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Martin Creamer is Creamer Media Publishing Editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

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University of Fort Hare Vice-Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu (left) and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Global gold mining major highlights academic partnership with South Africa’s Fort Hare

21st June 2024

The University of Fort Hare, where the offspring of mineworkers were the first graduates, has agreed a R12.5-million, initial ten-year academic partnership with gold mining major AngloGold Ashanti,... 


PGM-linked hydrogen peroxide generator.

Platinum group metal poised to help protect world from growing water pollution threat

21st June 2024

Platinum group metal (PGM) is once again coming to the fore as a mineral resource that goes the extra mile in protecting a threatened global environment. The latest indispensable commodity that is... 


Need for quick exploration activity.

First call applications for R400m junior mining exploration fund close on July 12

21st June 2024

The first call applications for the R400-million junior mining exploration fund (JMEF) close on July 12. This was stated on Tuesday in a media release issued by the Department of Mineral Resources... 


Petra Diamonds CEO Richard Duffy

Diamond transparency from mine to finger is on way from Petra

21st June 2024

Traceability is becoming an increasingly important part of the natural diamond industry, specifically in terms of being able to verify provenance or origin. G7 sanctions being applied also make... 


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Democratisation of South Africa’s public market system is a must

21st June 2024

South Africa’s democracy is 30 years old but, in that time, its public market system has failed to be democratised. Admittedly, large institutions on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange are investing... 


This Prieska mine chamber was blasted in the 1970s.

Green copper, vapour refining envisaged at Orion’s Northern Cape base metals mines

20th June 2024

Green copper and clean smelting and refining are envisaged at Orion Minerals’ quickly advancing base metals mines in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape province, which has historically... 


Errol Smart

South Africa now a compelling world investment story, upbeat Orion highlights

19th June 2024

“The sun is finally shining on us,” an upbeat Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart enthused during an Australia/South Africa webinar on Wednesday, when he outlined how South Africa has become one of the... 


Richards Bay Minerals GM for Growth Strategy Bradley Reddy.

Fast-greening Richards Bay Minerals now eyeing on-site renewables, storage, aggregation

19th June 2024

Energy-intensive Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), which consumes an average of 1.8 terawatts of power a year, was able to secure its latest 140 MW wind energy power purchase agreement (PPA) in six... 


Flashback to the listing of Southern Palladium on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange two years ago.

Southern Palladium remains committed to advancing Bengwenyama project

18th June 2024

The completed prefeasibility study (PFS) drilling campaign for the Bengwenyama platinum group metal (PGM) project, on the eastern limb of South Africa’s distinctively endowed Bushveld Complex, is... 


Thungela Resources active in Mpumalanga.

Thungela poised to spend R3.9bn capital in South Africa

18th June 2024

Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Thungela Resources is poised to spend R3.9-billion worth of capital in South Africa going forward. An estimated R1.3-billion of this capital expenditure (capex)... 


Gemdax co-founder and partner Anish Aggarwal.

Probably more diamond industry uncertainty now than at any other point – Gemdax

14th June 2024

While the diamond sector probably has more uncertainty now than at any other point, participants also probably have a bigger opportunity than ever to shape what the future will look like. “One... 


Valuable use of ruthenium being researched.

Ruthenium highlighted again in what could be another big boost for platinum group metals

14th June 2024

Ruthenium, one of the six platinum-group metals (PGMs), is once again being given major research attention in view of it being exceptionally suited to uplifting the efficiency and sustainability of... 


COMRO book editor Brian Protheroe (right) and Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer (left).

Massive water power possibilities in underground mining, says COMRO book editor

14th June 2024

When hydropower was being developed for South Africa’s gold-mining industry, the industry was going through a tough time and the research organisation of the day, the Chamber of Mines Research... 


Hugo Pienaar.

