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High Court ruling underscores requirement for mining right applicants to consult community
By: Donna Slater 18th September 2020 A recent High Court ruling underscores the more stringent requirements in recent amendments to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) for mining right applicants to consult with community members, says law firm Webber Wentzel. The firm points out that, on September 11, the... →
Bullish sentiment about PGMs sector’s immediate outlook, long-term potential
By: Nadine James 18th September 2020 Speakers at the September 9 virtual 2020 PGMs Industry Day, hosted against the backdrop of historically high prices for certain platinum-group metals (PGMs), seemed cautiously optimistic about the immediate outlook for, and long-term potential of, the PGMs sector. The event, organised by... →
Coal can reignite SA economy
18th September 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the South African economy, which already had record high unemployment prior to the pandemic; however, the coal-mining sector, could aid the revival of the economy, investment company Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu stated last month. He was speaking... →
WCA considers post-Covid-19 trials
18th September 2020 The World Coal Association (WCA), having recognised the challenges in developing recovery pathways post Covid-19, welcomed the emphasis in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) ‘Special Report on Sustainable Recovery’, which looks at boosting economic growth, creating new jobs, and building... →
Egoli likely to be S Africa’s least complicated underground gold mine – Pan African 
By: Martin Creamer 17th September 2020 What is expected to be South Africa’s least complicated underground gold mine is on the way at Evander, Mpumalanga, in the form of the Egoli gold project. Planning to bring the low-capital quick-return project to life is Pan African Resources, the London-, Johannesburg- and New York-listed... →
Energy transition to have transformative effect on mining sector
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 17th September 2020 Climate change and environmental and social governance (ESG) will transform the energy industry risk landscape, said global advisory, broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson at the launch of its yearly Mining Risk Review on September 17. It noted that this transformation was taking... →
Solar to provide most of gold plants’ daytime power – Pan African
By: Martin Creamer 16th September 2020 The 10 MW solar electricity plant that Pan African Resources will construct on site at its Elikhulu gold-from-tailings plant next year at a cost of R150-million will take care of most of Elikhulu’s daytime power requirements. This is the first phase of solar power generation at Evander. Pan... →
Pan African proposes record final dividend as headline earnings surge
By: Martin Creamer 16th September 2020 Gold mining company Pan African on Wednesday proposed a record final dividend after headline earnings surged 93% and net cash generated by operating activities rose by 42%. Mining Weekly can report that, in the 12 months to June 30, gold produced by the London-, Johannesburg- and New York-listed... →
Pan African CEO Cobus Loots
Platinum group metals patenting their way into battery EV space
By: Martin Creamer 14th September 2020 Platinum Group Metals CEO R Michael Jones does not let grass grow under his feet. His parting shot to moderator Bernard Swanepoel at the virtual 2020 PGMs Industry Day last Wednesday was that platinum was on its way into battery electric vehicles as a battery metal. “If you're a great EV... →
Hydrogen, platinum fund sets up shop in South Africa with dollars to invest
By: Martin Creamer 11th September 2020 London-headquartered AP Ventures, an independent venture capital fund focussed on investing in early-stage companies that use or enable the use of platinum group metals (PGMs), has established a presence in South Africa. AP Ventures founding partner Kevin Eggers told this week’s virtual 2020 PGMs... →
Top from left, Anton Berlin, Tim Schlick, Kevin Eggers. Bottom from left Benny Oeyen, Matthias Dohrn, Trevor Raymond.
Watch out lithium, platinum's eyeing your battery space, says PTM
By: Martin Creamer 10th September 2020 Electric vehicles (EVs) are synonymous with lithium and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) are synonymous with platinum group metals (PGMs), but will the twain meet? They certainly will if Toronto- and New York-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM) CEO R Michael Jones has anything to do with it.... →
Sandra du Toit and R Michael Jones (top) and Bernard Swanepoel (below).
