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Uitkomst Colliery, South Africa

Published: 21 Jun 24

A coal mine in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Airbus has identified unserved air routes to, from and within Africa

Published: 20 Jun 24

On Thursday, at the AviaDev Conference in Windhoek, Namibia, Airbus released its latest report on commercial aviation in Africa. The 53-page report is titled Exploring the horizons: A study of unserved air routes to, from and within Africa. “Despite significant traffic between certain city-pairs, some identified routes still lack regularly scheduled non-stop flights,” pointed out Airbus Market Intelligence and Consulting Director Geert Lemaire. “Factors such as restrictive bilateral air service agreements, economic variables, and challenges and capacity, frequency and operating cost efficiency contribute to these routes remaining unserved.”

A Skydio drone and Boston Dynamics robot dog

Dwyka highlights new drone technology at showcase

Published: 20 Jun 24

Mining technology company Dwyka Mining Services has announced the launch of several new drone technology services through its partnerships with drone technology companies Wingtra, Emesent and now Skydio. At a showcase event hosted at the FNB Stadium, in Gauteng, on June 20, Dwyka announced its newly signed strategic partnership and reseller agreement with Skydio, one of the largest artificial intelligence- (AI-) powered drone technology companies in the US.

This Prieska mine chamber was blasted in the 1970s.

Green copper, vapour refining envisaged at Orion’s Northern Cape base metals mines

Published: 20 Jun 24

Green copper and clean smelting and refining are envisaged at Orion Minerals’ quickly advancing base metals mines in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape province, which has historically produced 2.5-millon tons of copper until base metal mining ceased there several decades ago. The fully permitted and already reviving Prieska mine will begin producing its first saleable copper and zinc 12 to 18 months after finalising its total funding requirement, which is estimated at from R3-billion to R4-billion.

WIOCC Group secures digital infrastructure expansion funds

Published: 20 Jun 24

Digital infrastructure provider WIOCC Group is furthering its expansion strategy in three African countries, enhancing the continent’s digital infrastructure and connectivity and supporting economic growth after securing funding through a financing package from IFC and Proparco. The financing includes loans of $10-million and R200-million from IFC, as well as $20-million from Proparco, a development finance institution and subsidiary of the Agence Française de Développement Group.

Assembly has started of the world’s biggest land-based crane

Published: 20 Jun 24

Netherlands-based global major engineered heavy lift and transport company Mammoet has announced that it has started assembly of its latest, and the world’s biggest and strongest land-based, crane, the SK6000. This is a ring crane design, and its assembly is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of this year. “This is a thrilling new chapter for Mammoet and modular construction in heavy industry, as we see the SK6000 taking shape,” affirmed SK6000 Project Manager Koen Brouwers. “It will offer a hook height, outreach, and lifting capacity far in excess of any crane on the market. We are excited to bring this groundbreaking technology to our customers, helping them achieve their project goals with greater efficiency and more sustainability.”

Eskom wins South African appeal to keep five polluting power plants open

Published: 20 Jun 24

South Africa’s State power utility and biggest source of air pollution won an appeal to keep five of its oldest plants open even though they are set to flout incoming emission caps. The plants - which account for almost a quarter of Eskom Holdings’ almost 45 GW of coal-fired generation capacity - will be allowed to operate under current emission limits until the end of March 2030, Barbara Creecy, South Africa’s environment minister, ruled. That will exempt them from more stringent restrictions on pollutants, ranging from particulate emissions to sulfur dioxide, that come into effect in 2025.

Vale Base Metals chairperson Mark Cutifani

Vale unveils $3.3bn plan to boost copper and nickel output

Published: 20 Jun 24

Vale plans to spend as much as $3.3-billion on improvements at its mining operations in Brazil and Canada to boost copper and nickel production capacity over the next four years. The Brazilian mining giant sees the potential to expand production capacity to about 500 000 tons of copper by 2028 mainly through improvements to its Salobo and Sossego mines in Brazil, Vale said in its latest estimates for its base metals unit. Vale produced 321 000 tons of the wiring metal last year. Nickel also gets a capacity lift.

Johannesburg Water well prepared for Rand Water’s maintenance

Published: 20 Jun 24

Johannesburg Water says it is well prepared for the potential disruptions in water supply during Rand Water’s planned winter maintenance that is starting this weekend. The water supply across the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) is expected to be impacted as Rand Water undertakes extensive proactive maintenance across Gauteng from June 22 to July 29, to improve the reliability and efficiency – as well as extend the lifespan – of its water infrastructure.

Image of WesBank marketing and communication head Lebogang Gaoaketse

Traditional bakkie powerhouses to be challenged by buying-down trend, newcomers – WesBank

Published: 20 Jun 24

South Africa is bakkie country, dominated by Toyota’s Hilux as the country’s long-standing number-one-selling vehicle, with the Ford Ranger and Isuzu D-Max also perennial favourites, among others. These three bakkies are also produced locally, in Durban, Pretoria and Gqeberha, respectively.