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Draft housing standard calls for clarity on Charter requirements
By: Tracy Hancock 30th August 2019 It is unclear whether the requirements of Mining Charter III for mining companies with regard to the housing and living conditions of their mineworkers will fall away once the Draft Reviewed Housing and Living Conditions Standard, 2019, is finalised and comes into effect, says law firm Fasken... →
‘Green’ energy's advance fast becoming irreversible – Isondo 
By: Martin Creamer 29th August 2019 The energy systems of the world are going ‘green’ in a process that is fast becoming irreversible, says Isondo Precious Metals CEO Vinay Somera, who adds that hydrogen is emerging as the main storage medium for energy generated from the sun, wind and other renewable sources. The storing of wind... →
Isondo Precious Metals CEO Vinay Somera
S Africa well placed to supply competitive hydrogen – CSIR
By: Martin Creamer 28th August 2019 South Africa, which has excellent solar and wind energy potential, is well placed to produce and export clean renewable hydrogen, says Council for Scientific and Industrial Research senior research engineer Thomas Roos. Hydrogen is emerging globally as an environmentally friendly energy carrier... →
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research senior research engineer Thomas Roos (right) and Martin Creamer.
Misconceptions around AMD remain a threat to the environment
By: Khutso Maphatsoe 23rd August 2019 Acid mine drainage (AMD) has become one of South Africa’s largest environmental threats, as AMD has caused considerable damage to the natural environment and communities living near mining areas, says engineering consultants WSP Africa’s hydrology, environment and energy senior associate Karen... →
Sibanye-Stillwater intensifies PGMs presence
By: Mamaili Mamaila 23rd August 2019 International precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater (Sibanye) has, through the recent acquisition of platinum-group metals (PGMs) producer Lonmin, increased its role in and authority in the global PGMs sector. Following the inroads that Sibanye made into the sector by acquiring PGM... →
Climate risk lifting insurance premiums for coal mining company Exxaro 
By: Martin Creamer 22nd August 2019 Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed coal-mining and energy company Exxaro Resources said on Thursday that it was experiencing higher insurance premiums in the renewal of its insurance policies. In reporting 24% lower net operating profit of R2.4-billion in the six months to June 30 on lower coal... →
Exxaro declares double dividend on lower profit, revenue
By: Martin Creamer 22nd August 2019 Black-empowered coal-mining and energy resources company Exxaro on Thursday rewarded shareholders with a double dividend on lower profit and revenue in the six months to June 30. The company declared an interim and special cash dividend and reported early value realisation at its Belfast coal... →
Exxaro CEO Mxolisi Mgojo
Highveld polluters on the water department’s radar
By: Natasha Odendaal 21st August 2019 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is planning to take “drastic measures” to ensure mines and other sectors of the economy take responsibility for any groundwater contamination caused by their operations. In a water status update on Wednesday, the department said the pollution of... →
Acid mine water eyed for producing hydrogen at petrol cost
By: Martin Creamer 20th August 2019 Acid mine water, and also seawater and brackish water, are being eyed for hydrogen production by innovative South African company Hydrox Holdings, which has patented a water electrolysis method that is attracting world attention. The new membrane-free technology that the company has developed was... →
Platinum-linked hydrogen fuel cell vehicle roadmap needed – uYilo
By: Martin Creamer 20th August 2019 A national roadmap for platinum-catalysed hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles needs to be developed to complement the electric vehicle roadmap drawn up six years ago, says uYilo Electric Mobility director Hiten Parmar. uYilo is an initiative of the Technology Innovation Agency, a schedule 3A... →
Govt observes anniversary of Marikana tragedy
By: Simone Liedtke 16th August 2019 Government says it has, since the conclusion of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, made “great progress” in implementing the inquiry’s recommendations, among which has been to ensure that the South African Police Service strengthens its public order policing capacity. A statement issued by the... →
Da Vinci model required for mining in Industry 4.0 – Cawood
By: Darren Parker 16th August 2019 The global push for ever-increasing technological advancement in the mining industry means that it needs to readdress the way it builds and sources competencies, with a focus on breaking down skills silos to create more multidisciplined professionals, according to Wits Mining Institute director... →
Platinum-catalysed fuel cells can cut mine ventilation costs – HySA
By: Martin Creamer 13th August 2019 Replacing diesel machines with zero-emitting fuel cell electrical equipment can lower the cost of underground mine ventilation, says Hydrogen Infrastructure (HySA) director Dr Dmitri Bessarabov, who adds that renewable hydrogen can also be used to mitigate air pollution at Eskom power stations.... →
HySA's clean mining ventilation test facility.
