When Good Oils Go Bad Part 7 By Steven Lumley, technical manager, WearCheck Specialist condition monitoring company, WearCheck, continues the discussion around oil condition – the latest topic is additive depletion. Tell me if this sounds familiar – you glance at your phone and see 12% battery remaining. Not ideal, …
Read More »Botswana Opens Capital Markets to Dangote Refinery Investment
Access to African investment opportunities is expanding through a proposed issuance of Botswana Depository Receipts (BDRs) linked to Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical FZE, offering domestic investors a route to gain exposure to one of the continent’s major energy and industrial ventures. The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) and Access Bank …
Read More »De Beers and Botswana Extend Tebogo Letsile Partnership to Promote Diamond Legacy
Botswana is turning to one of its most celebrated sporting figures to strengthen the global story of its natural diamonds, as De Beers Group and the government extend their partnership with Olympic Champion Letsile Tebogo through a three-year programme linked to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. Announced on 15 …
Read More »Building Public-Sector Capacity in Energy Auditing
Reducing energy waste in government buildings could help Botswana lower operating costs and improve the efficiency of public infrastructure, as facility managers complete training designed to strengthen energy auditing and identify potential savings. The Ministry of Minerals and Energy (MME), in collaboration with the European Union (EU), conducted an Energy …
Read More »Engen Moves Beyond Fuels to Drive Smarter Mining Performance
Keeping heavy mining fleets productive is increasingly about what happens between maintenance cycles, with Engen using Electra Mining Africa 2026 to demonstrate how fuels, lubrication, digital monitoring and technical expertise can work together to improve equipment reliability and operational performance. The company used the Johannesburg event to position its offering …
Read More »Why Botswana’s Biggest Projects Rarely Deliver Its Biggest Returns
By; Ulla Setswalo Botswana has a weakness for mega-projects. The bigger the railway, water transfer scheme, power station or highway, the more readily it is presented as evidence of economic transformation. Billions of pula are announced, construction jobs are counted, kilometres and megawatts celebrated and another great national development project …
Read More »Mining in SA Seeks Resilience Strategies in Volatile Times
South Africa’s mining opportunity is increasingly being tested by what happens between geological potential and investment decisions. As global capital becomes more selective and geopolitical uncertainty reshapes mineral supply chains, the country’s challenge is less about demonstrating that it has resources to develop and more about creating the conditions under …
Read More »Paratus launches Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO connectivity
Paratus has launched Eutelsat’s OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service in Namibia, the new service is designed to appeal countrywide to both the residential and commercial market, combining high-speed, low-latency satellite connectivity with competitive pricing. The Paratus customer management solution gives users greater visibility and control over their data …
Read More »When maintenance-system compliance starts replacing plant reliability
Asset reliability and condition monitoring form a major part of WearCheck’s business. Through its Asset Reliability Care (ARC) division, WearCheck provides a broad range of specialist condition monitoring, diagnostic and asset reliability services across industries and throughout Africa. These capabilities include vibration analysis, thermography, online remote monitoring and diagnostics, alignment …
Read More »ABB Connecting the Currents of African Mining
African mines are under growing pressure to improve productivity, contain energy costs and reduce emissions while maintaining safe and reliable operations. Against that backdrop, ABB is advancing a more integrated approach in which electrification, automation and digitalisation work as connected parts of the same operating system. ABB South Africa and …
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