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Positive reaction to ANC document’s encouragement of exploration 
By: Martin Creamer 14th July 2020 Reaction has been positive to the discussion document of economic transformation committee (ETC) of the African National Congress (ANC), which states that the listing of mining companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) should be encouraged and mining exploration incentivised, as is the... →
Covid opens up opportunity for more constructive, purposeful dialogue – Minsur 
By: Martin Creamer 13th July 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic has allowed the mining industry to highlight and strengthen its role as a catalyst of social development in the areas in which it operates, Minsur CEO Juan Luis Krueger said on Monday. Krueger was speaking during an International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) online... →
Investors in mining exploration should be incentivised – ANC’s ETC
By: Martin Creamer 13th July 2020 Listings of mining companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange should be encouraged and South African retail investors willing to invest in mining exploration should be incentivised as is the case in other mining jurisdictions, the economic transformation committee (ETC) of the African National... →
ANC document says mining exploration should be incentivised.
Return of foreign mineworkers taking double planned time
By: Martin Creamer 13th July 2020 The return of the 12 500 foreign mineworkers to South Africa’s mines is taking double the time planned. The initial ten-day plan of Minerals Council South Africa has become a 20-day plan because of the need to overcome bottlenecks. →
Compressed air expansion project completed at Mozal smelter
By: Tracy Hancock 10th July 2020 South African engineering, procurement and construction company Lesedi has completed the upgrade of the compressed air installation plant at diversified mining and minerals company South32’s Mozal aluminium plant, as part of its expansion increase project. The system is currently functioning as... →
Hulamin becomes first aluminium semi-fabricator to achieve emissions milestone
By: Donna Slater 9th July 2020 Aluminium products manufacturer Hulamin reports that it has become the first global aluminium semi-fabricator to have a greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions target approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The SBTi mobilises companies to set science-based targets and boost their... →
Rio Tinto closes NZ aluminium smelters
By: Esmarie Iannucci 9th July 2020 Major Rio Tinto on Thursday announced that it would wind down operations and eventually close the New Zealand aluminium smelters (NZAS), following the conclusion of a strategic review. The company in October last year announced a review into the future of the smelter, to determine the... →
Minerals Council regrets delay of 2018 Mining Charter review
By: Martin Creamer 6th July 2020 Minerals Council South Africa on Monday expressed regret that the finalisation of the review of the contested elements of the 2018 Mining Charter had been delayed following a judgement of the full bench of the High Court in Pretoria ordering that a number of other parties be joined to the action.... →
Minerals Council South Africa.
Covid kills 13 mineworkers, no foreigners back at work
By: Martin Creamer 2nd July 2020 Thirteen mineworkers have now succumbed to the coronavirus, Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana said on Thursday. Of the 13 who have died, seven were employed in platinum mining in North West province, which has the most cases at 1 413... →
China's Chalco shuts down 10% of its alumina capacity
By: Reuters 2nd July 2020 Aluminum Corp of China, known as Chalco, said on Thursday it would implement "flexible production", a phrase used to refer to output cuts, at three alumina production lines accounting for about 10% of its total capacity. Chalco is the world's biggest supplier of alumina, the substance used to... →
Hydrogen-powered aviation preparing for takeoff – study
By: Martin Creamer 2nd July 2020 Hydrogen as an energy source will play a key role in transforming aviation into a zero-carbon/climate-neutral system over the next few decades, an independent study states in estimating that the first short-range hydrogen-powered demonstrator could be developed by 2028 if sufficient investments... →
Hulamin experiences difficult 2019, but balance sheet remains robust
By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th June 2020 JSE-listed aluminium supplier Hulamin says it experienced particularly difficult conditions during the financial year ended December 31, 2019, which resulted in its loss a share increasing by 57% year-on-year to 380c. Headline earnings were down 182% year-on-year to a loss of R240-million, which... →
LME to examine floor reopening after easing of UK lockdown
