Rocketmine, a subsidiary of the international Delta Drone Group, continues to affirm its’ position as the drone service providing leader in UAV (drone) solutions for the mining sector. The company recently announced that it has procured contracts...
President Jacob Zuma officially opened Unit 6 of the Medupi Power Station on Sunday, a move that marks a momentous milestone for Eskom and the country. Medupi is the first super-critical power plant unit to be successfully built and operated in the...
Amid a dispute with Glencore’s tied Optimum colliery, which supplies the Hendrina power station, power utility Eskom is pursuing a penalty claim of R2-billion from Optimum, owing to breaches of contract. Eskom acting CEO Brian Molefe said on...
Thousands of workers at South African Eskom’s Medupi power plant stayed away from work on Wednesday, rejecting an offer by the firm to rehire workers dismissed for vandalism during a strike over higher pay and better living conditions. Labour...
The ongoing strike at Eskom’s Medupi power station is expected to resume on Wednesday, following unions met yesterday. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) announced that its workers would join others in strike action on...
Unit 6 at Eskom’s newly-built Medupi power station in Limpopo produced power for the first time on Monday, the parastatal said. “The electricity flowing into the grid marks a new beginning,” Eskom chief executive Tshediso Matona said in a...
The bankable feasibility study for Exxaro’s Belfast colliery project is on track for conclusion in Q1 2014, it said in its 2013 results. The integrated water-use licence authorisation is anticipated in H1 2014. An investment decision is likely to...
The Medupi power station construction site reached a significant milestone, achieving 4 636 440 man hours without a lost time injury. In this time the site avoided any injuries resulting in productive time lost or restricted physical activity for...
Engineering solutions provider GAST has announced that project execution company Basil Read terminated its Medupi Power Station geosynthetic contract, despite having already completed more than 95% of a R83 million contract. Simultaneously, Basil...
