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Features10 minutes with…Denis Guardini
Take 10 minutes out with Denis Guardini, Business Line Manager at Cavagna Group, as he discusses the rise of digitisation and its integration with the company’s products, and the significance of Cavagna’s new hub in South Africa.
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Ivanhoe Mines acquires 5% stake in Renergen
Canadian mining company Ivanhoe Mines has acquired a 5% stake in domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen, with scope to be a majority shareholder, holding a 55% stake in the firm.
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Helium One announces multiple surface anomalies at project sites
The ongoing Tanzania-based helium project Helium One has identified multiple additional surface helium anomalies across its three project areas following the completion of a remote sensing study.
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Cavagna Group deploys hub in South Africa
Industrial gas equipment manufacturer Cavagna Group (Cavagna) yesterday (12th January) announced the opening of a Subsidiary in South Africa, in line with its growth agenda of expanding the existing customer base into the South African Development Community (SADC) regions.
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South Africa’s first LNG cargo received by DNG
South Africa’s energy market witnessed an historic moment as company DNG Energy (DNG) received the country’s first ever liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Afrox extends welding capabilities with ‘proven’ new solution
South African gas and welding products supplier Afrox has improved welding capabilities for onsite work by building a new construction site solution centred around its Multi-User Pressure Panel (MUPP) and combining its Miller ArcReach offering with its GasReach range.
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Afrox invests R25m ($1.7m) to build gravimetric filling plant
Industrial gas supplier Afrox will boost its specialty gas mixture range with a R20m ($1.7m) investment to build an automated gravimetric filling plant, in addition to upgrading its analytical capabilities.
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Renergen, Argon ink $25m deal to create first liquid helium spot market
South Africa-based energy company Renergen has signed a $25m deal in the form of a forward sales agreement which will aim to create a spot market for helium, allowing significant investment potential in the rare gas.
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Sasol partners with researchers to turn hydrogen and CO2 into green jet fuel
South Africa is set to develop its hydrogen economy further after researchers from the Catalysis Institute at the University of Cape Town (UCT) collaborated with Sasol to study the use of commercial iron catalyst in the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) and green hydrogen to green chemicals and jet fuel.
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Renergen inks helium deals with Linde, Messer and Helium24
Renergen has inked three take-or-pay conditional helium sales agreements with Linde, Messer and Helium24.
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South Africa: Pupkewitz donates 21 tonnes of oxygen to Katutura Hospital
The Pupkewitz Foundation has donated 21 tonnes of life-saving oxygen to the Katutura Hospital in South Africa.
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Air Liquide acquires the world’s largest oxygen production site
Air Liquide has today (24 th June) finalised the acquisition of Sasol’s 16 air separation units (ASU), located in Secunda, South Africa, which make up the biggest oxygen site in the world.
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Sasol sells 16 ASUs to Air Liquide
Sasol’s sale of 16 air separation units (ASUs), located in Secunda, South Africa, to Air Liquide has been approved by the Competition Tribunal.
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Afrox starts up new speciality gases plant
Afrox has built a new made-to-order speciality gases plant in Germiston, South Africa, to meet the rising demand for complex gas mixtures.
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Afrox, voestalpine Böhler Welding form joint venture
Afrox is joining forces with voestalpine Böhler Welding to manufacture welding consumables.
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Afrox: Positive outlook despite shrinking South African economy
Schalk Venter is a glass half full kind of man, viewing every situation with optimism and hope. “There’s always opportunity,” he tells gas world. “If one looks through the dark clouds, you will see a ray of light.” And as the Managing Director of African Oxygen Limited (Afrox), Venter has ...
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A successful sustainability model
Air Products South Africa unveiled a dissolved acetylene (DA) facility in Midvaal two years ago with two clear objectives: to centralise the manufacturing of acetylene at a single dedicated high volume production facility, but more importantly to design it in such a way that it was aligned to the latest ...
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Helium in South Africa
Emerging helium and LNG producer Renergen broke ground at its flagship gas project in South Africa at the end of November (2019).
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2019 in Review: Renergen
“2019 has been a truly significant year,” Stefano Marani, CEO of Renergen, tells gas world as he looks back on the last 12 months and the company’s highlights.
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Air Products South Africa receives awards
Ending the year on a positive note, Air Products South Africa has received two awards at the Chemical Allied Industries’ Association (CAIA) Responsible Care Awards Ceremony, held in Johannesburg earlier this month.
