January 2012

Read this month's Captain of Industry to put a smile on your dial as Neil Cameron from Johnson Controls, lets us take a glimpse behind the work façade and then, to pull you right back into reality, inform yourself about what is really happening in the truck sector regarding pollution and carbon emissions.

The trucking industry has often been accused of harming the environment and damaging road infrastructure, but many people don't realise that today's modern truck engines and transmissions are extremely sophisticated and increasingly enviro-friendly. Find out how in Trucking Industry goes lean and green in the On-road Trucks section and see what the OEMs are doing to combat the bad-rap they are getting.

Xstrata Coal South Africa (XCSA), is one of the latest companies to adopt Weather Intelligence Systems (WIS) as its strategic weather intelligence partner, in an effort to increase safety on the mines.

The weather detection system was jointly developed by WIS and the South African Weather Services (SAWS) to offer extensive forecast elements, utilising highly accurate graphs that provide hourly wind, temperature, humidity, fog and barometric pressure drop notifications for a specific site. In the Technology section read about this fascinating system.

As Industry Insight is now a quarterly feature, this month CEN take's you on a trip through a calamitous 2011 in the new Hindsight article, Look back, look forward, look out...

So, be informed and enjoy the read!

Training

International Emergency Response Team training expert ATA ITD hosted delegates from AngloGold Ashanti's Yatela and Semos SA mines' engineering, metallurgy, security and human resources departments, in a first time collaboration with the mining giant.

Major purchases

Behind the Purchase has fallen away and been replaced with Major Purchases, offering more customers the chance to brag about significant capex decisions. See who is buying what, when, why and where.

Mining

High Power Equipment (HPE) Africa, is able to modify its machinery for customers operating in underground mining applications, in order to ensure that the machinery can be operated safely in the mine shafts.

Next month

In the On-Road Trucks section, innovations are the focus, where Volvo Trucks explains how minor adjustments to vehicles can have a surprisingly large effect on fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions and, most excitingly, in the Environment section read how an Integrated Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan (IIWTMP) has been approved by Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa, and will be implemented and managed by the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (REDISA).