Green hydrogen must be cheap enough to decarbonise optimally, Junior Indaba hears

14th June 2024

Green hydrogen must be made cheap enough to decarbonise optimally at a time when the delay in emission reduction needs to be reversed if the world is to hit net zero by 2050. A range of factors... 


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South Africans must vociferously demand fruitful public-private economic collaboration

14th June 2024

The South African people must go all out for force the public and private sectors to collaborate fully in growing our economy. Jobs, jobs and more jobs must be the demand of South Africa’s... 


Mining activity at Copper 360.

Copper 360 on home straight to produce quite a bit of cash, CEO reports

13th June 2024

Copper mining and marketing company Copper 360 is on the home straight to produce quite a bit of cash by financial year end. That was the main takeaway from Mining Weekly’s post-results Zoom... 


AmaranthCX director Paul Miller.

Reserve Bank concern about decline of public markets welcome development – Miller

12th June 2024

The concern that South Africa’s Reserve Bank expressed last week on the state of this country’s public markets is seen as a welcome development by AmaranthCX director and public market promoter... 


Development of rare earth-free permanent magnets.

Artificial intelligence used to eliminate need for rare earths in permanent magnets

11th June 2024

Discovering new materials has historically been slow. Now artificial intelligence (AI) is making it possible to discover a material entirely computationally and have that verified experimentally.... 


Copper 360 CEO Jan Nelson.

South Africa’s quickly advancing Copper 360 is guiding sharp 2025 revenue rise

11th June 2024

The revenue of South Africa’s quickly advancing Northern Cape copper mining company Copper 360, the only pure copper play on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, is forecast by the company to have... 


TotalEnergies chairperson and CEO Patrick Pouyanné.

TotalEnergies, Air Products hydrogen deal uplifts platinum demand outlook still further

10th June 2024

A 15-year agreement involving the supply of an initial 70 000 t of green hydrogen a year has been signed by TotalEnergies and Air Products. TotalEnergies, which is active in some 120 countries and... 


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On-The-Air (07/06/2024)

7th June 2024

Martin Creamer discusses platinum metals to rescue the environment and diamonds to be traceable. 


South Africa pioneered hydrogen haul truck.

World Hydrogen alerted to benefit of South Africa’s zero-emission hydrogen haul truck

7th June 2024

One hydrogen haul truck eliminates the deleterious carbon emissions of the equivalent of 700 cars, First Mode global hydrogen sourcing director James Betts highlighted during this week’s World... 


From left, Kudakwashe Maramba, George Roach, Ntsiki Adonisi, Louis Nel, Jaco Prinsloo, Bernard Swanepoel.

Manganese value-add opportunity reiterated at Junior Indaba

7th June 2024

The huge opportunity that South Africa has to add value to its rich endowment of manganese through local processing was reiterated during the second day of Wednesday’s Junior Indaba. “Specific to... 


Hive Hydrogen South Africa chairperson Thulani Gcabashe

South Africa’s R105bn green hydrogen project to be energised by hot De Aar sunshine

7th June 2024

South Africa’s R105-billion green hydrogen, green ammonia project in the Eastern Cape took another major leap forward on Tuesday with the announcement of its underpinning by a cluster of nine solar... 


Menar MD Vuslat Bayoğlu

Menar advancing on the manganese front

7th June 2024

Private investment company Menar, which is advancing steadily on the manganese front, has anthracite, coal, nickel, and gold in its diversified multi-country portfolio. The company's... 


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Going green presents a huge opportunity and South Africa must seize it

7th June 2024

Decarbonisation is presenting South Africa with an exceptional opportunity to grow economically while simultaneously doing what is right. Re-industrialisation is beckoning at a level well within... 


From left Werner Duvenhage, James Cumming and Michael Wickins.

Richards Bay Minerals signs agreement for additional 140 MW of renewable energy

6th June 2024

A second renewable-energy project has been announced for heavy mineral sands extraction and refining company Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), which mines in northern KwaZulu-Natal and produces... 


PGM-linked hydrogen peroxide generator.

