Steinmüller Africa’s crane-free rigging solution shortened the Kriel Unit 6 outage by 60 days, earning the company’s site team the 2025 Eskom Kriel Managers Award for Innovation. Following a fire incident at Unit 6 in 2024, both the turbine hall

In the petrochemical industry, shutdowns are high-stakes operations that play a vital role in maintaining plant performance, safety, and compliance. These planned pauses in production allow teams to carry out essential maintenance, inspect equipment, upgrade systems, and ensure adherence to

As African mines go deeper and rainfall patterns grow increasingly unpredictable, dewatering has moved beyond being a support function to become a strategic discipline. The choice between diesel-driven and electric submersible pumps is now influenced by evolving risk profiles, both

Navigating mining’s fast changing sustainability landscape begins with a full understanding of the entire value chain, says SLR Consulting’s Angus Bracken, Mining Sector Lead for Africa and the Middle East. Whether a project is at conceptual scoping, operational execution or

Industrial maintenance teams know that proper lubrication is critical to equipment performance. What many don’t realise is that the battle for equipment longevity and efficiency is often lost before the lubricant ever touches the machine. Lubrication Engineers (LE) South Africa

Adroit Technologies has been appointed by Iochpe-Maxion, parent company of one of the world’s largest wheel manufacturers and producers of structural components in the Americas, as its global SCADA partner. The partnership will standardise operational visibility, reliability, and control across

Global technology leader ABB announces its participation in the upcoming Mining Indaba 2026, taking place from 9–12 February 2026 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).  This year’s edition emphasises collaboration across sectors, under the theme “Stronger Together: Progress

Advanced cyclone systems help Canadian coal mines cut waste and boost recovery. The Canadian coal mining industry is facing increasing challenges. Tighter environmental regulations, rising operating costs, and declining coal grades are testing the resilience of producers from Alberta to

Barloworld has entered a new phase in the Group’s evolution as a privately held, South African-led industrial business, following the successful Entsha-led consortium acquisition and Barloworld Limited’s subsequent delisting from the JSE and A2X. The Consortium is majority owned (51%)

This February, Krank will head to Indaba 2026, Africa’s premier mining event. The company will showcase Inspeq, its evolving equipment inspection app that helps mining teams save time and protect high-value equipment. Krank, a global leader in heavy equipment technology