WEC Projects, a local EPC contractor specialising in water and wastewater treatment solutions, will soon complete the installation of a new WEC Model B packaged sewage treatment plant at the Mothae Diamond Mine located in the Maluti Mountains 214kms from Maseru, Lesotho. The mine is 70% owned by Lucapa Diamond Company and 30% by the Government of Lesotho.

Business intelligence company CRU has announced that Tumelo Mokhobo joined the business as a business development manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, based out of Johannesburg, South Africa. Mokhobo will work across CRU’s mining, metals and fertilizer segments to manage existing relationships and establish new ones across the region.

Thirty-nine mine-community SMMEs are celebrating successfully completing Impala Rustenburg’s Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) Programme. The SMMEs were hosted for an intensive 12-month training programme as part of Impala Rustenburg’s socio-economic development plan, which assists mine-community small, medium, and micro business owners to formalise their businesses.

The manufacturing sector is South Africa’s fourth largest sector and a key driver of economic growth. However, industrialisation challenges in recent decades and the relatively slow adoption of new technologies have hampered the true potential of this industry. Smart Manufacturing is fast becoming the direction of development for the country’s manufacturing sector, and adopting Industry 4.0 (I4.0) tools will be a defining and growth-enabling game changer for it. New research from PwC’s Insights into the I4.0 Readiness of SA Manufacturing 2022 report shows that I4.0 tools have the ability to increase the quality, flexibility, performance, and overall competitiveness of the manufacturing sector. 

Diversified miner Anglo American has agreed to lead the latest investment round of Sanergy Inc, an organic waste upcycling business with operations in Kenya.