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Prevention of harm needs to be acknowledged as a top priority by all companies – RMF report
By: Simone Liedtke 10th November 2021 The harmful impacts of mining remain a challenge for society to acknowledge and address, the Responsible Mining Foundation’s (RMF’s) latest sustainability report states, noting that, on the upside, responsible companies are at least creating positive contributions and managing environmental,... →
Gold major Newmont spending $500m on renewables, world congress hears 
By: Martin Creamer 10th November 2021 Gold mining major Newmont is spending $500-million on renewable energy projects against the backdrop of climate risk equating to investment risk for all mining industry participants, the Energy and Mines Virtual World Congress heard on Tuesday. Expenditure of the half-a-billion dollars began last... →
Green hydrogen market presents huge opportunity for Africa – Mantashe 
By: Martin Creamer 9th November 2021 The green hydrogen market presents a huge opportunity for Africa to position itself as a global competitor in future green energy markets, Minerals Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has told the Africa Energy Week. Countries such as South Africa and Zimbabwe, the Minister said,... →
Bafokeng clinch green business boost as part of Northam platinum deal
By: Martin Creamer 9th November 2021 Royal Bafokeng Holdings has accepted an unsolicited offer from Northam Platinum for up to a third of Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) in a R17-billion transaction that opens the way for the community to accelerate into the fast-growing green energy economy with Northam’s help. Royal Bafokeng... →
Royal Bafokeng Holdings CEO Albertinah Kekana (left) and Northam Platinum CEO Paul Dunne.
Platinum group metals playing key role in Proudly South African hydrogen breakthrough 
By: Martin Creamer 5th November 2021 Platinum group metals (PGMs), which are hosted overwhelmingly in South Africa, have played a key role in rocketing the performance of local alkaline electrolysers, in which PGMs are not generally used. Hydrox Holdings of Randburg, which has been pursuing hydrogen solutions for more than two... →
Northern Cape community mining project helps curb illegal operations
By: Simone Liedtke 5th November 2021 In the midst of a desert wilderness, for about 109 km from the south bank of the Orange river, which forms part of the border between South Africa and Namibia, miner Lower Orange River Diamonds (LOR) has found a solution to illegal mining, a Community Artisanal Mining (CAM) project, which the... →
Barrick installing solar power in Nevada, eliminating coal-fired power
By: Martin Creamer 4th November 2021 Gold and copper mining company Barrick, which is installing solar power in the US where coal-fired electricity generation is also earmarked for elimination, is intent on making plans rather than promises as it cuts carbon emissions. The New York- and Toronto-listed mining company, headquartered... →
South African Duncan Wanblad to succeed Mark Cutifani as Anglo CE
By: Martin Creamer 3rd November 2021 Diversified mining company Anglo American on Wednesday announced the appointment of Duncan Wanblad as chief executive with effect from the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) on April 19 next year – and has also spelt out details of Wanblad’s upcoming remuneration package in considerable... →
Pallinghurst now has all key battery, hydrogen fuel cell elements
By: Martin Creamer 3rd November 2021 The Pallinghurst Group now has within its fold all the key elements needed for lithium-ion batteries, fuel-cells and green hydrogen economy. Pallinghurst’s latest transaction with Talon Metals brings in nickel, copper and cobalt, which augment the already-in-the-bag graphite, battery-grade... →
Anglo to transition to green hydrogen mine fleet over decade – Cutifani
By: Martin Creamer 2nd November 2021 Diversified mining company Anglo American, which is piloting the world’s biggest green hydrogen-powered haulage vehicle, is planning to replace its global truck fleet of 400 diesel trucks with hydrogen trucks over a ten-year period from about 2024. Introducing hydrogen mobility on its mines will... →
Anglo can uplift livelihoods of many thousands, sustainability attendees hear
By: Martin Creamer 2nd November 2021 Diversified mining company Anglo American can uplift the livelihoods of many thousands of people living around its communities in South Africa and support many jobs through its sustainability projects, attendees of Anglo’s second 2021 sustainability update were told. The London- and... →
Anglo American responsible business partnerships head Jon Samuel
Anglo to use underground mine water to generate electricity
By: Martin Creamer 2nd November 2021 Diversified mining company Anglo American is planning to use water in its underground mines as batteries. The water will be pumped up when operations have excess renewable power and allowed to run back down when electricity is needed. →
From top left clockwise are Mark Cutifani, Jon Samuel, Stephen Pearce and Zahira Quatrocchi.
