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WorleyParsons RSA forms iX Engineers
WorleyParsons RSA forms iX Engineers
[Mark Allix] Worleyparsons RSA has formed iX Engineers, a black-owned consulting engineering company focusing on SA's public infrastructure sector... read
Architecture & Design
Profica provides design, build solution for ABSA
Profica provides design, build solution for ABSA
Construction and property solution company Profica has recently completed a tenant installation and full fit-out for ABSA bank's Umlazi Megacity branch in Durban... read
Building Materials & Equipment
L-R: Clint Correia (Summit financial director), Nomfobe Ndzelani (Summit HR manager), Leonard Openshaw (Summit operations director), Michael Grant (Summit CEO) & Tyrone Bricknell (Jacobs Capital investment manager)
Jacobs Capital, Vulindlela Holdings invest in Summit
Jacobs Capital and Vulindlela Holdings have purchased a majority stake in mobile crane hire company, Summit, for an undisclosed sum... read
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ARC acquires 18.36% stake in Afrimat
Minerals and construction supplier group Afrimat announced on Friday, 23 September, that African Rainbow Capital (ARC) had offered to buy 18.26% of its shares from the black economic partner... read
New research to stimulate trade growth in stainless steel sector
New research to stimulate trade growth in stainless steel sector
Research undertaken by the Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association (sassda) and the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa has provided local stainless steel fabricators insight into growth opportunities in new export markets as well as import substitution within the South African market... read
SA steel production falls 9.9% y/y in August to 446,000 tons: worldsteel
SA steel production falls 9.9% y/y in August to 446,000 tons: worldsteel

Helmo Preuss

South African steel production fell 9.9% year on year (y/y) in August to an estimated 446,000 tons after an 11% drop in July and a 6.9% rise in June, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel)... read
Construction & Engineering
Revamp of 10 state-owned industrial parks begins
Revamp of 10 state-owned industrial parks begins

Linda Ensor

The first phase of upgrading 10 state-owned industrial parks is under way, with R180m allocated for the project this year, Department of Trade and Industry director-general Lionel October said on Wednesday, 21 September... read
Property Development
Blok launches TENONQ
Blok launches TENONQ
Blok recently launched its largest development to date TENONQ. Situated in Sea Point between Kloof and Regent Roads, the eight-storey building will house 53 apartments ... read
Sustainable Development
Professor Anna Tibaijuka receives sustainability award
Professor Anna Tibaijuka receives sustainability award
Professor Anna Tibaijuka, former executive director of UN HABITAT, is the first woman to receive the 'H.R.H Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Award for Sustainable Development'. read
Masdar City: the ultimate experiment in sustainable urban living
Masdar City: the ultimate experiment in sustainable urban living

Susan Lee

Ten years ago in the United Arab Emirates, a new settlement was started from scratch, with the aim of becoming "the world's most sustainable city"... read
Utilities
Eskom says it can fund nuclear
Eskom says it can fund nuclear

Carol Paton

Eskom can pay for the nuclear build programme because it will have accumulated a R150bn cash pile in the next 10 years, according to its head of generation, Matshela Koko... read
International
Two top China steelmakers announce merger to combat glut
Two top China steelmakers announce merger to combat glut
Two of China's top steelmakers announced plans Tuesday, 20 September, to merge, creating the world's second-largest manufacturer of the commodity as markets struggle with a glut caused by Chinese overcapacity... read
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Business
#InnovationMonth: SA's matchmaking app for the freelance economy
#InnovationMonth: SA's matchmaking app for the freelance economy

Lauren Hartzenberg

For many, the office-based, 9am to 5pm corporate workplace has lost its lustre, resulting in a move towards freelance or project work... read
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