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Implats pursuing renewables, green hydrogen, exploration, carbon neutrality 
By: Martin Creamer 25th February 2021 Platinum group metals (PGMs) mining and marketing company Implats is pursuing green hydrogen, greenfield exploration and carbon neutrality, the company made clear during question time after presenting a stellar set of high-dividend-yielding interim financial results on Thursday, which cut debt by... →
Test mine study under way for Fourth Industrial Revolution try-outs 
By: Martin Creamer 24th February 2021 A feasibility study is under way on a mine selected for the testing of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies ahead of their implementation, Minerals Council South Africa senior executive modernisation and safety Sietse van der Woude said on Wednesday. Van der Woude was answering... →
Harmony starts on first 10 MW of own solar, keen to pursue next 20 MW
By: Martin Creamer 23rd February 2021 Gold mining company Harmony Gold, which is in the process of introducing 30 MW of own-generation solar power into its electricity mix, has begun the phasing in of the first 10 MW of renewable energy generation. “Generating our own power from solar power is the way to go,” Harmony Gold CEO Peter... →
Green hydrogen to be produced from solar power at platinum mine
By: Martin Creamer 22nd February 2021 Although platinum group metals (PGMs) mining and marketing company Anglo American Platinum will be starting with a 75 MW solar photovoltaic powered plant at its Mogalakwena mine, planned is an eventual 320 MW of solar power generation, the excess from which will be used to produce green hydrogen.... →
Global decarbonisation rapidly upping demand for Anglo Platinum products
By: Martin Creamer 22nd February 2021 Platinum group metals mining and marketing company Anglo American Platinum said on Monday that it was poised to deliver next phase of value for its stakeholders as decarbonisation efforts increase the long-term demand for its metals. “We are grounded in our purpose to re-imagine mining to improve... →
Vale creates sustainability division
By: Reuters 19th February 2021 Brazilian iron-ore miner Vale's board has voted to create an executive-level division focused exclusively on sustainability issues, the company said in a Thursday securities filing. The division will be headed by Maria Luiza de Oliveira Pinto e Paiva, who until this month has been head of... →
Improved tailings disposal could reduce water use
By: Mc'Kyla Nortje 19th February 2021 Namibia is a water-scarce country in most areas; therefore, minimising water consumption in ore processing is a focus area, especially for tailings disposal, which can account for over 50% of all new/fresh water used in processing, states engineering and environmental consulting firm Knight... →
Sibanye assessing on-site green hydrogen generation to power fuel cell mobility
By: Martin Creamer 18th February 2021 Platinum group metals (PGM) producer Sibanye-Stillwater is assessing the generation of green hydrogen on its mine sites to power PGM-catalysed hydrogen fuel cell mobility, it said on Thursday, when the Johannesburg- and New York-listed company foresaw good exposure for itself to the hydrogen... →
Sibanye-Stillwater profit soars, free cash rockets, R9.4bn dividend
By: Martin Creamer 18th February 2021 The free cash flow of precious metals company Sibanye-Stillwater rocketed 63-fold to within a hair’s breadth of R20-billion in the six months to the end of December. The Johannesburg- and New York-listed company, headed by CEO Neal Froneman, reported a sky-high profit rise to R29.3-billion for... →
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman.
Former De Beers executive promotes commodities recycling for a strengthened circular economy
By: Donna Slater 17th February 2021 The mining value chain plays a vital role in sustaining a circular economy, says mining executive and former De Beers Botswana CEO Sheila Khama. She explains, during a video interview with Zambian mining lobby organisation Mining for Zambia, that because mineral resources are finite, closer... →
Coal to China set to continue while Asian giant not buying from Australia – Glencore
By: Martin Creamer 17th February 2021 The export of South African coal to China is poised to continue while China decides not to buy Australian coal, Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg said during this week’s Glencore media conference. “China still imports round about 185-million tons to 190-million tons of seaborne coal. They like to... →
Glencore heading for a future without any coal production.
