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South African industry

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Spools of thread on machines in a Cape Town textiles factory Petroleum South Africa plant Supermarket warehouse A vehicle manufacturing plant in East London, Eastern Cape
The Nchwaning manganese mine in the Northern Cape The transformer hall at the Eskom hydroelectric scheme in Drakensville, KwaZulu-Natal Pressure rings installed on a custom-designed Bateman electrode system The Bavaria yacht factory in Cape Town
A steel foundry Environmental simulation technology for vehicle function testing and safety The dolos, a South African invention used to protect seawalls and preserve beaches from erosion Vehicles ready for export at Port Elizabeth harbour, Eastern Cape
The Mossgas FA platform drilling for natural gas under the sea floor off Mossel Bay in the Western Cape BMD textile factory in Cape Town, Western Cape Continuous miner in operation in a coal mine A logging operation
Platinum mine Check-out counters at a large supermarket The Department of Trade and Industry Campus in Pretoria Metals foundry manufacturing wear parts and general-engineering ferrous castings
Headgear of the Cullinan diamond mine in Gauteng Crushed manganese ore being transported by conveyor belt at Wessels Mine in the Free State Construction of the luxury Michelangelo Towers apartment building in Sandton, Gauteng Shaft headgear at Joel Mine in the Free State
Rotary pressure cookers used to sterilise a wide range of canned products Vehicles ready for export at Durban harbour Warehouse at Port Elizabeth harbour, Eastern Cape Port Elizabeth harbour, Eastern Cape
Vehicle manufacture at the BMW plant in Rosslyn, Gauteng The Cape Town International Convention Centre Pouring gold at Durban Deep mine in Gauteng Entrance to the JSE Securities Exchange in Johannesburg
Warehouse Piles of coal for export at Richards Bay harbour, KwaZulu-Natal The Nchwaning manganese mine in the Northern Cape The pelletising plant at the Assmang chrome works in Machadadorp, Mpumalanga
The jig plant at the Beeshoek iron ore mine in the Northern Cape Trial assembly of the Kimberley Mines' dense-media separation plant Conveyor carrying chrome ore from the stock pile to the separating plant at the Dwarsrivier mine in Mpumalanga A rapid rail-loading system, used for loading materials onto trains at high speed with little contamination
BMD textile factory in Cape Town, Western Cape The Caltex refinery near Milnerton processes a large proportion of imported crude oil Transporting an abnormal load for the Mamatwane mine in KwaZulu-Natal Mine shaft
The Mossgas SSD rig off Mossel Bay in the Western Cape Wind-power trial plant Document-clearing warehouse Manufacture of aluminium tankers, used to transport a range of hazardous liquids
   
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Gallery compiled by Mary Alexander