By: Reuters 24th June 2020 The London Metal Exchange (LME) will examine whether the easing of social-distancing restrictions in England from July 4 will apply to its open-outcry floor, which has been closed for three months. The 143-year-old exchange temporarily closed the floor - the last open-outcry floor in Europe - on... →
US set to announce aluminum tariffs on Canada by end of week
By: Bloomberg 23rd June 2020 The Trump administration is considering re-imposing tariffs on aluminum imports from Canada and an announcement could come by the end of the week, according to people familiar with the matter. If Canada refuses to impose export restrictions on aluminum, the US will announce Friday the... →
Hulamin expects headline loss a share of at least 70c
By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th June 2020 JSE-listed aluminium supplier Hulamin expects to report a basic loss a share of between 370c and 380c for the year ended December 31, 2019. This compares with a loss a share of 242c reported for the year ended December 31, 2018. →
Canada reaffirms commitment to US critical minerals supply chain
By: Mariaan Webb 18th June 2020 Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to develop an integrated North American supply chain for critical minerals. A year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump committed to such a supply chain and in January, the two... →
240 000 miners back at work – Minerals Council South Africa
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2020 An estimated 240 000 miners are back at work on 385 large and small mines across South Africa, Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana said on Thursday. Each and every one of these miners was screened on their return to work after lockdown... →
ICMM members record 287 fatalities in 2019
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2020 The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) on Thursday released the 2019 safety data of its company members, who reported 287 occupational fatalities, a marked increase from the 50 fatalities recorded in 2018 and 51 fatalities recorded in 2017. ICMM said in a media release to Mining... →
Hyundai, green aluminium and the Coal Index Report make headlines
11th June 2020 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks Hyundai's new ultra-clean fuel cell electric car, green Aluminium and African Source Markets’ Weekly Coal Index Report and how it is providing pricing transparency. →
Global mining forum IGF puts forward sweeping employment reforms
By: Martin Creamer 10th June 2020 The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining Minerals Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) on Wednesday put forward sweeping mining employment reforms in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has, it states, exposed weak points in the global labour market. IGF emerged from the 2002 World Summit... →
Sweeping mining reforms advocated in response to Covid-19.
Aluminium in spotlight as LME opts for low-carbon trading platform
By: Martin Creamer 8th June 2020 Aluminium may find itself with an officially recognised ‘green’ tag when a low-carbon version of the metal is given new trading platform next year. FT Weekend and Aluminium International Today have reported that the London Metal Exchange (LME) will next year launch a platform to trade low-carbon... →
Well positioned to weather storm – Standard Bank
By: Martin Creamer 4th June 2020 The Standard Bank is well positioned to weather the Covid-19 storm and remains determined to emerge from this crisis as a stronger Africa-focused financial services group, Standard Bank Group FD Dr Arno Daehnke said on Thursday. The capital and liquidity levels of Africa’s biggest lender by... →
Responsible sourcing of critical minerals in focus as energy transition drives up demand
By: Terence Creamer 3rd June 2020 The accelerating pace and scale of the global clean-energy transition is poised to dramatically increase demand for critical energy minerals and metals, from aluminium to zirconium, with implications not only for the resources sector, but for geopolitics. The future energy system will be far more... →
Mozambique streaks ahead with new e-government cadastre advance
By: Martin Creamer 3rd June 2020 While South Africa is still trundling along laboriously with a minerals cadastre system fraught with shortcomings, Mozambique has rocketed to the highest firmament of e-government licence processing, Mining Weekly can report. Mozambique first led the pack 17 years ago when, ironically, it latched... →
New solution for monitoring tailings dams
By: Martin Creamer 2nd June 2020 The tragic tailings dam breach in Brazil that killed more than 270 people has focused the world of mining on making tailings dams safe. Earlier this year, and environmental organisation Grid-Arendal launched the world’s first publicly accessible global database of mine tailings storage facilities... →
Tailings dam.
