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Global consultancy forecasts big SA oilfield services growth for Saldanha Bay

Global consultancy Deloitte says South Africa’s geographical proximity to the expanding West African oilfields, together with its deep-water harbours and its engineering expertise, offered favourable conditions for a material expansion of the country’s oilfield services sector over the coming decade. Southern Africa oil and gas industry leader Anton Botes argued on Thursday that there was particular...

IDZ looking very promising for Saldanha Bay

CAPE TOWN — The prospects of an industrial development zone (IDZ) being designated in Saldanha Bay were looking “very positive”, Department of Trade and Industry director-general Lionel October said on Friday. This would add to the suite of SA’s zones, which include East London and Coega. Mr October said a study undertaken by national, provincial and local government into the feasibility...

Proposed Arcelormittal Saldanha Steel Wind Energy Facility

Arcelormittal Saldanha works is proposing the construction of a Wind Energy Facility consisting of 6 wind turbines. On my way to work last week and spotted this notice on the fence at Saldanha Steel. News brought to you by West Coast Office National. We deliver Stationery & Business Supplies on the West Coast. 022 713 1111 www.pencil.co.za   //

SA poised to declare Saldanha an IDZ, rethinks zone concept

The feasibility study into the development of South Africa’s fifth industrial development zone (IDZ) in the area surrounding the Port of Saldanha, in the Western Cape, should be completed by the end of October, a leading government official reported on Tuesday. Addressing a seminar on ways to leverage South Africa’s ports for growth and employment, organised by the Southern African Netherlands...

West Coast. AfDB loan concludes 100-MW Eskom wind farm funding phase, for Vredendal

The $365-million African Development Bank (AfDB) loan to South African power utility Eskom, which was announced on Sunday, has effectively concluded the funding phase for the 100-MW Sere wind farm project and a process is already under way to now procure the key components for the development. The new funding, comprising $265-million from the AfDB’s own resources and $100-million from the resources...

API’s first pipe mill to be followed by two more as water projects touch R5bn

Africa Pipe Industries (API) CEO John-Gordon Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen started planning his Sasolburg pipe plant in 2010, with the first project rolling off-line in January this year. He estimates the plant’s first year of turnover will be between R300-million and R400-million, with the facility, located close to steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa, busy “from day one”. What is driving...

Saldanha Bay IDZ (industrial development zone) being promoted by WESGRO

Massive deal pipeline into Africa A deal pipeline of about R300 billion earmarked for investment in the rest of Africa is awaiting decisions by companies based in Cape Town, says Wesgro CEO Nils Flaaten. “Companies based in the Western Cape have told us that they have already made investments of up to R5 billion in the past few years and that a massive pipeline of R300 billion in investments...

Saldanha Port actively looking for private partners.

The head of South Africa’s national ports authority has pledged to adopt a far more “activist” approach to the development of harbour infrastructure and terminal capacity “ahead of demand” and to do so in partnership with private sector investors. Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) CEO Tau Morwe told business leaders in Johannesburg on Friday that all new terminal capacity would be...

West Coast Business Directory. FREE Business Listing

http://www.shopwestcoast.co.za/add-your-business/ The shop west coast blog has been around for a while. Originally the sole purpose of the site was to informing local business owners about business on the West Coast. We recently decided to try and inform business owner about the virtues of shopping within the local community and Saldanha Bay Municipality. This turned out to be all good intentions,...

Wave Power could be an option for the West Coast, Darling to Saldanha

SA’s abundant sea waves have the potential to provide more than just a good surf. Wave energy — electricity generated from the movement of waves — could provide a cheap and sustainable form of renewable energy. But it’s early days. Oelsner Group, which built SA’s first wind farm at Darling, is planning a 750MW wave energy project off the West Coast, near its Darling Wind Farm. The design...