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Eskom

Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

Eskom slashes R81.9 billion from its debt, needs more to borrow

September 2, 2021September 1, 2021 admin Eskom

Eskom gross debt was cut by R81.9-billion, leaving an outstanding debt of R401.8-billion. And there is the outstanding municipal debt,

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

Arnot Opco signs a ten-year coal supply agreement with Eskom

August 13, 2021August 12, 2021 admin Coal, Eskom, Wescoal

Update of 28 July 2021, referring to the imminent restart of the Arnot Mine, based in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, and the

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News 

Explosion at Eskom’s new power station

August 11, 2021August 10, 2021 admin Eskom, Medupi, Power Station

JOHANNESBURG – Eskom has informed the public that Unit 4, which was on a short-term outage (since 06 August 2021) of

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

Medupi’s last unit in operation marks completion of the project

August 4, 2021August 3, 2021 admin Eskom, Medupi

Eskom has announced that on Saturday Unit 1, the last of six generation units of the Medupi Power Station Project

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

Ramaphosa: electricity reform in word only?

July 26, 2021July 23, 2021 admin Eskom

Johannesburg – The Free Market Foundation (FMF) calls on government to speed up the process of detailing and gazetting President

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Africa Base Metals South Africa 

South32 finalises energy supply agreement for Hillside Aluminium

July 25, 2021July 23, 2021 admin Aluminium, Eskom, Hillside Aluminium, South32

South32 has advised that the National Energy Regulator of South Africa has approved a long-term energy supply agreement between Eskom

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Africa News South Africa 

DFFE refuses Karpowership environmental impact assessments applications

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 admin Eskom

The DFFE (Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment) has announced that the Turkish-led Karpowership SA consortium was denied the

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

Kusile power station to be completed by 2025

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 admin Eskom, Kusile power station

Deputy President David Mabuza has been given the assurance that the Kusile power station will be completed within the 2024/25

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

Eskom power stations tripped 711 times in 2020

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 admin Eskom

Eskom has reported that it used 130% more fuel oil than anticipated for coal-fired power stations during the 2020 financial

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Africa News 

FMF applauds government on new threshold to produce electricity

June 16, 2021June 14, 2021 admin Eskom

Johannesburg – The Free Market Foundation (FMF) welcomes the decision by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet to lift the threshold for

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

Load shedding: Koeberg will be key, says De Ruyter

June 15, 2021June 14, 2021 admin Eskom

Many years of deferred maintenance and delays in the commissioning of new power stations Medupi and Kusile have ensured that

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

FMF proposes immediate reforms to stop rolling blackouts

June 15, 2021June 14, 2021 admin Eskom

Johannesburg – The Stage 4 loadshedding (better understood as Stage 4 de-industrialisation) announced on 9 June 2021. The state maintains

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

Eskom cuts its crippling debt by 20 percent

May 28, 2021May 27, 2021 admin Eskom

Struggling South African state power utility Eskom Holdings SOC reduced its debt by almost a fifth after repaying matured loans

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News 

McKinsey pays back the money it received from dodgy contract

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 admin Eskom, McKinsey, Transnet

In 2017, as part of the #GuptaLeaks, amaBhungane and the investigative unit Scorpio, delved deep into what became known as

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Africa News South Africa 

State capture costs SA at least R50bn but the true cost is definitely higher

May 26, 2021May 25, 2021 admin Corruption, Eskom, State Capture, Transnet

In South Africa, evidence is piling up at the Zondo Commission about how the Guptas interfered in the running of

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

Dark new world of South African coal

April 14, 2021April 13, 2021 admin Coal, Eskom

Local companies have been scrambling for the coal assets dumped by large corporates, such as Anglo American, Exxaro, Glencore, BHP

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Africa Ferrous Metals South Africa 

Private energy may buoy South African ferrochrome

April 13, 2021April 12, 2021 admin Eskom, Ferrochrome

South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) announced the selection of its preferred bidders for the Risk Mitigation

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Africa News Non-Metal South Africa 

Eskom’s Kusile Unit 3 achieves commercial operation

April 2, 2021April 1, 2021 admin Eskom, Kusile power station

Johannesburg – Eskom has announced that this week Unit 3 of the Kusile Power Station achieved commercial operation status. This

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

Wescoal delivers first own coal sales from Moabsvelden

March 20, 2021March 19, 2021 admin Eskom, Wescoal

Shareholders are referred to the voluntary SENS update of 25 January 2021, in terms of which, Wescoal indicated that production

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Africa News South Africa 

Deteriorating Eskom extends load shedding

March 16, 2021March 15, 2021 admin Eskom

Eskom informs the public that the implementation of Stage 2 loadshedding will continue until 05:00 on Wednesday as the generation

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Africa Ferrous Metals South Africa 

Electricity remains key risk for ferrochrome smelters

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 admin Eskom, Ferrochrome, Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture

Electricity supply and pricing remain key risks for our business and the broader ferro alloy sectors. The electricity tariff increased

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Africa News South Africa 

Eskom irritates the SA economy again!