Anglo American sets ambition to halve Scope 3 emissions by 2040
By: Martin Creamer 29th October 2021 Diversified mining company Anglo American on Friday published its Climate Change Report 2021, ahead of its six-monthly sustainability performance update. The update includes Anglo’s progress towards its target of carbon neutral operations (Scopes 1 & 2) by 2040 and its ambition to reduce its... →
Anglo American CE Mark Cutifani
Glencore reports major ferrochrome production recovery
By: Martin Creamer 29th October 2021 Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore expects its full-year 2021 adjusted earnings before interest and tax to exceed the top end of its forecast $2.2-billion to $3.2 billion a year long-term guidance range. A production highlight included 65%-higher attributable ferrochrome production... →
Explosives company achieves world-class rating
By: Halima Frost 29th October 2021 Mining explosives and blasting technology supplier BME, a member of diversified chemicals group Omnia, tells Mining Weekly it has achieved a record-low recordable case rate of 0.05% in the blasting sector for the last financial year. A recordable case rate is a well-established measure of safety... →
Company showcases tech innovations on new forum
By: Halima Frost 29th October 2021 Industrial equipment multinational Siemens launched its inaugural Smart Mining Forum as an online event from August 3 to 5. The event highlighted Siemens’ technical expertise and showcased real examples of its software and technology solutions while current and future trends in sustainable mining... →
Hydrogen turning Europe into climate neutral economy, energy leaders highlight
By: Martin Creamer 28th October 2021 Hydrogen has an essential role to play to meet the climate change imperative of carbon neutrality, a World Hydrogen Leaders panel highlighted week. German, French, British, Norwegian and Swiss energy representatives taking part in the World Hydrogen Leaders discussion on the regulatory landscape... →
Sibanye-Stillwater well positioned as climate resilient business – Froneman
By: Martin Creamer 27th October 2021 Precious and green metals company Sibanye-Stillwater is well positioned as a climate-change resilient business in the future green economy, says CEO Neal Froneman, who emphasises environmental social governance (ESG) as being core to the company’s strategy as it achieves its objective of building... →
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman
Parties sign terms of reference to catalyse mining industry modernisation
By: Donna Slater 26th October 2021 Representatives of the Mandela Mining Precinct (MMP) and five labour unions on October 26 signed an agreement on the terms of reference for the parties to collaborate on modernising the South African mining industry, resulting in the formation of the MMP – Organised Labour Consultative (OLC)... →
Canada’s First Nations see green hydrogen as an indigenous reconciliation opportunity
By: Martin Creamer 25th October 2021 Hydrogen systems are not only going to be green, clean and low emission but they are also going to be local – and Canada’s First Nations see them as an indigenous reconciliation opportunity. “They’re going to be local energy systems,” Change Energy principal Rymal Smith said in response to Fasken... →
Bimaadzwin CEO Isadore Day
Covid-19 successes owed to industry collaboration – Baxter
22nd October 2021 The close bonds of cooperation and collaboration between South Africa’s mining industry and its stakeholders pushed it to the forefront of the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, says Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter, adding that the industry continues to lead the way through... →
No zero carbon without green hydrogen, US pledging $1/kg coal-parity price
By: Martin Creamer 21st October 2021 The world will be unable to meet its zero-carbon targets without the introduction of green hydrogen solutions, says Plug Power chief strategy officer Sanjay Shrestha, at a time when the US has launched a programme to cut the cost of clean hydrogen by 80%. Nasdaq-listed Plug Power, a pure play... →
Plug Power chief strategy officer Sanjay Shrestha
Global mining sector sees ESG focus as top risk or opportunity
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 19th October 2021 Global mining executives rank environment, social and governance (ESG), decarbonisation and license to operate (LTO) as the top three risks and opportunities facing their businesses over the next 12 months, according to the latest EY 'Top 10 Business Risks and Opportunities for Mining and Metals... →
Policy-not-law charter judgment going long way towards providing certainty – NSDV
By: Martin Creamer 19th October 2021 The court judgement that the mining charter is policy and not law goes a long way towards providing regulatory certainty, says NSDV mining law senior associate Muhammed Khan – but it is not the end of the road, he cautions in a 1 500-word analysis entitled The Great Mining Charter Debate. Khan... →
Exxaro partners with Dis-Chem Pharmacies to vaccinate head office employees
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 19th October 2021 Black empowered mining company Exxaro Resources partnered with pharmacy group Dis-Chem to vaccinate its employees, contractors and their next of kin at the Exxaro head office, the conneXXion. The partnership began in August and, as at October 15, more than 570 people have received the vaccination... →
Incentive needed for smaller end of stock exchange to survive – Miller
