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Legislation is being prepared to begin overhauling South Africa’s corruption-prone public procurement system. Terence Creamer discusses what some of these changes might look like.
De Beers Group today provided an update on progress toward its 2030 Building Forever sustainability goals. The goals were set in 2020 and are De Beers bluepr
This week Martin Creamer discusses recycling, underground carbon storage make headlines
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer recycled platinum group metals; the International Council on Mining and Metals' focus on aluminium, copper, silicon, steel to accelerate the circular economy; and the Wits University carbon storage brainstorming ‘techathon’ that Sibanye-Stillwater is funding.
A hydro turbine company based in Portland, Maine, USA, has chosen Vesconite Bearings’ lowest-friction material for the thrust bearings on its free-stream turbines. The material, Vesconite Superlube, has one of the lowest coefficients of friction of any plain bearing material available, with a coefficient of friction lower than virgin PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene). "Thrust bearings made from this material were first ordered in June 2022 and installed in November 2022," states renewable energy ...