Technology

Sandvik Rock Processing says it has developed an innovative alternative to refurbishment of ageing crushing equipment, designed to give customers an upgraded, cost-effective and original-equipment manufacturer-backed solution. Sandvik Rock Processing business line manager: crushing PC Kruger explains that the company’s Reborn programme is a strategic lifecycle solution that enables customers …

When Good Oils Go Bad Part 8   By Steven Lumley, technical manager, WearCheck Continuing the dialogue around oil condition with condition monitoring specialist company, WearCheck, this time the focus turns to contamination. In the previous instalment of this series, we saw how additives are consumed, attached to surfaces or …

The rapid expansion of AI is creating a new electricity challenge, with data centres and computing infrastructure requiring large volumes of reliable, continuous power. For Africa, where electricity supply remains inadequate in many countries and grids can be weak or fragmented, meeting the growing power needs of digital and industrial …

Mining companies are placing greater demands on pump systems as process plants increase throughput, operations become more complex and tailings storage facilities are located further from processing plants, says FLS VP and head: pumps, cyclones and valves Africa Nico Erasmus. “We continue to invest in research and development based on …

Measurement technologies specialist Hexagon launched its next-generation vehicle intervention system (VIS) globally last month. The system is designed to help surface mining operations prevent collisions, extending the autonomous intervention capabilities of Hexagon’s established VIS platform across more critical mining scenarios. “Surface mining operators continue to face complex safety challenges in …

By BAZIN MAMBUMINA In dewatering, a sector where equipment failure carries operational and safety consequences that dwarf the cost of the pump itself, brand trust functions as a form of risk transfer. Integrated Pump Technology has built its African growth strategy squarely on that dynamic, pairing two established names, Grindex …

One of the world’s largest copper producers, Normet and Codelco have entered into a five-year technology development program to advance autonomous and remotely operated underground mining technologies. The collaboration will focus on developing safer, more productive mining processes through technology pilots at Codelco’s El Teniente mine in Chile. The program …

Every roof has its limits, and installers across sub Saharan Africa are looking for ways to get more from the space they have. Sungrow’s answer is the MGTL series, a new range of three phase hybrid inverters, covering 10 kW to 25 kW, now available in the region. A hybrid …

Perpetual Next have signed a license and engineering agreement with Air Liquide Engineering and Technologies for the supply of syngas-to-methanol technology for Perpetual Next’s first biomethanol facility, with an option to extend across other biomethanol sites. The agreement marks an important step in the industrial roll-out of Perpetual Next’s Biomethanol …

SKF South Africa will demonstrate at the South African Railway Association (SARA) 2026 Expo how its full value chain – from advanced components to digital monitoring and lifecycle services – is driving a sustainable rail ecosystem on the African continent. For more than a century, SKF has partnered with railway …