By: Martin Creamer 18th October 2021 An incentive is needed for the listing of companies on the smaller end of the stock exchange, which is facing an existential crisis, said AmaranthCX director and owner Paul Miller on Monday. Reacting to the groundswell of headlines about delistings and lack of listings on the Johannesburg Stock... →
Vedanta partners with Pink Drive on cancer screening for near-mine communities
By: Donna Slater 15th October 2021 Zinc producer Vedanta Zinc International, supported by the Pink Drive outreach programme, hosted its sixth yearly five-day cancer screening drive across the Namakwa district in the Northern Cape recently. The Pink Drive mobile clinics are known for providing free breast health assessments across... →
Glencore Coal launches supplier development platform to empower local communities
By: Donna Slater 15th October 2021 Glencore Coal has launched its Enterprise Supplier Development (ESD) portal as a key tool to support small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs) in the communities in which it operates in an effort to alleviate some of the socioeconomic challenges faced by the communities. The Glencore ESD... →
Hydrogen fuel cell has inexhaustible future, says Fortescue’s Andrew Forrest
By: Martin Creamer 15th October 2021 The hydrogen fuel cell has an inexhaustible future as a means of maintaining the planet’s high standard of living, said Fortescue Metals Group chairperson Andrew Forrest during a global online symposium this week. “Our little planet’s cooking, the world’s impatient and there’s any amount of... →
Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh (left) and Fortescue Metals Group chairperson Andrew Forrest (right)
Market recognising higher likelihood of platinum deficit than surplus in years ahead – WPIC
By: Martin Creamer 14th October 2021 Right now, the market is recognising the higher likelihood of platinum being in deficit rather than in surplus in the mid-term years ahead, said World Platinum Investment Council research director Trevor Raymond on Thursday. Raymond expects pent-up up consumer demand for vehicles to reduce any... →
Pan African well positioned as solid-margin extended-life gold producer
By: Martin Creamer 12th October 2021 Midtier South African gold mining company Pan African is building two schools for its communities, has handed over a clinic in Barberton, is planning to embed 35 MW of renewable energy, is constructing a water retreatment plant that will pretty much eliminate the use of potable water at Evander,... →
Mining boom papering over serious structural issues – Nedbank's Mpofu
By: Martin Creamer 11th October 2021 South Africa’s current mining boom is papering over some very serious structural issues that underlie the mining industry as a whole. “Chief amongst those is the slowdown if not disappearance of investment in future capacity, a trend we’ve been seeing for the past ten years,” said Nedbank mining... →
Mining industry embraces decarbonisation
By: Donna Slater 8th October 2021 Achieving net zero carbon emissions between now and 2050 has been a fast-evolving topic with lots of work being done in the mining industry, particularly around its Scope 1 and 2 emissions, Standard Chartered Bank MD and sustainable finance head Daniel Hanna said this week. He addressed the... →
A key focus on decarbonising the mining industry is phasing-out diesel machinery
Kibali continues to advance automated mining
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 8th October 2021 The Kibali gold mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, remains on track to achieve its production guidance for the full-year and grow its mineral reserves net of depletion, securing its future as a Tier 1 operation for at least another ten years, Barrick president and CE Mark Bristow has... →
Anglo progressing with decarbonisation, sustainability endeavours – Cutifani
By: Donna Slater 7th October 2021 Diversified major Anglo American continues to take steps to usher in hydrogen-powered machinery, as well as to roll out renewable energy at its global operations as a means of improving its sustainability, CE Mark Cutifani said during a Financial Times Mining Summit on October 7. He pointed out... →
ERG Africa inks agreement that benefits six DRC communities
By: Simone Liedtke 6th October 2021 Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) Africa’s Frontier copper mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has signed a community development plan agreement through which the miner is pledging its support towards local, sustainable development initiatives for the next five years to benefit the six... →
Investment in mining crucial to ensure continued contribution to economy – PwC
By: Martin Creamer 5th October 2021 Investment in the mining industry is crucial to ensure its continued contribution to the South African economy, says PwC in its thirteenth edition of SA Mine 2021, a series of publications that highlights trends in the South African mining industry. In a year of doom and gloom on so many fronts,... →
Exxaro partners with Limpopo Health Department to roll out vaccines
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 4th October 2021 Empowered and diversified mining and energy company Exxaro Resources recently launched an employee and community Covid-19 vaccination drive at its Grootegeluk mine, in Limpopo, successfully vaccinating 650 employees and their next of kin. Exxaro partnered with the Limpopo Department of Health to... →
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