Chinese demand for ‘green’ metals increasing 'exceptionally fast' – Glencore
By: Martin Creamer 7th August 2019 The demand for environmentally protective ‘green’ metals is increasing exceptionally fast, boosted by a 59% increase in electric vehicle production in China, Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg said on Wednesday. In response to Mining Weekly Online during a post-results conference call, Glasenberg... →
Ivan Glasenberg
Platinum-linked hydrogen economy is way to go – Phiri 
By: Martin Creamer 6th August 2019 The hydrogen economy is the answer to South Africa’s decarbonised mobility future to avoid battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sapping up too much of South Africa’s already scarce electricity, Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) CEO Steve Phiri said on Tuesday. Hydrogen is increasingly seen as being... →
Govt initiates fresh look at South Africa’s carbon-emission yardsticks
By: Martin Creamer 5th August 2019 South Africa’s Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries on Friday placed an advertisement for service providers to take a fresh look at this country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission guidelines and carbon space allocation in what could be a great boost for South Africa's green-promoting... →
The off-take of platinum-using fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs)
Inclusion and diversity strategy delivering change
By: Tracy Hancock 2nd August 2019 Global diamond producer De Beers Group is most proud of the “energy change” its inclusion and diversity strategy has instigated throughout its value chain – from mining to retail, says De Beers social impact senior VP Katie Fergusson. “We are still early in the journey, but we are making visible... →
Angola advances its mining reforms
By: Rebecca Campbell 2nd August 2019 The Angolan Government is to launch a public tender process during the remainder of this year for five mining concessions. These will be for diamonds, iron ore and phosphates. This was announced late last month by the country’s Mineral Resources and Petroleum Minister Diamantino Azevedo during a... →
Initiatives to boost diversity under way as only 15% of mining jobs are held by women
By: Tracy Hancock 2nd August 2019 The gender gap in the mining industry will widen if it does not invest in attracting more women to associated careers, owing to the quickly evolving roles and skills required by the industry, particularly owing to Industry 4.0, says diamond company De Beers Group. “There is no doubt that the... →
Pressure must be applied to force platinum mining to go green, conference hears
By: Martin Creamer 1st August 2019 The need for pressure to be applied to the platinum mining industry to go “green” was expressed at Nedbank CIB Mark Research's recent conference on fuel cells in Cape Town. While platinum group metals (PGMs) have been used for decades to stop air pollution in the major cities of the world, steps... →
South Africa urged to seize massive platinum-boosting fuel cell opportunity
By: Martin Creamer 31st July 2019 South Africa is being urged to seize the massive opportunity that the new fuel cell and hydrogen economy present at a time of slumped local wealth creation and horrific job starvation. With the platinum-catalysed fuel cell and hydrogen markets beginning to ascend stridently globally, South... →
Vinay Somera
Miners contest Oxfam claims of profit grabs in Africa
By: Esmarie Iannucci 30th July 2019 Australian miners singled out in a recent report by not-for-profit group Oxfam have expressed their disappointment in the allegations made within the report. In its recently released Tax Justice Network Tax Extractives report, Oxfam alleges that as much as $1.1-billion in profits were shifted... →
Producer to invest $1-billion in Brazil port
By: Mamaili Mamaila 26th July 2019 Diversified natural resources producer Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) plans to invest about $1-billion in the Porto Sul project, in Brazil, during the construction period. The port will be able to handle more than 40-million tonnes a year of iron-ore, with facilities to handle future grain... →
Anglo portfolio playing to demand for cleaner, electrified world – Cutifani
By: Martin Creamer 25th July 2019 The asset quality and product positioning of the Anglo American portfolio play precisely to the macro global demand for a “cleaner world, an electrified world and a consumer world”, Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani said on Thursday. The London- and Johannesburg-listed diversified mining and... →
Mark Cutifani
Toyota’s co-funding of PGM market development pleases Amplats
By: Martin Creamer 24th July 2019 The decision of the giant Toyota Motor Corporation to co-fund the development of the market for platinum group metals (PGMs) has been applauded by Anglo American Platinum (Amplats). Toyota, through the Mirai Creation Fund II in which Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is a co-participant, this... →
Chris Griffith
Amplats targeting largest fuel cell truck, mulling renewable energy
By: Martin Creamer 22nd July 2019 Platinum group metals mining and marketing company Anglo American Platinum, which recorded a spectacular 120% increase in half-year headline earnings per share, is screening the opportunities to use fuel cell trucks in its fleet. The cash-rich company has declared an interim dividend of... →
