MINERS NEWS MAGAZINE

Finding the right overhead crane is now made a lot easier with Konecranes Crane Advisor, a quick online tool that helps customers narrow down their crane options with customized recommendations. The tool is already being extensively used in North America and is now made available in Southern Africa as well, with new features and content. As a leader in the overhead crane industry, Konecranes invests in research and development to bring new technologies and novelties to the market. “Crane Advisor is a service that makes the information retrieval a lot easier and more efficient for customers,” says John MacDonald, Service, Sales and Marketing Director of Konecranes Southern Africa. “Crane Advisor offers the customer valuable information which is then customized according to their lifting needs.” Driven by ease-of-use and customized information Only four steps are necessary to get a crane recommendation. Crane Advisor asks the customer to answer four key questions – industry, capaci

“Onsite industrial gas (nitrogen and oxygen) generation offers a much more sustainable and cost-efficient solution compared to cylinder or bulk liquid supply which require transport, handling, storage and administration,” notes Charl Ackerman, Business Line Manager of Atlas Copco Compressor Technique’s Industrial Air division. Nitrogen, often rated fourth after gas, electricity and water, is an essential requirement in many applications and many industries in for example chemical manufacturing, food and beverage processing and packaging, electronics, pharmaceuticals, and laser cutting, are dependent on nitrogen as an integral part of their production processes. Atlas Copco draws on over a century of experience and continuous technical innovation to offer tailor-made superior quality on-site nitrogen generators designed to optimise production processes at the lowest possible operating costs. “The NGP+ nitrogen generator with PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) technology can simply

On 04 September, Lonmin launched a new brand campaign which pays tribute to what Lonmin refers to as the ‘Week That Changed Our Lives’, a time when the company lost 44 of its employees during the Marikana tragedy of 2012. The campaign consists of a 60-second television and radio commercial, aired from 04 September on SABC, M-net and Mzansi Magic as well as 702, Power FM, Kaya FM and community radio stations Radio Maphisa, Madibeng FM and North West FM. Narrated by radio personality Trevor Tshabalala, the adverts bring a message of hope by focusing on initiatives that have been undertaken by the company to improve the quality of life for its employees and communities. The commercial is distinctly future focused, urging viewers to look forward to a brighter tomorrow by talking about how ‘tomorrow begins’. A selection of scenes then demonstrates the steps taken by Lonmin to catalyse that fresh beginning. These include investments made in areas such as education, healthcare, infrastruc

From 4 to 6 October Boksburg will be buzzing with excitement as young scientists from across the country descend on the Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre to compete in the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair. Over 600 of South Africa’s top future engineers, chemists, physicists, mathematicians and innovators will be competing at the country’s largest school-level science fair for a chance to take home prizes worth more than R4 million. These bright young minds have earned a spot at the Eskom Expo ISF after beating out the competition at a series of regional finals and they will be poised to showcase their innovative projects to a panel of judges and industry experts in the hope of bagging the top prize - a scholarship to study in Germany thanks to Siemens, as well as six full bursaries to study anywhere in South Africa. Like Sinenhlanhla Dlamini, the 2016 winner, who is currently studying in Germany, these future problem solvers are keen to take the