I was asked to chair the third day of the Second Annual Bulk Liquid Storage Tanks Conference held from 25 to 27 June at the Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre. The feedback from the 47 delegates was ...
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Industry Forum Event    Date: Wednesday 22 August 2007    Time: 7h00 for 7h15    Venue: Durban Country Club    Price: R50 for SAIMC members and R75 for non-members This will be a breakfast event with two presentations. Cornu ...
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Away meeting The 5th SAIMC branch meeting was held as an 'away' technology evening on 13 June at Wits University. Paulo da Silva presented a brief overview of the history of the SAIMC and Prof. Ian Jandrell ...
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I was interested in something recently written by Jim Pinto that made me decide that in reality we know a lot about nothing. He mentioned: "Around the world, honeybees are vanishing, leaving humans desperately ...
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I cannot believe the time, where is it going ... Is it happening to everybody or just me? I have heard lots of people saying that they do not have time for this and they do not have time for that ... ...
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This is long overdue but sometimes you have to simmer the pot slowly to bring out the real flavour of the ingredients. The Secunda branch kicked off on a very challenging note this year. Not only did ...
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Durban Branch 2007 event plan The Durban branch has organised many excellent presentations on a wide variety of topics over the last few years, but despite this we have been facing ever-dwindling numbers ...
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I have just been contacted by one of our previous presidents, who is still active in the education of people in the application of science in industry. He is involved with a worthy enterprise, and many ...
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We have had record attendance at our last two meetings. The presentation on the biofuels industry generated a lot of audience participation for Andrew Makenete, president of SA Biofuels Association (SABA). ...
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The SAIMC Zambian Branch celebrated a successful third anniversary on 1 May. Members and the branch executive pledged to forge ahead and to continue to contribute to the industry in Zambia, in the field ...
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Do not forget the SAIMC Johannesburg branch golf day on 29 June 2007 at Kempton Park Country Club. Tee off times from 10h00 and the competition format is 4-ball Stableford Alliance. Entries are limited ...
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I have mentioned the skills shortage many times and there are all sorts of initiatives either in progress or stalled. Let us now leave this subject and look on the other side of this issue. There is ...
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