[South African Ports Authority plans to invest$570 million in port infrastructure] South Africa's Transnet National Port Authority plans to invest around $566 million over the next seven years in various infrastructure facilities in East London, Port Elizabeth and Ngula. Ports of Nelson Mandela, Elizabeth and Ngula will receive $299 million in investment, while East London will receive the remaining approximately $268 million. The first investment of around R570 million will take place in the 2022/2023 financial year. TNPA's latest investment plan aims to realign South African port operator Transnet with other key economic sectors. Editor/Xing Wentao

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• 2026.04.29 12:00
• [The intelligentization of Shanxi coal mines will be basically achieved by 2027]
• Shanxi recently issued the "Implementation Plan for Accelerating Energy Green and Low Carbon Transformation and Development", aiming to promote the construction of the energy system and high-quality economic development. The plan proposes to focus on building intelligent green coal mines with a capacity of over 1.2 million tons per year, accelerate resource allocation and transfer, and exit inefficient production capacity. At the same time, it is required that production coal mines that meet the conditions by 2027 achieve basic intelligence, cultivate artificial intelligence application scenarios, continuously improve safety assurance levels, and fully guarantee the stable supply of national electricity coal. Editor/Cheng Liting

• 2026.04.29 11:14
• [Jiangsu Xinhongda Mining starts manufacturing intelligent equipment]
• On April 28, 2026, Jiangsu Xinhongda Mining Intelligent Complete Equipment Manufacturing Project, a major provincial project located in Xinghua High tech Zone, Dainan Town, officially started construction. The total investment of the project is 5.2 billion yuan, of which the first phase investment is 2.5 billion yuan. The planned land area is 150 acres, and a high standard intelligent production workshop of about 170000 square meters will be built. International cutting-edge intelligent equipment such as welding robots, 10000 watt laser cutting, and fully automatic intelligent molding production lines will be introduced on a large scale.Editor/Cheng Liting