Platinum has potential to be three-times-bigger $35bn-a-year industry – Minerals Council
By: Martin Creamer 9th September 2020 Instead of being the $11-billion-a -year type industry that it is today, the platinum business has the potential to be a $35-billion-a-year industry by 2050, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Wednesday. Baxter made this statement in response to a question put to him during a... →
Promoting hydrogen economy should be No1 priority – RBPlat’s Phiri
By: Martin Creamer 9th September 2020 Promoting the hydrogen economy should be South Africa’s number one priority, Royal Bafokeng Platinum CEO Steve Phiri said on Wednesday. Speaking during a panel discussion on the current state of the platinum group metals industry at the virtual 2020 PGMs Industry Day, Phiri said that this... →
Steve Phiri, Andries Rossouw (from left top) and Natascha Viljoen, Nico Muller (from left bottom)
Prize potentially large in platinum fuel cell and hydrogen growth – prof
By: Martin Creamer 8th September 2020 Significant growth in fuel cells and hydrogen is now almost certain and the prize for South Africa remains potentially large. That is the view of E4tech director Professor Dr David Hart of Switzerland, expressed in an address to a fuel cell webinar hosted by Nedbank CIB on Tuesday. (Also watch... →
Challenges remain as industry forges ahead with transformation
By: Mamaili Mamaila 4th September 2020 It is important to acknowledge that the regulatory environment for local mining companies has been instrumental in progressing transformation and inclusion of women in the mining sector, integrated resources business Lurco Group says. →
LEE STOKES It is important for us to note that there still are industry barriers that affect the advancement of women in mining
Lagging platinum being actively promoted – Implats
By: Martin Creamer 3rd September 2020 Demand for platinum, the price laggard of the high-flying platinum group metals basket, is being actively promoted on several fronts, Implats reported on Thursday. Following the company’s presentation of stellar cash-generating and dividend-yielding financial results, which featured a gross... →
South Africa’s green revolution gathering momentum
2nd September 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic has presented countries around the world with immense challenges, as the impact of the virus has affected every aspect of everyday life as we know it, write Dr Cosmas Chiteme, Dr Rebecca Maserumule and Prof Dmitri Bessarabov. (Chiteme and Maserumule are senior managers at... →
Joburg’s political legacy mine dumps should come down to cut commute time – DRDGold
By: Martin Creamer 1st September 2020 South Africa Inc should be doing much more to incentivise the recovery of precious metals from tailings dams for sound societal and environmental reasons that could free Johannesburg of its artificial ‘Berlin Wall’-type political legacy barriers that tilt commute times unfairly and block new-era... →
South Africa must link tax laws to job creation, says ARM’s Motsepe 
By: Martin Creamer 31st August 2020 The private sector worldwide is the engine for job creation, in partnership with trade union organisations, government and communities, and South Africa must link its tax legislation to job creation. That is the view African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) executive chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe... →
ARM earnings up, dividend declared
By: Martin Creamer 31st August 2020 The headline earnings of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) increased by 6% to R5 534-million for the financial year to June 30. A final dividend of R7 a share is declared, in addition to the interim dividend of R5 a share, taking the total dividend for the 2020 financial... →
ARM executive chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe
Analysts raise precious metals expansion opportunities for cash-flush Sibanye
By: Martin Creamer 30th August 2020 Mining analysts last week raised local platinum and gold expansion opportunities for cash-flush precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater, but Neal Froneman, the CEO of the superbly performing Johannesburg- and New York-listed company, expressed concern that South Africa’s current... →
Exxaro gives land to emerging farmers, helps build agri-economy
By: Marleny Arnoldi 28th August 2020 As part of its support for South Africa’s land distribution policy, JSE-listed diversified miner Exxaro Resources has embarked on a minerals succession programme that maps the potential agri-economies in communities surrounding its mines. “We are constantly looking at proactive solutions to... →
Rhodium may turn out to be the metal of the decade – Northam
By: Martin Creamer 28th August 2020 Rhodium may turn out to be the metal of the decade, Northam CEO Paul Dunne said on Friday. Speaking at the JSE-listed company’s presentation of outstanding results, which saw the company shrug off the Covid-19 pandemic to report a record financial year in the 12 months to June 30, Dunne said... →
High-flying Northam shrugs off Covid to achieve record year
By: Martin Creamer 28th August 2020 Platinum group metals mining company Northam Platinum has shrugged off the Covid-19 pandemic to report a record financial year in the 12 months to June 30. The JSE-listed company, headed by CEO Paul Dunne, on Friday reported its best ever revenue of R17.8-billion, record operating profit of... →
Paul Dunne
Amplats' Unki mine donates equipment for new ICU at Zimbabwe hospital