Platinum-linked fuel cell business accelerating at rapid rate, say experts
By: Martin Creamer 18th July 2019 South Africa is continuing to gather top-tier insight into fuel cell technology as it navigates the electric vehicle market’s growing links to this country’s globally unparalleled platinum group metals industry. Expert after expert at this week’s Nedbank CIB’s Market Research conference outlined... →
Platinum helping California’s fuel cell cars to fill up with hydrogen
By: Martin Creamer 16th July 2019 Thousands of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) in California obtain their hydrogen with the help of platinum from a growing number of hydrogen refuelling stations that have been established with effective government help. Independent hydrogen consultant Dr Jose Lopez Gallego, who is in South... →
Fuel cell electric vehicles set to make strong entry – visiting experts
By: Martin Creamer 15th July 2019 There is simply no doubt that fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), which use platinum group metal catalysts, will make a very strong global entry in the next decade, global experts said on Monday. Speaking to Mining Weekly Online on the eve of Nedbank’s FCEV conference in Cape Town, Professor Dr... →
Fuel cells presenting mining, manufacturing with compelling opportunity – Isondo
By: Martin Creamer 11th July 2019 If South Africans make use of their superior sunlight and their prime wind, they can generate a lot of carbon-free electricity at a cost potentially cheaper than when Eskom burns coal and pollutes the air. That, in itself, is in line with the world’s decarbonisation demands. But there is more.... →
Isondo Precious Metals COO Dr Sakib Khan
Exciting new stimulus for hydrogen power, fuel cells, platinum economy
By: Martin Creamer 9th July 2019 The emerging world of hydrogen power, fuel cells, platinum and climate change mitigation received another stimulus on Tuesday with the announcement of new high-level investment backing for a fund that promotes technologies dependent on the high-performance characteristics of platinum group metals... →
AP Ventures managing partner Andrew Hinkly
Blyvoor Gold winning overwhelming support from employees, community
By: Martin Creamer 4th July 2019 Emerging gold-mining company Blyvoor Gold, which is targeting a resumption of mining at the old Blyvooruitzicht gold mine in the last quarter of this year, is winning overwhelming support from the once liquidated mine’s former employees, as well as the members of the nearby mine community.... →
From left Blyvoor Gold deputy chairperson Richard Floyd, BEE of Blyvoor spokesperson Wels Sempe, Mining Weekly’s Martin Creamer, Blyvoor Gold CEO Alan Smith, Blyvoor Gold spokesperson Joseph Rammusa, Blyvoor Gold chairperson Peter Skeat and Community of Blyvoor spokesperson Johannes Tala.
Gold miner distributed $690m in host communities in 2018
28th June 2019 Gold mining company Gold Fields’ investment in communities goes well beyond socioeconomic development and compliance spending, says Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee chair Dr Carmen Letton. The company is making considerable progress in sharing the value it creates with the communities... →
ATTENTION TO DETAIL Gold Fields continues to focus on building a more diverse and inclusive workforce
Diamonds body urges govts to optimise developmental opportunities provided by natural resources
By: Rebecca Campbell 28th June 2019 In his speech during the opening session of the recent 2019 Intersessional Meeting of the Kimberley Process (KP), World Diamond Council President Stephane Fischler urged the Governments of KP-member countries to optimise the developmental opportunities provided by their natural resources through... →
Blyvoor to begin producing gold again from Q4 – Skeat
By: Martin Creamer 27th June 2019 Gold mining is to resume at the old Blyvooruitzicht gold mine in the last quarter of this year, Blyvoor Gold executive chairperson Peter Skeat has told Mining Weekly Online. “We’ve worked very hard and we’re at the point of moving ahead. We’ve got cash, we’ve got no debt, and the employees and... →
From left Martin Creamer, Peter Skeat, Alan Smith and Richard Floyd.
‘Platinum Valley’ SEZ in three months – Patel
By: Martin Creamer 26th June 2019 The legal entity for the Bojanala Platinum Valley Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in North West, which already has an investment pipeline in place, will be set up in the next three months, Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel promised on Tuesday evening. Fuel cell development is listed as the... →
Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel
Minergy appoints CEO-designate
By: Martin Creamer 20th June 2019 The Botswana Stock Exchange-listed Minergy on Thursday announced that its CFO Morne du Plessis had been appointed CEO-designate and would take over the reins of the coal mining and coal trading company on August 1. This follows last month’s announcement that current Minergy CEO Andre Bojé, 63,... →
Corruption, maladministration of royalties leave mine-affected communities high and dry
By: Tracy Hancock 14th June 2019 Maladministration and misappropriation of funds continue to render South Africa’s mining royalties system mostly ineffective, with no one being brought to book. Established to deliver transformation in impoverished, mining-affected communities through the distribution of royalties paid by the... →
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