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Afrisam and the environment – an ongoing partnership
AfriSam is synonymous with environmentally conscious manufacturing processes, honouring their values of ‘People, Planet and Performance’. As a leading supplier of construction materials, AfriSam...
Miner works at lower capacity owing to demand, not legislation
Demand for premium-grade aggregate material is dwindling and so is production from quarrying operations, says building material company AfriSam.
As cement, aggregate and readymix concrete producer AfriSam marks ten years since the inaugural AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Design + Innovation, the 2019/20 edition is likely to set new...
Ready-mix concrete reinforces durable construction of Brakpan reservoir
The City of Ekurhuleni, as part of a commitment to address water capacity constraints within its region, has embarked on building 29 reservoirs during the period 2018 to 2021. This will see a...
AfriSam-SAIA Sustainable Design Awards recognise sustainability in all its forms
With AfriSam-SAIA Sustainable Design Awards extending its submission deadline to 3 July 2020, we look at one of the previous award winners, Gauteng City Region Observatory, and its vision for a...
Company welcomes relaxed lockdown regulations
Construction materials company AfriSam has welcomed the first steps in relaxing South Africa’s national Covid-19 lockdown, and looks forward to Level 3, which was earmarked to start at the...
Stepping up safety in times of crisis
A safety and health culture should be an enabler for all employees and stakeholders across any operation to live safely, says construction materials supplier AfriSam Group subsidiary Tanga Cement...
Construction industry operating at 10%, 15% of capacity, says Metelerkamp
Despite certain sections of the construction industry returning to work under Alert Level 4 of the national lockdown, the industry is currently only working at between 10% and 15% of its capacity,...
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TPT starts financial year off with increases in bulk, container volumes
State-owned ports manager Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has recorded a 10% year-on-year increase in container volumes moved across all 19 of its terminals in the first six weeks of the 2024/25...
Minerals, Geoscience councils, IDC going all out to boost South African exploration
A collective effort was apparent on Friday when Minerals Council South Africa, the Council for Geoscience and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) spoke on the same platform to promote a...
Get Steel invites comment on proposed foundry project in Benoni
Local steel processing company Get Steel has invited interested and affected parties to submit comments on a draft scoping report into the refurbishment of the Naledi Foundry, in Benoni, Gauteng....