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APA plans for hydrogen in Victorian grid
6th December 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Energy infrastructure business APA Group has unveiled plans to introduce hydrogen into the Victorian gas transmission system. The company on Monday said that it would safely blend hydrogen as part... 


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National Gas Infrastructure Plan unveiled for first time
29th November 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The federal government has released the first full National Gas Infrastructure Plan (NGIP) and the Future Gas Infrastructure Investment Framework to help secure Australia’s gas supplies over the... 


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Namibia heading for world record green hydrogen costs, conference hears
22nd November 2021 By: Martin Creamer

With its vast potential for wind and solar energy, Namibia is excellently placed to become a global player in green hydrogen production, the Africa Green Hydrogen Forum's virtual conference heard... 


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Demand for natural gas growing in Africa
5th November 2021 By: Darren Parker

Demand for gas as an alternative energy source across Africa is increasing, as more cost-effective energy solutions are required than the traditional coal-based energy strategy, gas technology... 


Hydrogen consortium forms around Pilot's WA assets
4th November 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Pilot Energy and fellow-listed Warrego Energy have formed a consortium with energy infrastructure provider APA Group to study and jointly fund Pilot’s Mid West blue hydrogen and carbon... 


Transport infrastructure key to African economic growth
29th October 2021 By: Darren Parker

Improved transport infrastructure in Africa would contribute significantly to unlocking the continent’s economic potential, says diversified chemicals group Omnia Holdings group CEO Seelan... 


Montem hopes to be Canada's first green hydrogen producer
Montem hopes to be Canada's first green hydrogen producer
18th October 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Montem Resources has unveiled plans to transition its Tent Mountain metallurgical coal project, in Alberta, to become a renewable energy complex. Montem is proposing to build an... 


‘Unleash American shale’ to end energy crisis
15th October 2021 By: Bloomberg

The largest US natural gas driller is using the global energy crisis to renew his call for more investment in domestic infrastructure such as pipelines, which he says will enable increased exports... 


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Sustaining water supply requires innovation
15th October 2021

Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu pleaded with water sector stakeholders to rally behind ensuring that water supply exceeds water demand during his keynote address at the fifth Water... 


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Reservior awaits commissioning
15th October 2021 By: Darren Parker

A 25 Mℓ reservoir on Dann road in Glen Marais, Kempton Park, in Gauteng, has still not been commissioned, despite being completed in November 2018 at a cost of about R48-million. Almost three years... 


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Schaft Creek copper/molybdenum/gold/silver porphyry deposit, Canada
1st October 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

The preliminary economic assessment has envisaged the mining of the deposit as a conventional truck-and-shovel openpit operation. 


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Green Sedibelo will use 82% less electricity to take PGMs all the way to end consumer
28th September 2021 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Sedibelo Platinum Mines is well on its way to becoming the lowest of low-energy PGM energy users and the highest of high on-site beneficiators of metals that... 


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New valve manufactured for tailings pipelines
24th September 2021 By: Halima Frost

Although South African company Dynamic Fluid Control (DFC) has only soft launched its new slurry knife gate high-pressure valve, the SKG-HP, it has been well received by clients. The clients intend... 


iSober App
Digital Cloud base solution manage remote breath alcohol testing
17th September 2021 By: Khutso Maphatsoe

Breathalyser specialist Alcohol Breathalysers is in the early stages of rolling out its iSober Breathalyser App & Cloud Service which is a breath alcohol test management tool and can be downloaded... 


House set to advance offshore drilling ban in $31bn bill
House set to advance offshore drilling ban in $31bn bill
9th September 2021 By: Bloomberg

Congressional Democrats are poised to advance sweeping legislation to combat climate change that would, if the Senate goes along, block drilling in most US offshore waters and invest tens of... 


Offshore drilling ban and mining curbs edge closer to passage
Offshore drilling ban and mining curbs edge closer to passage
3rd September 2021 By: Bloomberg

Legislation to block oil drilling in most US waters and Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge edged closer to passage Thursday, as the House Natural Resources Committee rejected more than a... 


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Focus on South Africa’s critical PGMs supply role increasing – Implats
2nd September 2021 By: Martin Creamer

The critical role South Africa plays in the supply of platinum group metals (PGMs) is gaining increasing focus, Implats said on Thursday. Following a period where South Africa’s relevance and the... 


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Hydrogen a suitable greener alternative
27th August 2021 By: Nadine Ramdass

South Africa’s Gas Act defines “gas” as natural gas (CH4) and hydrogen (H2). Hydrogen will, in the future, be a suitable substitute for natural gas to support decarbonisation, says South African... 


A Grundfos booster pump installed at a lime slaking facility in Mpumalanaga, South Africa
Stainless pump installed in lime slaker
20th August 2021

A stainless steel Grundfos booster pump is at work at water reclamation and desalination technology company Nafasi Water’s recently commissioned lime-slaking facility in the Mpumalanga coal mining... 


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Gas supply shortfall 'increasingly likely' - ACCC
17th August 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has warned that a supply shortfall in Australia’s east coast gas market was increasingly likely. In its latest gas report, the ACCC... 


Shell to pay $110m to end 30-year Nigeria oil spill case
12th August 2021 By: Bloomberg

Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian unit agreed to pay a community in the West African country more than $110-million to resolve a long-running dispute over an oil spill that occurred more than 50 years... 


Tin ore
Fitch Solutions expects a good year for tin output amid price rally
10th August 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Market research firm Fitch Solutions says high prices and less interruption from Covid-19 are driving tin mine production growth this year. This is a positive turn on the 1.3% year-on-year... 


