Dormer Tools has introduced a new programme of high performance cobalt alloyed high-speed steel (HSCo) drills. The tools have been created to complement Dormer’s CDX-DH range of solid carbide deep hole drills and have been designed for applications up to 15x diameter.

Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Sonatrach, the first oil & gas Algerian company, to manage its network evolution and deploy advanced communication services across 157 sites in Algeria.

South African electricity producer Eskom has signed a contract to equip all six supercritical 800 MW boilers of its currently being built Medupi power station with ash handling technology by the Clyde Bergemann Power Group (CBPG).

Electricity is becoming an omnipresent power source, in buildings and industry as well as transport with electric cars. An intelligent power grid is gradually being developed, reaching across national borders and incorporating a constantly growing proportion of renewable energies.