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Martin Creamer
Martin Creamer is Creamer Media Publishing Editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Tel: +2711 622 3744
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South Korea could be the model for African countries to ponder
By: Martin Creamer 6th March 2015 South Korea could be the model for African countries to ponder, says economics and finance superstar Jim O’Neill, who oversaw the investment of $800-billion as the former Goldman Sachs Asset Management chairperson and who coined the acronym Brics, which is a focus on the economies of Brazil,... →
Mines ponder self-generation as price ‘injury’ adds to power outage ‘insult’
By: Martin Creamer 27th February 2015 The question of mining companies generating their own electricity has sprung to the fore on the news that Sibanye Gold plans to do just that. The Johannesburg- and New York-listed company last week announced that it planned to build a R3-billion, 150 MW solar power and also undertake an in-depth... →
Govt must assume lower commodity prices; use any price rises as bonus to boost education, health, technology
By: Martin Creamer 20th February 2015 The governments of countries blessed with mineral resources should strategise to ensure that mineral endowment is always a blessing and never a curse. The way to do so is to assume that the prices of the metals and minerals that play such an important economic role will be lower than the year... →
Curse turned blessing
By: Martin Creamer 13th February 2015 There was a time when Beatrix gold mine’s methane gas was considered a curse. Between 1983 and 2001, it killed 40 employees. Because the killer gas is normally associated with coal mines rather than gold mines, its presence in a hard-rock precious metals environment 40 km south of Welkom had many... →
Tax change in SA unlikely, Zambian tax sting to stay, Zimbabwe spews tax mess
By: Martin Creamer 6th February 2015 Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is not likely to iincrease mining’s prevailing tax burden; new Zambian President Edgar Lungu keeping country's onerous royalty tax; Zimbabwean government sows fiscal confusion →
Serious thought being given to modernising South Africa’s lagging mining industry
By: Martin Creamer 30th January 2015 Serious thought is being given to the modernisation of the South African mining industry following the plea at the Joburg Indaba by Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) independent chairperson and apartheid struggle veteran Mohammed Valli Moosa. It sometimes takes a person with a political bent to... →
Calls intensify for South Africa to restore its iconic mining status
By: Martin Creamer 23rd January 2015 Ministerial talk of restoring the lost iconic status of the South African mining industry has gladdened the London-based Investec Global Research Team. “We’re glad to see growing political pressure in South Africa to restore the premier status of the mining industry,” the analyst team said in a... →
Coal juniors’ woes worsening as giant talks of demand catch-up
By: Martin Creamer 16th January 2015 While several coal-mining juniors experience severe funding woes and coal miners across the globe appear to be finding little respite in the current low oil prices, coal giant Glencore envisages that demand will catch up with supply before the end of the year. →
Mining step change needed, factorylike mining advised, mineworker numbers to fall
By: Martin Creamer 12th December 2014 The mining business model needs a step-change; mines need to be run like factories; and mineworker numbers are set to fall 8% a year for the next two years →
Mozambique regulations, rare ruby auction, Mining Weekly boost
By: Martin Creamer 5th December 2014 New Mozambique mineral regulations before year-end; high praise for Gemfields rare ruby; Mining Weekly given distribution boost. →
Iron-ore to slide till end 2015, junior consolidation urged, Eskom coal gas date ‘slips’
By: Martin Creamer 28th November 2014 Iron-ore on a downward slide till the end of 2015, junior miners advised to consolidate, State power utility Eskom falls behind on underground coal gasification. →
Juniors beating delisting bogey, technology boosts visualisation, MiningWeekly.com website lift
By: Martin Creamer 21st November 2014 Canadian junior delistings not as high as predicted; new technology improves orebody insight; and Creamer Media's new-look mining website is gaining traction. →
New tech gold ton targeted, India’s manganese crunch, platinum powers platinum
By: Martin Creamer 14th November 2014 AngloGold Ashanti is planning to produced a ton of gold using its new technology; India is taking steps to avoid a shortage of manganese; Anglo American Platinum is using platinum to mine platinum. →
Mining to be ‘very different’, diamond dealers using Web, gearing for Africa expansion
By: Martin Creamer 7th November 2014 South African mining to be very different in 20 years; diamond pricing starting to liven up; African consulting firm leveraging its technical know-how in Africa →
Mining needs new ways, mine productivity down, illegal mining concern
By: Martin Creamer 31st October 2014 South African mining needs to forge a strong new direction; mine productivity needs to be lifted up from its bootstraps; and illegal coal mining is undermining a KwaZulu-Natal school. →
New diamond mines, diamonds selling well, De Beers’ wage deal
By: Martin Creamer 24th October 2014 Diamond output from Canada is poised to rise sginificantly; Rockwell diamonds sees itself as being well placed for third-quarter improvement; diamond company De Beers secures its first three-year wage deal in South Africa. →
Billions for mining towns, mine signs biodiversity deal, mine produces entrepreneur
By: Martin Creamer 17th October 2014 Billions of rands for mining towns, environmental accord reached at colliery, mine underpins funding of successful entrepreneur and technology provider sharpens up on cyanide recovery. →
Certainty essential for investment, one mining enviro law on way, move to stamp out illegal mining