Coal-reliant South Africa is turning to gas power
3rd August 2021 By: Bloomberg

Power failures have become routine in South Africa. At the same time, the country wants to wean itself off the coal that generates more than 80% of its electricity and makes it the world’s... 


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Isondo project showcasing intent in green hydrogen in South Africa
2nd August 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

 The green hydrogen economy offers South Africa a considerable advantage in using its natural resources to help reindustrialise its economy and this is being supported by various policies and... 


Smith Power Equipment BOMAG equipment on construction site
Equipment supplier distributes compaction range to local market
30th July 2021 By: Cameron Mackay

Compaction technology manufacturer Bomag has entrusted local equipment supplier Smith Power Equipment to distribute its light compaction equipment range in South Africa and selected cross-border... 


Dynamic Fluid Controls RF control valve.
Company’s products doing well in mining market
30th July 2021 By: Khutso Maphatsoe

Valve manufacturer Dynamic Fluid Control (DFC) is supplying valves to several mine projects, mainly because technological advancements in valve and pipeline solutions offer an alternative to using... 


GF Piping Systems Barracude DN200 valve
Valves prove advantageous for local mining
30th July 2021 By: Khutso Maphatsoe

Manufacturing company GF Piping Systems launched its Plastic Butterfly Valve 565 in April at its headquarter in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. The 565 valves, manufactured in Seewis im Prättigau,... 


Mining sector requires support from government
30th July 2021 By: Khutso Maphatsoe

The adoption of the Mining Charter III has led to some confusion in the mining sector, specifically on the local-content verification process, which means further insight and understanding of... 


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SA needs to be doing more to avert a catastrophic water crisis
22nd July 2021

South Africa is rapidly approaching a water crisis with potentially catastrophic consequences. After decades of mismanagement and a lack of maintenance the country’s water infrastructure is crumbling 


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NSW gas plan blasted
21st July 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (Appea) has warned that the New South Wales government’s Future of Gas Statement would effectively lock up most of the state from gas... 


Assmang calls force majeure on manganese alloys in South Africa
19th July 2021 By: Bloomberg

Assmang issued a notice of force majeure on manganese alloys production from its facilities in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, according to an email from Rorie Wilson, an alternate director... 


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MRT Global
16th July 2021

Leading South African engineering company MRT Global specialises in providing multi-disciplinary engineering services including civil, structural, mechanical, piping, plate work, electrical and... 


SKY HIGH
The use of drones to conduct non-destructive testing on taller installations and hard to reach areas is even more possible
Drone and NDT firm join forces
9th July 2021 By: Halima Frost

Materials testing and inspection service provider Dekra Industrial has joined forces with aerial solutions and drone services company Sky Africa Drones to offer a drone inspection service that... 


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Olive Downs coking coal project, Australia – update
9th July 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility has approved a loan to develop first stage of the Olive Downs mine. 


NAIF approves Olive Downs coal mine loan
NAIF approves Olive Downs coal mine loan
1st July 2021 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) has approved a A$175-million loan to support privately held Pembroke Resource’s development of its Olive Downs metallurgical coal mine, in... 


House votes to reinstate Obama methane rule for oil, gas wells
28th June 2021 By: Bloomberg

The House voted Friday to rescind a Trump-era rule blocking the EPA from directly limiting oil industry emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane, a move that would restore requirements... 


AP Ventures managing partner Andrew Hinkly
Hydrogen-focused AP Ventures fund balloons to fourfold-bigger close
24th June 2021 By: Martin Creamer

AP Ventures Fund II, with its strategy of investing along the hydrogen value chain, has closed at four times the size of Fund I. The far-seeing AP Ventures began investing along the generally... 


HIGHER-PRESSURE PUMPS
These high-pressure pumps include three 850 kW Cornell 810 26 MX high-pressure pumps, and four 810 22 mining pumps with 650 kW motors
Pumps must ‘push limits’ to meet demands
18th June 2021 By: Anna Moross

Mining companies require deeper exploration to find economically viable ore and the further a mining company wants to explore, the more mining pump vendors need to “push the envelope” to ensure... 


Nadezhda metallurgical plant sulphuric acid neutralisation project, Russia
Nadezhda metallurgical plant sulphuric acid neutralisation project, Russia
18th June 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

The Nadezhda metallurgical plant sulphuric acid neutralisation project forms part of the fresh air national project. 


Enbridge faces second day of anti-pipeline outcry in Minnesota
9th June 2021 By: Bloomberg

Protests against the construction of an Enbridge oil pipeline in Minnesota continued for a second day after about 200 people were arrested. The Canadian pipeline giant evacuated 44 workers on... 


NMP hosts informative workshops as court case is again postponed
3rd June 2021 By: Donna Slater

While it awaits the outcome of a once again postponed court case, Namibia Marine Phosphate (NMP) has completed a series of online information workshops that sought to inform potential future... 


DECIDEDLY DESICCANT
Oxair supplies desiccant air dryers that can help combat condensation in pipelines and keep machinery running for longer
Air drying kit to maintain performance for mines
28th May 2021

Eliminating the build-up of moisture is an ongoing challenge in the mining and offshore sectors, where the harsh and hazardous environments make it daunting to maintain the integrity of key... 


Firms aim to develop technology to simplify hygrogen storage, use in fuel-cell-powered vehicles
14th May 2021 By: Natasha Odendaal

Global materials technology and recycling group Umicore and global mining giant Anglo American, through subsidiary Anglo American Platinum, have teamed up to develop new platinum-group metals-... 


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