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First hot-rolled coil produced at Scaw’s new R5bn Germiston mill. 12th November 2024 By: Terence Creamer. The first hot-rolled coil (HRC) has been produced at Scaw Metals’ Union Junction complex in Ekurhuleni, heralding the reintroduction of competition into South Africa’s flat-steel market. The R5-billion steel investment, which has been ...
Calcium carbide firm builds 8 MW cogen plant in Newcastle
Oct 7, 2011 · KwaZulu-Natal-based South African Calcium Carbide (SACC) plans to build an 8 MW cogeneration (cogen) plant at a cost of R105-million at its calcium carbide facility in Newcastle. The decision to invest in a cogen plant comes on the back of increasing electricity prices and constraints in South Africa, as well as growing environmental concerns ...
Polyco investing in HDPE recycling infrastructure - Engineering News
Jul 30, 2020 · The Polyolefin Responsibility Organisation (Polyco) is investing in infrastructure and end-use development that is essential to growing the collection, recycling and beneficiation of polyolefin plastic waste. This follows research it conducted into the economic potential of one of its key market sectors – beverage bottles – and to better understand the opportunities for …
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Jul 19, 2018 · Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone South Africa on Wednesday hosted a media tour of its 186 027 m2 manufacturing facility in Brits, North West, to showcase how its technology has evolved from the 1950s to date. Bridgestone manufactures passenger radial, light truck radial, truck and bus radial, and run flat tyres at the Brits facility, as a qualified original-equipment supplier to automotive brands ...
South32 shuts Metalloys temporarily, expects $7m restructuring …
Jul 20, 2020 · South32, headed by CEO Graham Kerr, also progressed the review of its Australian manganese alloy smelter, Temco, and the company expects to book related pretax, noncash impairment charges of $109-million in its FY20 financial results. One-off, pretax restructuring costs, including redundancies, at Metalloys of $7-million are also anticipated.
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What is CPA and why is it so important - Engineering News
Aug 15, 2018 · In the simplest terms, a CPA is a process in which you calculate the extent to which the price of inputs of the product or service you supply, has increased or decreased over a specified period of time. This means that due to unforeseen circumstances (i.e. inflation) the cost of doing business has changed and you have to account for it in some ...
Vlakfontein landfill first to meet South Africa’s tough new …
Oct 14, 2016 · South African hazardous-waste landfill sites have a new best-practice champion in multinational waste-management company Averda’s R250-million Vlakfontein high-hazardous-class landfill site, in the Vaal Triangle. It is the first landfill site of its kind in South Africa to comply with the new Waste Classification and Management regulations, …
Constantia Flexibles acquires Afripack - Engineering News
Dec 10, 2015 · Constantia Flexibles, the world’s fourth largest flexible packaging and labels company, is delighted to welcome South Africa’s second largest packaging group, Afripack, into its global network. Constantia Flexibles has close to 2 billion euros in annual sales, more than 50 plans in over 20 countries and close to 10,000 employees. …
Engen Integrated Energy Centre uplifts Bushbuckridge community
Apr 28, 2019 · Engen in partnership with the Department of Energy and the Bushbuckridge local municipality officially launched an Integrated Energy Centre (IeC) in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga on 12 April. South Africa’s Department of Energy (DoE) gave a mandate to all major South African oil companies to contribute towards job creation and community development.