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The objective of this invitation process is to collect information to enable the CSIR to evaluate and identify suitably experienced, highly qualified, and a financially sustainable supplier within the manufacturing industry or related sector with a commitment to continue with the production of these products on terms and conditions acceptable to the CSIR. Download document here...
The CSIR Biorefinery Industry Development Facility invites SMMEs, black industrialists, municipalities, HEIs and RTOs to participate in the expression of interest: ACCELERATED IMPLEMENTATION OF BIOREFINERY TECHNOLOGIES.
Call closes Friday, 5 February 2021
The CSIR’s Biomanufacturing Industry Development Centre (BIDC) invites Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMMEs) to submit an expression of interest for product and process development support.
Closing date: Monday, 1 February 2021
The C4IR-SA invites companies and organisations in the private and public sectors, and other stakeholder groups representative of any of the sectors of the economy to herein express their interest to partner with the C4IR SA as Tier 1 Core Members, as per the guidance in section 3 of this invitation. Read for more information...
If you’ve missed the 7th Biennial CSIR Conference, you still have the opportunity to watch the talks, webinars and technology demonstrators. Visit the conference website and select the session you are interested in.
For the Mandela Mining Precinct, the journey to mine modernisation has as its end goal, to develop shared value for all people in the modernising minerals sector.
To this end, the Precinct has developed a research programme that focuses solely on the role of people in a modernised mine in South Africa.
While South Africa is a mineral-rich country, its characteristic difficult geological features make it challenging to accommodate mechanisation. Research commissioned by the Mandela Mining Precinct has shown that mechanisation can be accommodated if conceptualised in the early stages of development. Through optimal shaft design, mines can produce higher volumes with a reduced labour bill and achieve increased efficiencies.
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande has congratulated the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for its contribution in shaping the country’s science, engineering and technology landscape.
In the context of rising electricity costs and Eskom generation constraints, mining companies should be looking to diversify their energy supply through alternative self-generation technologies such as renewables.
This was the consensus reached by researchers commissioned by the Mandela Mining Precinct and tasked to develop, through directed research and development, an energy efficiency guideline for the industry.