With the official signing of a collaboration agreement, the CSIR and Cermalab today formalised the work they are doing together at southern Africa’s only unbiased high-temperature materials laboratory.
At this laboratory refractories and ceramics can be tested and characterised to international standards. The CSIR and Cermalab each ran independent laboratories of this nature for many years [...]

Petrochemical giant Sasol Limited has awarded university bursaries to 188 students this year, who completed a comprehensive orientation programme at the company’s Secunda operations last week.
During the orientation programme, students participated in life and study skills workshops, while also being exposed to the Sasol operations and the plant environment. Sasol Secunda is the world’s largest [...]

Although the speed and extent of the global economic recovery remain uncertain, commodity prices are likely to put up a strong performance in 2010. This will boost the worldwide mining industry, although challenges particular to South Africa may dampen local prospects.
“The global mining industry is likely to be buoyed by growing physical demand for commodities, [...]

Mines in remote locations are usually cut off from infrastructure and services, making mission-critical communications extremely challenging. Even if mobile services are available, the ability to send data is often limited, which means email and internet access is slow and unreliable, potentially delaying project timelines.
MAXI-SAT, a joint venture between Maxwell and Barnstone, is an [...]