Senaat, Ducab form aluminium joint venture

Senaat (General Holding Corporation) and Ducab on Wednesday announced the formation of joint venture ‘Ducab Aluminium’, according to a joint statement.

South Africa, Poland to strengthen cooperation

South Africa and Poland signed an Economic Cooperation Agreement to strengthen and further develop economic cooperation existing between the two countries, on the principle of reciprocity and mutually beneficial basis.

SA, Angola to monitor progress on bilateral deal

With the growing bilateral and trade relations between South Africa and Angola, the two countries have resolved to establish a mid-review mechanism. To meet twice a year, the mid-review mechanism will be used to assess progress in the implementation of agreements and make the necessary follow-up and interventions.

ADPC, EMAL sign ten years export logistics pact

The volume of exported metal will grow gradually from 600,000 metric tonnes in 2014 to 750,000 in 2015 onwards. The signed agreement covers all of the handling operations and transport logistics for the finished products from EMAL’s site to the container freight station and export terminal at Khalifa Port.

AfDB reports shale gas production opportunities in Africa

Several African countries have potentially viable shale gas deposits, which, if developed, could lead to lower gas prices, increased consumption of natural gas, reduced greenhouse gas emissions from power generation and substantial economic benefits to producer countries, finds a report launched by the African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.afdb.org).

Closing of live poultry markets is called effective in flu fight

Joint work on hemodialysis machine for home care

Debiotech and AWAK enter into joint agreement to develop and manufacture a novel miniaturized hemodialysis machine

Russian firms eager to raise trade with South Africa

China extends probe into European polysilicon imports

Clariant opens €100-mn innovation center in Frankfurt

New facility to coordinate global R&D activities and empower R&D innovation pipeline

Call for papers for Vitafoods Europe 2014

Leading experts invited to take part in Vitafoods Europe Conference from 6-8 May 2014 in Geneva, with deadline for submissions on December 2

No basis for recall call vs. ‘Essure’

Erin Brockovich’s case against Bayer’s birth control device is ‘unjustified’ due to lack of evidence, says GlobalData analyst