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Alstom to buy 51% stake in South Africa's CTLE

2015-11-30 01:00:00| Railway Technology

Alstom has agreed to buy a 51% share in South African rail company Commuter Transport & Locomotive Engineering (CTLE).

A Weighing System for Africa's First Ever High-Speed line.

2015-11-24 15:28:00| Railway Technology

Weighwell Engineering Ltd have installed a full train weighing system (PTW 500-VB2X) for Africa's first ever high-speed line. The system was seen as the most appropriate and convenient solution to the customer's needs.

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How Could Paris Climate Talks Change Africas Future?

2015-11-23 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: On a hot morning in mid-November, giraffes and zebras mingled near a watering hole. Yet elsewhere in this parched game reserve, home to lions and leopards, the scene is far from placid. In what's normally the summer "wet" season, a severe drought has dried up several dams. So territorial males are fighting, literally, for the little water that's left. "It's never been like this before," said senior park ranger Solomzi Radebe, who's been giving tours here for 15 years. Unless a lot of rain falls...

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Virunga, Africas oldest national park, now under new threat

2015-11-16 10:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: WWF is warning of renewed danger to Virunga National Park from oil exploitation. The organization is urging governments to cancel two concessions posing a risk to the World Heritage site, and is cautioning multinational enterprises against their involvement. Earlier this month, and after years of local protest and international outcry, UK oil company SOCO International relinquished its license to Block V, which overlaps Virunga National Park. Socos chairman Rui de Sousa described the exercise as...

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