AECI is shifting from a reliance on South Africa’s mining industry to focus on higher-margin products including water treatment. (Image source: Pam Broviak/Flickr)
South African chemicals company AECI has agreed to buy a water treatment unit from Switzerland-based company Clariant for US$36.7mn
The mining industry is particularly attractive to keen investors, with total industry production accounting for over 65 per cent of total exports. (Image source: WikimediaCommons)
Chemical company Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has entered joint venture agreements with Mauritanian National Company for Industry and Mining and has commenced iron ore exploration in the Atomai Mines
The first project involves the construction of drinking water supply systems for rural communities in Chtouka Ait Baha. (Image source: Meng Tian/Flickr)
Morocco has been granted a US$ 272mn loan by Islamic Development Bank (IDB) for drinking water projects in Agadir and Chtouka Ait Baha
Gestamp Renewable Industries’s new unit will become fully operational in the second half of 2014. (Image source: Gestamp Renewable Industries)
Gestamp Renewable Industries (GRI), the wind industrial division of Corporación Gestamp, will start wind tower manufacturing in South Africa, via its new facility in Atlantis, Cape Town (Western Cape)
Endress+Hauser provides measurement instruments, services and automation solutions for many industries like this pharmaceutical plant in Lyon, France, that works with Endress+Hausers measurement technology. (Image source: Endress+Hauser)
Instrumentation and automation specialist, Endress+Hauser, in a bid to strengthen its market presence has opened two sales centres in the UAE and Algeria
Genuine Volvo Parts are specifically developed, tested and approved to get the very best results from your Volvo machine. (Image source: Volvo CE)
The Carmix 3.5TT is renowned for its robust performance in concrete mixing. (Image source: Carmix)
The project carries an estimated total cost of US$12bn. (Image source: The Republic of Ghana Presidency)
The transaction will give TotalEnergies an interest in hydropower projects in Uganda, Rwanda and Malawi
Bobcat has included additional features to enhance the visibility around the machines. (Image source: Bobcat)
Powering Africa’s clean energy drive
Pictured (left to right): Général Birame Diop, Armed Forces Minister (Defence), with Franziska Cusumano, CEO Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks at Daimler Truck and Cheikh Ibrahima Cisse, President GTS Senegal. (Image source: Daimler Truck)
The system offers a dynamic vertical reach of 3 metres. (Image source: COBOD)
Rovic’s new factory in Blackheath, Cape Town, with the overhead cranes manufactured by BB Cranes installed and commissioned. (Image source: Condra)