Nagle expresses firm belief in Glencore’s coal-depleting climate change strategy
By: Martin Creamer 16th February 2021 Firm belief in the climate change strategy being embarked upon by diversified mining and marketing company Glencore was expressed on Tuesday by incoming Glencore CEO Gary Nagle, Outgoing Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg announced in December that he would be handing over the reins of the global... →
Glencore ready to support transition to low-carbon economy – Glasenberg
By: Martin Creamer 16th February 2021 Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore is ready to support the transition to a low-carbon economy, CEO Ivan Glasenberg said on Tuesday when the company reported finishing 2020 with earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $11.6-billion, Covid-19... →
PGMs-linked hydrogen production on way with local electrolysers, 12J funding
By: Martin Creamer 15th February 2021 South African company Hydrox Holdings of Randburg is developing an advanced alkaline electrolyser to supply what it describes as “huge hydrogen demand”. The zero gap system will be the first locally produced electrolyser for South Africa and Africa, Hydrox states in a media release to Mining Weekly. →
Hydrox Holdings CEO Corrie de Jager
PDAC welcomes proposed flow-through legislation
12th February 2021 In December, the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) welcomed the federal government’s draft legislative proposals to protect jobs and save operations within the junior mining exploration sector and other flow-through share issuers, by extending the timelines for spending the... →
GREATER REACH The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada made the decision to go virtual after many months of analysis and careful consideration, and was encouraged by the prospect of reaching an even greater number of international attendees
Company delivers solar mounting structures to mine
12th February 2021 Solar equipment supplier Valsa Trading announced that it supplied its locally designed and manufactured solar photovoltaic (PV) ground mounting structures to a large mine in the Northern Cape in December. The mounting structures are designed and manufactured to provide a “quick-install, secure... →
Challenges need to be met to further development
By: Mamaili Mamaila 12th February 2021 While Canada’s mineral potential is well recognised, it has several challenges that need to be addressed to capitalise on the resource development opportunity, says North American mine developer Fortune Minerals president and CEO Robin Goad. →
Association commits to supporting diversity, inclusion
By: Mamaili Mamaila 12th February 2021 In December, the national organisation for the Canadian mining industry, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and its members, which include 45 of Canada’s leading mining companies, released a statement denouncing all forms of discrimination, racism and sexism, and committed to eliminating such... →
Alluvial diamond miners outline way to save fast-shrinking industry
By: Martin Creamer 11th February 2021 The number of alluvial diamond operators is decreasing at an alarming rate. In 2004, there were 2 000 small diamond-mining companies, which employed close to 25 000 people, and now there are only about 200 operators employing only 5 000 people – a 90% decline. →
Vision Blue helping world to achieve green dream with high-return prospects for investors
By: Martin Creamer 10th February 2021 The world’s energy transition away from fossil fuels is a phenomenon that is not dependent on any assumptions about gross domestic product (GDP) growth or countries urbanising or industrialising. It is a phenomenon driven by international consensus that the carbon footprint of the world has to be... →
Platinum group metals outlook: constrained supply, very strong demand growth – WPIC
By: Martin Creamer 8th February 2021 The outlook for platinum group metals (PGMs) is one of constrained supply and very strong demand growth. “You’ve got the entire PGMs suite that is short and that certainly will translate into tight markets,” World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) Director of Research Trevor Raymond told Mining... →
Halt to Richards Bay Minerals project depriving South Africa of R100bn
By: Martin Creamer 5th February 2021 Rio Tinto's KwaZulu-Natal mineral sands mining company, Richards Bay Minerals, has got a major project called Zulti South that is fully permitted and fully funded – but is not being developed. Construction began in the first half of 2019, but was then brought to a halt in December 2019 amidst... →
From top left clockwise, Gary Felthun, Roger Baxter, Werner Duvenhage, Mzila Mthenjane, Advocate Thabo Mokoena and Neal Froneman.