Platinum group metal poised to help protect world from growing water pollution threat

5th June 2024

Platinum group metal (PGM) is once again coming to the fore as a mineral resource that goes the extra mile in protecting a threatened global environment. The latest indispensable commodity that is... 


Need for quick exploration activity.

First call applications for R400m junior mining exploration fund close July 12

4th June 2024

The first call applications for the R400-million junior mining exploration fund (JMEF) close on July 12. This was stated on Tuesday in a media release issued by the Department of Mineral Resources... 


Petra Diamonds CEO Richard Duffy

Diamond transparency from mine to finger is on way from Petra

4th June 2024

Traceability is becoming an increasingly important part of the natural diamond industry, specifically in terms of being able to verify provenance or origin. G7 sanctions being applied also make... 


African Rainbow Minerals Executive Chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe

South Africa’s ARM completes strategic investment in Canada’s Surge Copper

3rd June 2024

South Africa’s diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals has secured its 15% strategic shareholding in Surge Copper, a Toronto Stock Exchange-Venture Exchange company that is advancing an... 


Solar power panels at South Deep gold mine.

ESG intrinsic to long-term mining success, Gold Fields AGM hears

31st May 2024

Managing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects is intrinsic to the long-term success of mining, Gold Fields chairperson Yunus Suleman highlighted at this week’s annual general meeting... 


Anglo American CE Duncan Wanblad

All-round value unlock targeted in proposed demerging of Anglo Platinum and De Beers

31st May 2024

Diversified mining major Anglo American is targeting value elevation in its planned demerging of South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and the envisaged divestment or demerger of... 


From left, CHIETA CEO Yersen Pillay, Higher Education and Training Department DDG Zukile Mvalo, and Nedbank CIB Head of Infrastructure, Energy and Telecommunications Mike Peo.

Green energy presenting South Africa with massive reindustrialisation chance – Nedbank

31st May 2024

Green electrons and green molecules are presenting South Africa with a massive opportunity to reindustrialise, Nedbank CIB head of infrastructure, energy and telecommunications Mike Peo told the... 


Manganese Metal Co chairperson Bernard Swanepoel

Fantastic advance by Proudly South African manganese battery metal first-mover

31st May 2024

Proudly South African Manganese Metal Co (MMC) of Mbombela, Mpumalanga, is making a fantastic first-mover advance to enter the manganese battery metal market, which is progressing super-fast. To be... 


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Govt must give policy support to green reindustrialisation across full spectrum

31st May 2024

In the same way that South Africa’s green electron-providing sun and wind energy required policy certainty to stimulate the quick ramp-up of bankable projects by the private sector, green molecules... 


Sibanye-Stillwater secures fourth power purchase agreement.

Sibanye clinches yet another renewable energy purchase agreement

30th May 2024

Johannesburg- and New York-listed Sibanye-Stillwater has concluded its fourth renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA). The green metals and gold producer has reached financial close for an... 


Dr Vincent Maphai (left) and Neal Froneman.

Measures to address loss-making assets expected to secure R6.6bn yearly, Sibanye AGM hears

28th May 2024

The measures that green metals and gold mining company Sibanye- Stillwater has taken to address loss-making assets are expected to secure yearly savings and capital expenditure deferrals of... 


Valuable use of ruthenium being researched.

Ruthenium highlighted again in what could be another big boost for platinum group metals

27th May 2024

Ruthenium, one of the six platinum-group metals (PGMs), is once again being given major research attention in view of it being exceptionally suited to uplifting the efficiency and sustainability of... 


COMRO book editor Brian Protheroe (right) and Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer (left).

Massive water power possibilities in underground mining, says COMRO book editor

24th May 2024

When hydropower was being developed for South Africa’s gold-mining industry, the industry was going through a tough time and the research organisation of the day, the Chamber of Mines Research... 


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On-The-Air (24/05/2024)

24th May 2024

Martin Creamer talks about exploration and green hydrogen. 


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