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Around 150 guests including government and media set off from Midrand on the first trip aboard the rapid-moving Gautrain, whose arrival could transform the transport industry.
THE global credit crisis and reduced oil prices in the Middle East are taking their toll on South African construction companies, with Murray & Roberts and Group Five announcing cancellations…
Yvonne Nkosi smiled from under her pink cap, beaming at her contribution to South Africa's World Cup dreams as she applies silicone to a seating beam in Nelspruit's new football…
South African-based construction firm Murray & Roberts says that the Salam Resort joint venture project in Bahrain has been cancelled.
Construction companies are counting on the government’s multi billion-rand spending programme in infrastructure projects to see them through the lean economic times caused by the global credit crunch, which has…
Switzerland's Holcim says it will cut some 3,300 jobs as it seeks to deal with the global economic crisis.
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Cement sales in southern Africa were up 0.8% year-on-year (y/y) in December to 921,570 million tons, data from the Cement and Concrete Institute showed on Tuesday. The institute noted that…
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Eskom said last year it would not provide electricity to new developments requiring more than 100kVA power because of SA’s low reserve margins.
Nelson Mandela Bay‘s 2010 World Cup stadium will not be delayed as a result of the global financial crisis, with the municipality reporting that construction is ahead of schedule. The…
Record order books are expected to help construction stocks maintain decent earnings growth in the new year, but beyond that the future is uncertain as the global credit crisis eats…
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An official of world football governing body Fifa says whether or not the Mthatha stadium is completed by 2010, it would make no difference to the World Cup.
Nersa says it has excluded the construction of stadiums for the 2010 World Cup and Gautrain from penalties that are part of the power conservation programme.
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Top JSE-listed construction companies Aveng and Murray & Roberts were removed from the JSE Top 40 index of blue chip companies.
Racec Group Ltd, the AltX-listed rail and electrification infrastructure solution company, on Thursday reported an 84% rise to 16 cents.
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Sony and Questek Advanced Technologies are installing networked audio-visual technologies at Orlando and Royal Bafokeng stadiums for 2010 Soccer World Cup.
Stefanutti Stocks said that a consortium of JSE-listed companies it was leading had won a civil works contract for Eskom’s Kusile power station in Mpumalanga.
Engineering and construction company Murray & Roberts has been awarded a major contract to build a terminal at Dubai International Airport with joint venture partner Al Habtoor.
Al Habtoor Murray & Roberts Takenaka Joint Venture has been awarded the contract for Concourse 3 at Dubai International Airport for the Department of Civil Aviation.
South African construction firm Aveng is disappointed by power utility Eskom's decision to abandon its nuclear project, its chief said.
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Work on the new Nelson Mandela Bay 2010 multi-purpose stadium is currently at an advanced stage.
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