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PG Bison unveils new SupaWood Medium-Density Fibreboard (MDF) line in Mkhondo

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Stellenbosch University hosted the demonstration leg of the Milken-Motsepe Green Energy Prize competition.

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The panel at the Bowmans 2024 Mining Indaba Event included (from left) Dr Rebecca Maserumule, director for hydrogen and energy at DSI, Bart by Bart Nieuwoudt, lead legal specialist at Sasol, Stuart Heather-Clark, Africa Power Sector Energy Transition Lead at SLR Consulting, Claire Tucker head of our public law and regulatory practice, Bowmans.

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M&C Zambia completes compressor motor overhaul in rapid time

M&C Zambia completes compressor motor overhaul in rapid time

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Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

Nyasha Nyaungwa 7 Nov 2023

Uganda's first Four Points by Sheraton hotel boosts tourism recovery

Uganda's first Four Points by Sheraton hotel boosts tourism recovery

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Othman Benjelloun-Touimi appointed CEO of Saint-Gobain Africa

Othman Benjelloun-Touimi appointed CEO of Saint-Gobain Africa

8 Mar 2023

World Bank's IFC to invest $256m in Senegal's top cement manufacturer

World Bank's IFC to invest $256m in Senegal's top cement manufacturer

Anait Miridzhanian 1 Mar 2023

Afribiz Invest, MES form crane and lift hire joint venture

Afribiz Invest, MES form crane and lift hire joint venture

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Building on new risks: construction in the age of greening

Building on new risks: construction in the age of greening

Robert Ter Morshuizen 5 Dec 2022

5 ways drones will change the way buildings are designed

5 ways drones will change the way buildings are designed

Paul Cureton and Ole B. Jensen 2 Dec 2022

World's tallest timber apartment complex to be built in Zanzibar

World's tallest timber apartment complex to be built in Zanzibar

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Scrap metals recycler Romco eyes green hydrogen to power furnaces in Africa

Scrap metals recycler Romco eyes green hydrogen to power furnaces in Africa

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PG Bison unveils new SupaWood Medium-Density Fibreboard (MDF) line in Mkhondo

PG Bison unveils new SupaWood Medium-Density Fibreboard (MDF) line in Mkhondo

PG Bison 14 Oct 2024

Stellenbosch University hosted the demonstration leg of the Milken-Motsepe Green Energy Prize competition.

Milken-Motsepe prize finalists open up SA green energy opportunities

Lindsey Schutters 20 Feb 2024

Mining Indaba 2024 had a focus on energy and less on mineral extraction.

#MI24: SA can be top nuclear technology exporter

8 Feb 2024

The panel at the Bowmans 2024 Mining Indaba Event included (from left) Dr Rebecca Maserumule, director for hydrogen and energy at DSI, Bart by Bart Nieuwoudt, lead legal specialist at Sasol, Stuart Heather-Clark, Africa Power Sector Energy Transition Lead at SLR Consulting, Claire Tucker head of our public law and regulatory practice, Bowmans.

#MI24: Green hydrogen is not coming to save the PGM industry

Lindsey Schutters 6 Feb 2024

M&C Zambia completes compressor motor overhaul in rapid time

M&C Zambia completes compressor motor overhaul in rapid time

18 Dec 2023

Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

Nyasha Nyaungwa 7 Nov 2023

Uganda's first Four Points by Sheraton hotel boosts tourism recovery

Uganda's first Four Points by Sheraton hotel boosts tourism recovery

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Othman Benjelloun-Touimi appointed CEO of Saint-Gobain Africa

Othman Benjelloun-Touimi appointed CEO of Saint-Gobain Africa

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World Bank's IFC to invest $256m in Senegal's top cement manufacturer

World Bank's IFC to invest $256m in Senegal's top cement manufacturer

Anait Miridzhanian 1 Mar 2023

Afribiz Invest, MES form crane and lift hire joint venture

Afribiz Invest, MES form crane and lift hire joint venture

30 Jan 2023

Building on new risks: construction in the age of greening

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Robert Ter Morshuizen 5 Dec 2022

5 ways drones will change the way buildings are designed

5 ways drones will change the way buildings are designed

Paul Cureton and Ole B. Jensen 2 Dec 2022

World's tallest timber apartment complex to be built in Zanzibar

World's tallest timber apartment complex to be built in Zanzibar

4 Oct 2022

Scrap metals recycler Romco eyes green hydrogen to power furnaces in Africa

Scrap metals recycler Romco eyes green hydrogen to power furnaces in Africa

Angela Ukomadu 14 Sep 2022

SBTi approves Saint-Gobain's 2050 emission reduction targets

SBTi approves Saint-Gobain's 2050 emission reduction targets

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Nigeria hasn't been able to produce steel: remanufacturing could be the solution

Nigeria hasn't been able to produce steel: remanufacturing could be the solution

Okechukwu Okorie and Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi 21 Jul 2022

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Seyed Ghaffar, Mehdi Chougan, Pawel Sikora 2 Mar 2022

#Newsmaker: Meet new Builders vice president Herman Venter

#Newsmaker: Meet new Builders vice president Herman Venter

Lauren Hartzenberg 7 Sep 2021

Lonsa acquires majority stake in fibre cement manufacturer Everite

Lonsa acquires majority stake in fibre cement manufacturer Everite

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Commission suggests blocking R1bn acquisition of The Building Company

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Senegal architects ditch concrete for earth in revival of old techniques

Senegal architects ditch concrete for earth in revival of old techniques

Nellie Peyton and Christophe van der Perre 17 May 2021

Rising cement costs hamper Nigeria's building developers

Rising cement costs hamper Nigeria's building developers

Angela Ukomadu and Seun Sanni 12 May 2021

John Deere to expand construction brand into 18 new countries in Africa

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Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

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Lucca Henrion, Duo Zhang, Victor C. Li, Volker Sick 17 Feb 2021

Kenya's Nzambi Matee recycles plastic to make bricks stronger than concrete

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16 Feb 2021

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%

Roberto Minunno, Greg Morrison, Richard L. Gruner, Timothy Michael O'Grady 12 Nov 2020

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Sustainable cement: the simple switch that could massively cut global carbon emissions

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Builders expands to East Africa with first store in Kenya

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#LockdownLessons: Continued support needed from government, corporates, ordinary citizens

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Saint-Gobain reiterates commitment to continent at Africa Forum

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Gopichund captions her #BehindtheSelfie feature as follows: ”What I love about my job is that we can innovate and introduce new products and technologies that improve daily life.”

#BehindtheSelfie with... Atisha Gopichund, techno marketing director at Saint-Gobain

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Dangote Cement CEO announces retirement

Dangote Cement CEO announces retirement

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Steel import duties a weapon in trade war, but inappropriate for SA industry

Steel import duties a weapon in trade war, but inappropriate for SA industry

Gerhard Papenfus 15 Oct 2019

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Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

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New VR technology to make SA forestry chainsaw training safer

11 Sep 2019

Pictured at the official opening are from left: Scott Smith (operations director, Van Dyck Floors Zimbabwe), Jonathan Pairemanzi (J. Link Carpets), Dr. Mehran Zarrebini (MD Van Dyck Floors), Louis Mudzongo (Classic Carpets), Dion Yatras (MD, Van Dyck Zimbabwe), Stuart Dearnaley (export manager, Van Dyck Floors) and Kuda Duri (account manager, Van Dyck Zimbabwe).

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9 Sep 2019

Leroy Merlin ploughs over R1bn into SA business

Leroy Merlin ploughs over R1bn into SA business

23 Aug 2019