DRC Minister joins responsible cobalt initiative
5th February 2021 Global minerals organisation the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) announced in December that Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) National Minister of Mines Professor Willy Kitobo Samsoni has joined the Cobalt Action Partnership (CAP) Steering Committee. RMI is partnership lead and... →
RESPONSIBLE VALUE CHAINS CAP promotes the engagement and commitment towards sustainable and inclusive cobalt value chains
Union Mine exceeds expectations
5th February 2021 Platinum group metals (PGMs) mine Siyanda Bakgatla Platinum Mine (SBPM) is exceeding all financial and operational expectations, says SBPM CFO Imraan Osman. “Since acquiring Union mine from platinum producer Anglo American Platinum in early 2018, our financial performance has improved... →
Miner supports cobalt initiative, secures investment
By: Cameron Mackay 5th February 2021 Diversified miner Glencore is playing a significant supporting role in The Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA), a multi-stakeholder initiative to support the production of fair cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), says Glencore lead cobalt trader David Brocas. “We operate industrial mines in... →
Cobalt initiative begins programme roll-out
By: Cameron Mackay 5th February 2021 International collaboration the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) – launched in August last year – has begun implementing programmes to drive the safe and responsible development of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The founding members of the FCA, alongside The Impact Facility, include... →
Anglo makes $30m contribution to vaccine roll-out; $10m allocated for use in South Africa
By: Marleny Arnoldi 4th February 2021 Diversified miner Anglo American will make a $30-million contribution towards assisting in the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines across its operational footprint. The nature of the contribution, consisting of cash and in-kind support, will differ from country-to-country, based on the vaccine... →
Anglo American CE Mark Cutifani
Self-generation threshold must be increased, respondents concur
By: Martin Creamer 4th February 2021 Minerals Council South Africa, Business Unity South Africa and individual mining companies have applauded the support that Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has given to the lifting of the licencing exemption threshold for electricity generation to 50 MW. During the ENSafrica webinar on February 2, De... →
Impala Platinum Executive Sustainable Development Dr Tsakani Mthombeni… wheeling would allow mines to share the power across their various operations.
Botswana intensifying effort to attract non-diamond exploration
By: Martin Creamer 3rd February 2021 Botswana has intensified efforts to digitise and make geoscience information readily available to local and international potential investors in an effort to encourage prospecting for non-diamond minerals, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi told the virtual 2021 Investing in African Mining... →
Botswana president Mokgweetsi Masisi
Embedded generation dynamics shifting from ‘buyer’s to seller’s market’ 
By: Terence Creamer 2nd February 2021 Market dynamics for embedded generation projects in South Africa have shifted materially over the past 12 months as an increasing number of mines and power-heavy industrial firms moved to install renewable-energy facilities at a time when government is also starting to resume utility scale... →
Orion paving way for another exciting 'green' base metals hub in Northern Cape
By: Martin Creamer 2nd February 2021 The copper strength of Orion Minerals is intensifying with Tuesday’s announcement of the company’s exclusive option to acquire the Okiep Copper Complex in South Africa’s Northern Cape for A$7.5-million. The Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed company, headed by Errol Smart, now has an opportunity to... →
The Okiep Copper Complex that Orion Minerals has an option to acquire.
‘We need exploration to grow our industry’ – Minerals Council
By: Martin Creamer 1st February 2021 “We need exploration to grow our industry,” Minerals Council South Africa president Mxolisi Mgojo said on Monday during a virtual State of the Mining Nation media briefing in which he described exploration as one of the low-hanging fruits that could change South Africa’s economic trajectory in... →
Drive towards carbon neutrality must be done holistically, says Glencore exec
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 29th January 2021 Given the global nature of production and consumption, there is a need to think about one's carbon footprint in a holistic way and companies pursuing a transition strategy should undertake this in a way that includes vulnerable people, diversified miner Glencore sustainable development head Anna... →
Newmont retains lead in ESG ranking of miners with Vale last
By: Bloomberg 29th January 2021 The steady stream of environmental pledges by mining companies around the world appears to be having the desired effect -- at least in terms of perceptions. An environmental, social and governance rating of the industry moved into positive territory last quarter from a negative reading in the... →
Technology presents opportunities for company, industry
By: Mamaili Mamaila 29th January 2021 While it will always be important for people in the mining sector to interact regularly in a forum where they seek new business opportunities, the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that virtual events can replace many aspects of physical conferences that representatives were accustomed to attending. →
ICMM announces equivalency benchmarks
29th January 2021 Last month, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), an international organisation dedicated to a safe, fair and sustainable mining and metals industry, published a series of equivalency benchmarks that compare the requirements of ICMM’s Mining Principles with several mining and... →
Contractor learns lockdown lessons
By: Darren Parker 29th January 2021 The main lesson learned over the past year is that, regardless of the challenges and new limitations brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, good relationships are key to keeping businesses well-enthused and optimistic, says mining services company Basil Read Mining CEO Nathan Williams. “Even... →
ICMM outlines economic contribution of mining in host countries
29th January 2021 Last month, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), an international organisation dedicated to a safe, fair and sustainable mining and metals industry, published two reports – 'Role of Mining in National Economies: The Mining Contribution Index (5th edition)' and 'ICMM Members’ Tax... →
KEY ECONOMIC CATALYST Between 2016 and 2018, many of the world’s poorest countries relied on income from mining as the primary driver of economic activity
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