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 admin Eskom, load shedding

JOHANNESBURG – poorly run and debt stricken Eskom says Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from today until 23:00 Friday

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Africa News South Africa 

McKinsey, Trillian were to grab R10bn from Eskom

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 admin Eskom, McKinsey, Trillian

The commission of inquiry into state capture has heard that Global consulting company McKinsey & Company, alongside Trillian Capital, wanted

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Africa News South Africa 

Justice Zondo shocked at ex-Eskom board fabrications

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 admin Corruption, Eskom, State Capture, state-owned entities

The Zondo Commission has questioned the timing of Tegeta’s demand for a prepayment which coincided with their difficulty to secure

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Africa News South Africa 

Eskom implements loadshedding AGAIN!

February 7, 2021February 7, 2021 admin Eskom, generation unit, load shedding

The pathetic Eskom has done it again! It has implemented Stage 2 loadshedding from 12:00 Friday until 23:00 on Sunday

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News South Africa 

Eskom failed to repair its promised generation capacity by Sunday

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 admin Eskom, generation unit

Loadshedding is set to continue as the return to service of some generation units has been delayed, Eskom said in

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Africa News South Africa 

Eskom proves once again it’s unable to provide stable electricity

January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 admin Eskom, Kusile power station

“We are currently LOAD SHEDDING in STAGE 2 due to high demand or urgent maintenance being performed at certain power

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Africa News South Africa 

SA Government fails country’s economy and its citizens dismally

January 9, 2021January 8, 2021 admin COVID-19 crisis, Eskom, State Capture, state-owned entities

Government’s first duty is to protect the rights of citizens. Instead, ours has prioritised yet another bailout of R10.5 billion

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Africa News South Africa 

STATE CAPTURE: ABB to pay back R1.56bn to Eskom

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 admin ABB, Eskom, State Capture

The SA branch of the international automation firm ABB was ordered to pay R1.56-billion to Eskom to settle an overpayment

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

Exxaro expects an increase of 27% in export volumes

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 admin Coal, Eskom, Exxaro Resources

COVID-19 (the pandemic) and associated control measures resulted in a record decline in real GDP for the second quarter of

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REFRACTORIES & FURNACES

Refratechnik celebrates its 75 anniversary
Refractories/Insulation 

Refratechnik celebrates its 75 anniversary

June 16, 2025June 12, 2025 admin

Proudly, Refratechnik celebrates its 75th anniversary with sincere thanks to all business partners and employees. What began in 1950 with

Design features of modern induction furnaces
Refractories/Insulation 

Design features of modern induction furnaces

January 21, 2025January 17, 2025 admin
Durability and wear monitoring of blast furnace 4 at ROGESA
Refractories/Insulation 

Durability and wear monitoring of blast furnace 4 at ROGESA

January 15, 2025January 13, 2025 admin
Metal melting and energy saving in different types of melting furnaces
Refractories/Insulation 

Metal melting and energy saving in different types of melting furnaces

January 14, 2025January 10, 2025 admin

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Enhanced copper electrorefining technology for high-purity copper cathodes
Product News 

Enhanced copper electrorefining technology for high-purity copper cathodes

July 3, 2025July 1, 2025 admin

Metso is introducing enhancements in copper electrorefining technology for the sustainable and cost-effective production of LME grade A copper cathodes.

Acciaierie successfully bolster production reliability of tandem cold mill
Product News 

Acciaierie successfully bolster production reliability of tandem cold mill

July 2, 2025July 1, 2025 admin
Jiuli expands capacity with three cold pilger mills for seamless stainless steel tubes
Product News 

Jiuli expands capacity with three cold pilger mills for seamless stainless steel tubes

June 26, 2025June 23, 2025 admin
Modernization of Jingye Steel’s heavy plate mill with new automation
Product News 

Modernization of Jingye Steel’s heavy plate mill with new automation

June 25, 2025June 23, 2025 admin
State-of-the-art rail and section mill facility for Vietnam
Product News 

State-of-the-art rail and section mill facility for Vietnam

June 24, 2025June 20, 2025 admin
Rio Tinto launches ore sorting demonstration project at its mine
Product News 

Rio Tinto launches ore sorting demonstration project at its mine

June 23, 2025June 20, 2025 admin
Pilot and demo plants for pCAM to support process development
Product News 

Pilot and demo plants for pCAM to support process development

June 20, 2025June 17, 2025 admin

SERVICES

Paul Wurth completes reline of ArcelorMittal blast furnaces
Services 

Paul Wurth completes reline of ArcelorMittal blast furnaces

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 admin

Paul Wurth, part of SMS group, has completed its work relining the blast furnaces of ArcelorMittal’s Juiz de Fora steel

Maersk intends to form joint venture with Grindrod in South Africa
Services 

Maersk intends to form joint venture with Grindrod in South Africa

December 4, 2021December 3, 2021 admin
HBIS Wusteel signs maintenance contracts with Primetals
Services 

HBIS Wusteel signs maintenance contracts with Primetals

June 1, 2021May 31, 2021 admin
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Shutdown services tailored to suit customers

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