By: Donna Slater 27th August 2020 Platinum-group metals miner Anglo American Platinum's (Amplats') Unki mine has donated a newly equipped ten-bed intensive care unit (ICU) to Gweru provincial hospital, in Zimbabwe, as part of its efforts to limit the impact of Covid-19 at the workplace and in host communities. The donation... →
Sibanye-Stillwater earnings soar 718%, R1.3bn dividend declared
By: Martin Creamer 27th August 2020 Precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater has reported sensational half-year results on Covid-defying increased production from all operating segments The Johannesburg- and New York-listed company, headed by CEO Neal Froneman, has declared a R1.3-billion interim dividend on free cash... →
Neal Froneman
Master Drilling aligning with opencast mines going underground in changing world
By: Martin Creamer 26th August 2020 South Africa-based drilling company Master Drilling, which is active in 23 countries, is aligning itself with the transitioning global requirement of opencast mines going underground. “As the world is changing, so are the mines,” said Master Drilling technology director Koos Jordaan at the... →
Anglo American Platinum to transfer R2bn value to communities
By: Martin Creamer 25th August 2020 Platinum group metals mining and marketing company Anglo American Platinum on Tuesday announced shared value worth R2-billion for host and labour-sending communities one year early as a result of recent strong share price performance. The settlement will result in R2-billion of value transferring... →
Glencore part of giant leap to transform informal cobalt mining
By: Martin Creamer 24th August 2020 Eight concerns, including diversified mining and marketing company Glencore, have joined forces to transform the informal mining of cobalt for the better. Full implementation would take five years and would begin in mines in Kasulu and Kamilombe in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the... →
Minerals Council launches first National Day of Women in Mining
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 21st August 2020 Industry organisation, the Minerals Council South Africa, on August 21 launched the first National Day of Women in Mining, highlighting its focus on the implementation of initiatives designed to achieve stretch targets for the representation and advancement of women in the South African mining... →
Exxaro’s Belfast mine invests in Covid-19 protection, awareness campaign
By: Donna Slater 21st August 2020 In its fight against Covid-19, coal miner Exxaro Resources’ Mpumalanga-based Belfast coal mine has spent R410 000 on prevention and screening measures since the virus began to spread in South Africa. The mine invested the money into procuring personal protective equipment in the form of soap,... →
PGMs recovery under way, but uncertainty remains
By: Tracy Hancock 21st August 2020 Many geographic regions active in the platinum group metals (PGMs) sector are in the early stages of recovery, following the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with platinum, palladium and rhodium expected to remain in deficit this year. However, a great deal of uncertainty remains, as... →
PGMs producer navigating Covid-19 market disruption
By: Tracy Hancock 21st August 2020 ‘Business unusual’ is expected to characterise much of the 2021 financial year, owing to the Covid-19 outbreak, says platinum group metals producer Impala Platinum (Implats). The company expects to face increasing challenges in terms of its medical preparedness and operational resilience,... →
High-flying Gold Fields' profit soars, half-year dividend up
By: Martin Creamer 20th August 2020 Covid notwithstanding, gold mining company Gold Fields saw its profit soar in the six months to June 30 and the half-year dividend declared equated to last year’s full-year dividend. The Johannesburg- and New York-listed company, headed by CEO Nick Holland, announced attributable profit for the... →
Nick Holland
Encouraging exploration would deliver enormous opportunities for SA – Bristow
By: Martin Creamer 17th August 2020 Encouraging exploration in South Africa would deliver enormous opportunities, says Barrick Gold president and CEO Dr Mark Bristow, a world leader in exploration success. Bristow was commenting on the call for mining exploration to be encouraged, made last month by the economic transformation... →
Sustainability measures, partnerships to ensure sector’s longevity
By: Mamaili Mamaila 14th August 2020 As the research by the Global Battery Alliance (GBA) found, the demand for batteries is expected to increase 19 times by 2030, which constitutes one of the highest purchase orders the mining industry has seen to date. →
Positive metals markets to drive ERG’s asset development
By: Mamaili Mamaila 14th August 2020 Diversified resources producer Eurasian Resources Group’s (ERG’s) portfolio of copper and cobalt assets in Africa, particularly those in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are key to its long-term development plans, and the current copper and cobalt market dynamics support its ambitions. →
SANEDI, MDA work together to support South African mineworkers
By: Simone Liedtke 13th August 2020 The South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) and the Mineworkers Development Agency (MDA) have signed a partnership agreement that will result in them collaborating to bring relief to the country’s former mineworkers and their communities in the wake of mine closures and the... →
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