It’s official, the hottest party in the metals world is cancelled
By: Bloomberg 2nd June 2020 The London Metal Exchange (LME) has pulled the plug on the biggest annual gathering in the metals market, cancelling all its own events during October’s LME Week because of coronavirus concerns. From its origins as an annual gathering organised by the LME’s golf association, the week-long roster... →
Alcoa considering more than 500 layoffs at Spanish plant
By: Reuters 28th May 2020 Alcoa said on Thursday it is considering laying off up to 534 workers from its San Ciprian aluminum plant in the Spanish region of Galicia, though a final decision has not yet been made. High energy costs and low aluminum prices led to persistent losses and left the plant unable to compete... →
Conversation on getting economy back on track post-Covid has begun
By: Martin Creamer 28th May 2020 The conversation has begun on getting the South African economy back on track with the necessary structural reforms post-Covid, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Wednesday. Speaking at question time during a virtual media conference following the council’s annual general... →
Funds raised for HPA First
By: Esmarie Iannucci 27th May 2020 Junior Alpha HPA will raise A$7-million to advance its HPA First project, in Queensland. The share placement to sophisticated investors will be priced at 14.5c each, and proceeds from the raising will go towards funding the company’s production of high purity alumina (HPA) for market outreach... →
CRU warns most commodities have further to fall
By: Mariaan Webb 25th May 2020 As the economic fallout of governments’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic is starting to be counted, commodity market analyst CRU has warned that the repercussions will be significant and that most commodities prices have not yet reached the bottom. The coronavirus crisis has affected all... →
Full reopening of mining from June 1 – President Ramaphosa
By: Martin Creamer 24th May 2020 Subject to strict Covid-19 protocols, mining will be allowed to reopen fully from June 1, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. In his address on South Africa’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, the President announced that South Africa would advance to level 3 from June 1, with an... →
President Cyril Ramaphosa
Leon lists measures to attract mining investment in these challenging times
By: Martin Creamer 22nd May 2020 South Africa should consider appointing an independent minerals regulator to speed up minerals licensing, Herbert Smith Freehills Africa co-chair Peter Leon said during a webinar this week. Responding to Patrick Leyden, who moderated the webinar entitled re-imagining the sub-Saharan mining... →
Cacophony of voices on LME floor may not be heard for many months
By: Reuters 21st May 2020 The London Metal Exchange's open outcry trading floor may remain closed for many more months as it cannot be reopened under COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, the head of the exchange said. LME CEO Matthew Chamberlain also told Reuters the exchange would look at potential M&A activity, but... →
Mining becoming significant corporate buyer of renewable energy – ICMM
By: Martin Creamer 21st May 2020 The mining industry has started to become a significant corporate buyer of renewable energy in regions where these technologies have become reliable and cost-competitive compared with fossil fuel-based electricity, says the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). These regions include... →
Gazetted Covid guideline restates much of what mining has already adopted
By: Martin Creamer 20th May 2020 The newly gazetted guideline to prevent, mitigate and manage the Covid-19 pandemic on mines is largely a restatement of what has already been adopted by the mining industry. Most of the requirements of the code of practice (COP) mandated in the gazette already form part of the standard operating... →
Covid prevention a must at mines – gazette
By: Martin Creamer 20th May 2020 Covid-19 prevention, mitigation and management programmes must be established at mines using the guideline gazetted by Chief Inspector of Mines David Msiza on Tuesday. The gazette notice states that this guideline provides minimum requirements for the compilation of a code of practice to prevent... →
Chief Inspector of Mines David Msiza
Mandatory code of Covid mining practice gazetted
By: Martin Creamer 19th May 2020 South Africa's guidelines for a mandatory Code of Practice (COP) to mitigate and manage the Covid-19 pandemic in the mining industry have been gazetted. Failure by employers to prepare and implement a mine's COP in line with the guidelines would constitute a criminal offence and a breach of the... →
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe
EY Canadian Eye drops sharply on Covid-19
By: Creamer Media Reporter 15th May 2020 The EY Canadian Mining Eye index has declined by 29% in the first quarter of 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The substantial decrease compares with a gain of 11% in the final quarter of 2019. “The mining and metals sector continues to grapple with the impact of government Covid-19 mandates... →
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