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1 week ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Rebecca Campbell |Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Marleny Arnoldi
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s National Web-Based Environmental Screening Tool is now fully operational. This was announced on Thursday by Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George. “This instrument is a game-changer for South Africa,” he affirmed. “It’s about making processes faster and smarter without compromising our environment.
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1 week ago | 
newsletter.en.creamermedia.com | Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Marleny Arnoldi |Terence Creamer
Prominent Trump supporter Erik Prince has agreed to help Democratic Republic of Congo secure and tax its vast mineral wealth, according to two sources close to the private security executive, a Congolese government official and two diplomats. The agreement, aimed at reaping more revenue from an industry marred by smuggling and corruption, was reached before Rwanda-backed M23 rebels launched a major offensive in January that has seen them seize eastern Congo's two largest cities.
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1 week ago | 
newsletter.en.creamermedia.com | Darren Parker |Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Marleny Arnoldi
The Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT) has taken delivery of components of the first nine of 28 new rubber-tyred gantry cranes, which original-equipment manufacturer (OEM) Liebherr Africa has begun assembling on site. The CTCT forms part of a network of 19 Transnet Port Terminals, and its investment in new equipment is expected to largely benefit the agricultural sector and other regional exporters.
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1 week ago | 
newsletter.en.creamermedia.com | Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Marleny Arnoldi |Terence Creamer
Alphamin Resources said it restarted tin production at its Bisie mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday after rebels withdrew from a nearby town of Walikale. The miner said in a statement it is processing stockpiled tin ore and activities at its underground mine are planned to resume later this month as more of its employees return to work.
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1 week ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Schalk Burger |Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Marleny Arnoldi
South Africa has some of the most dangerous roads in the world and the estimated cost of road accidents a year is about R164-billion, or about 3.4% of the country's GDP.
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1 week ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Sabrina Jardim |Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Marleny Arnoldi
Deputy Finance Minister Dr David Masondo will, on June 8, participate in his seventh Comrades Marathon in support of early childhood development (ECD). Running under the banner of the Community Chest Durban and Pietermaritzburg charity, in KwaZulu-Natal, Masondo aims to raise funds and awareness to support young children during the most crucial years of their development.
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1 week ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Tasneem Bulbulia |Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Marleny Arnoldi
The Kashime copper mine project, located in the Upper Lusemfwa area of Mkushi district in Zambia, has received authorisation to start mining operations. The project is primarily being developed by Zambian-owned Mimosa Resources, while First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has committed to finance and conduct further exploration within the licence area.
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1 week ago | 
newsletter.en.creamermedia.com | Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Tasneem Bulbulia |Marleny Arnoldi
South Africa's finance minister has said that failing to raise the value-added tax rate from May would cause severe harm to state finances, court papers showed, after a stand-off over the proposal risked the stability of the coalition government. The two biggest parties in the coalition government, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) have been at odds over the proposal to raise VAT by 0.5 percentage points on May 1 and another 0.5 points next year.
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1 week ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Marleny Arnoldi |Terence Creamer
Iron-ore major Fortescue has signed an agreement with Bocimar, part of Belgium’s CMB.TECH, to charter a new ammonia-powered vessel. The 210 000 dry weight tonnage (dwt) Newcastlemax vessel is expected to be delivered by the end of 2025 and will transport Fortescue’s iron-ore exports from the Pilbara to customers in China and globally. Equipped with a dual-fuel engine, the vessel will be capable of operating on ammonia that can be created using renewable energy.
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1 week ago | 
newsletter.en.creamermedia.com | Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Tasneem Bulbulia |Marleny Arnoldi
Iron-ore major Fortescue has signed an agreement with Bocimar, part of Belgium’s CMB.TECH, to charter a new ammonia-powered vessel. The 210 000 dry weight tonnage (dwt) Newcastlemax vessel is expected to be delivered by the end of 2025 and will transport Fortescue’s iron-ore exports from the Pilbara to customers in China and globally. Equipped with a dual-fuel engine, the vessel will be capable of operating on ammonia that can be created using renewable energy.
