Africa exhibition in Johannesburg will be spoilt for choice as drive component manufacturer SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa unleashes more technology to drive... 


SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa will launch its DriveRadar® solution for remote condition monitoring and maintenance forecasting at Electra Mining Africa.
High tech launches from SEW-Eurodrive at Electra Mining
7th September 2022

Visitors to this year’s Electra Mining Africa exhibition in Johannesburg will be spoilt for choice as SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa unleashes more technology to drive productivity and efficiency.  


A photo of Zest WEG equipment being delivered
Zest WEG poised for African growth
7th September 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

After a decade-long expansion of its manufacturing capabilities in South Africa, Zest WEG, the South African subsidiary of Brazil’s WEG Group, is well placed to extend its already extensive... 


CONSIDERED CAPACITY
Before developing manufacturing capacity locally, Zest WEG endeavours to understand the end-users’ needs first
Motor manufacturer helping to reduce load on grid
2nd September 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

In focusing on energy efficiency, Zest WEG, a subsidiary of Brazilian motor and controls manufacturer WEG, is helping the South African mining industry reduce its load on the country’s fragile... 


DRIVING RESILIENCY
DRIVING RESILIENCY
2nd September 2022

Toyota South Africa Motors is implementing various climate-resilience measures at its Prospecton plant (pictured), in KwaZulu-Natal, which was badly affected by severe flooding in April. The flood... 


Pic of Melco's Germiston-based manufacturing facility
Melco rolls from strength to strength thanks to bulk unit handling capabilities
30th August 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

Goods conveying is a critical aspect of production, packaging and distribution of numerous large consumer products and industrial components, says conveyor equipment manufacturer Melco Conveyor... 


Electro-mechanical solutions on show at Electra Mining 2022
26th August 2022

Vert Energy is participating at this year’s Electra Mining Exhibition, to be held at Nasrec in Johannesburg from 5 - 9 September 2022 (Hall 6, Stand G18). As electro-mechanical solutions providers... 


PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE BMG’s NORD predictive maintenance solutions a comprehensive evaluation of analogue and digital data, to enhance the operational efficiency and safety of machines.
Drives company to exhibit at EMA
26th August 2022

NORD Drive Systems, in partnership with BMG, will be exhibiting at Electra Mining Africa. Getriebebau NORD, a global manufacturer of drive technology for mechanical and electronic solutions, is... 


SONIA PRETORIUS
“The time is right” to advance the company’s waste management capabilities
More women join the industry
26th August 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

Material handling company CFAO Equipment South Africa has seen an increased interest from females that wish to enter the materials handling sector, which is largely perceived to be a male-dominated... 


OLI South Africa
OLI South Africa
26th August 2022

Making business simpler for customers, while going global with a first-class product range, has proved successful in establishing industrial vibration technology company OLI as the worldís... 


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Rossi
26th August 2022

Gear manufacturer Rossi, a member of the Habasit Group, a leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of gear reducers, gearmotors and electric motors. It is the trusted partner of mining... 


AUTOMATED The Maxolution's automated guided vehicles
Company to launch new solution
25th August 2022 By: Mariaan Webb

Visitors to the SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa stand will be spoilt for choice as the company unleashes more technologies to drive productivity and efficiency. Addressing growing demand for reduced... 


EV industry prizes steel over aluminium, Cleveland-Cliffs CEO says
23rd August 2022 By: Bloomberg

Electric-vehicle (EV) makers are choosing steel over aluminum as the preferred metal for automotive bodies, says the top executive at the largest steel provider to the US car industry.... 


ON THE ROAD Zest WEG will showcase its mobile substation capabilities at Electra Mining Africa.
Zest WEG poised for African growth after decade-long expansion of SA manufacturing
23rd August 2022

After a decade-long expansion of its manufacturing capabilities in South Africa, Zest WEG, the South African subsidiary of Brazil’s WEG Group, is well placed to extend its already extensive... 


Five weeks until doors open on Reuters Events: Industry Transition 2022
Five weeks until doors open on Reuters Events: Industry Transition 2022
23rd August 2022

It’s estimated that half the world’s fossil fuel assets could become worthless by 2036. Add to this, increasing stakeholder pressure to decarbonize, and re-strategizing heavy industry must be on... 


Climate disasters risk putting a damper on electric-car making
22nd August 2022 By: Bloomberg

Automakers racing to make more electric vehicles have a problem: climate change is catching up with the industry. On Monday, authorities in China’s Sichuan province — the source of about a fifth of... 


Elon Musk’s license to print money off lithium didn’t last long
19th August 2022 By: Bloomberg

Elon Musk says there’s big money to be made by turning raw lithium into battery chemicals, but shrinking profit margins suggest the mining end of the business might still be a better bet. Musk... 


A row of Donati hoists at a manufacturing plant
Crane supplier announces new distributorship
19th August 2022 By: Halima Frost

Materials handling equipment distributor and service provider Charco Cranes used the KwaZulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition, held in February, as well as smaller industry-related events, as... 


Toyota’s Prospecton plant to return to full production at end of September
19th August 2022 By: Irma Venter

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) says its Prospecton plant, in Durban, should be back to full production at the end of September. Assembly operations were suspended on April 12, owing to severe... 


Zest WEG
Zest WEG
16th August 2022

Zest WEG, a subsidiary of leading Brazilian motor and controls manufacturer WEG, is committed to the development of the African region, and has been servicing the continent for over 40 years.... 


Miners face supply chain overhaul to meet US EV credit deadline
Miners face supply chain overhaul to meet US EV credit deadline
12th August 2022 By: Reuters

Miners will struggle to expand operations in the United States in record time to meet a deadline for sourcing key minerals domestically or from select countries as set out by a bill likely to be... 


Volvo SA to add new battery electric vehicle to its local line-up
12th August 2022

Volvo Car South Africa (Volvo SA) will soon add a second battery electric vehicle (EV) to its local EV portfolio – the XC40 P6 Recharge. The local arm of the Swedish manufacturer currently offers... 


MP Materials profit more than doubles on higher rare earths prices
5th August 2022 By: Reuters

Rare earths miner MP Materials reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday due to rising demand and prices for the materials used to make electric vehicles and a range of consumer... 


Soil compactor offers high value with efficiency
5th August 2022

One of South Africa’s largest compaction machine suppliers ELB Equipment offers clients the Ammann ARS 122 soil compactor, which is an industry leader in compaction efficiency. “The Ammann ARS 122... 


Albemarle's lithium sales surge after supply contracts renegotiated
4th August 2022 By: Reuters

Albemarle, the world's largest producer of lithium for electric vehicle batteries, raised its annual forecast on Wednesday and reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit after it renegotiated... 


GM prepaying Livent $198m for guaranteed lithium supply
3rd August 2022 By: Reuters

General Motors is prepaying Livent $198-million for a guaranteed six-year supply of lithium, a deal that reflects the auto industry's rising worry about a tightening market for the electric vehicle... 


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