By: Martin Creamer 10th October 2014 Regulatory certainty and competitiveness are essential for mining investment; one environmental system for mining on the way; new move to root out illegal mining; and a large scale carbon and capture storage system has been commissioned in Canada. →
Minister on decoupling oil, gas law, State diamond miner must find cash, more automated systems foreseen
By: Martin Creamer 3rd October 2014 Minister talks of decoupling oil and gas legislation; Public Enterprises Minister goads State diamond miner Alexkor; and consultancy foresees demand growth for automation and control systems in hydrocarbons sector. →
Japan helping to reduce deep mine risk, mining must innovate to stay relevant, virtual reality used to make mines safer
By: Martin Creamer 26th September 2014 Japan and South Africa are working together to mitigate seismic risk; innovative strategy needed for mining; →
Nkwe’s mechanised project, Tawana’s iron-ore pilot plant, mining unemployment in Oz
By: Martin Creamer 19th September 2014 Platinum company sets out mechanised plan on eastern limb; Tawan plans iron-ore pilot plant in West Africa; and the Australian Institute for Mining and Metallurgy reports on the Australian mining sector's unemployment dilemma. →
Energy threat to ferrochrome, Africa mining optimisation, new Zambia copper mine plan
By: Martin Creamer 12th September 2014 Ferrochrome under 'debeneficiation' threat; a formula to improve Africa's mineral resources indusry; merged company plans to advance Zambian copper project. →
Bank’s R854m aluminium fraud exposure, considerations for shale gas exploration, copper awaits R9.3bn shareholder nod
By: Martin Creamer 5th September 2014 Standard Bank's aluminium fraud exposure and loss on related disposal; considerations when exporing for shale gas; and R9.3-billion decision pending on copper expansion →
Harmony Gold pilots bioenergy crops, Glencore mine stores wind energy, remote mines turning to renewables
By: Martin Creamer 29th August 2014 Harmony Gold pilots bioenergy; Glencore's Raglan installs wind energy storage; and solar and hydro also playing role in Africa →
Coal mining in Mozambique, reaching mining’s potential, top-quality digital publication
By: Martin Creamer 22nd August 2014 Brazilian mining major Vale rises to Mozambique mining and logistical challenges; the first of a four-part series on reaching full mining portential; Creamer Media launches in new quality e-magazine format →
Indians to up Mozambique coal output, new software enhances blast success, Mintek to host analytical symposium
By: Martin Creamer 15th August 2014 Intensidfied coal mining in Mozambique; new blast software, analytical symposium at Mintek →
Poor coal productivity tackled, Vale’s Africa production rises, Botswana coal, power project
By: Martin Creamer 8th August 2014 Angl American is pulling out all the stops to improve the productivity of its South African coal assets; Vale is doing well in Mozambique as Rio Tinto pulls out; a junior is raisng money to mine coal and produce power fro export from Botswana. →
Cutifani backs Cyril’s strike ballot, gold refinery gets financial help, Amplats backs mechanised mines
By: Martin Creamer 1st August 2014 The enforcement of strike ballots is on the cards; gold mining companies have come the financial aid of the Rand Refinery; and Anglo American Platinum is entering a mechanised era. →
Boardroom bargaining tops rest, platinum sales ‘normal’ in strike, 60 000 ex-miners claim R5bn
By: Martin Creamer 25th July 2014 The National Union of Mineworkers and JSE-listed Royal Bafokeng Platinum have struck top wage and housing deal; platinum sales continued “at normal levels” during the five-month strike; and 60 000 former mineworkers have now come forward to claim R5-billion in unpaid benefits. →
Gold fix transparency demanded, automation in diamond mine, shift to more advanced blasting
By: Martin Creamer 18th July 2014 The gold fix in London is expected to become more transparent; automation is being introduced at the Venetia diamond mine; and the mining industry is migrating to more advanced blasting techniques. →
New Minerals Minister reaffirms mining’s crucial economic importance, urges accelerated effort to meet NDP requirement
By: Martin Creamer 11th July 2014 New Minerals Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi used the eightieth anniversary celebration of Mintek to reaffirm mining’s centrality as a driver of crucial economic growth and to emphasise that it is a requirement of the National Development Plan to accelerate efforts to ensure that mining can continue... →
Projected population supports mining, new diamond mine under construction, reports of platinum mines auction plan
By: Martin Creamer 4th July 2014 The projected growth of the population of the world favours mining deeloment; funding obtained for new diamond mine; London says Anglo American has appointed a bank to auction its stressed platinum assets. →
Let’s have access to the full platinum pricing story
By: Martin Creamer 27th June 2014 Futures markets play a significant role in platinum pricing, but calls are being made for price determination to be done in a far more transparent manner. Private fund manager and equity trader Dr Fraser Lee Murrell of Melbourne, Australia, has questioned the fairness of futures markets against... →
Saddling the mining industry with more pathfinder work
By: Martin Creamer 20th June 2014 There are many who want South Africa's mining industry to do much more in the years ahead. →
Costs overtaking prices threatening mining jobs, communities, governments
By: Martin Creamer 13th June 2014 Tough industry conditions over the past year have driven the profits of the top 40 global mining companies to their lowest level in ten years. Miners are being forced to realign with harsh reality, professional services firm PwC says. Yet demands on those meagre profits are unrelenting. The fact... →
Full transparency needed in gold, platinum price determinations in wake of UK manipulation disclosure
By: Martin Creamer 30th May 2014 Full transparency is needed in the determination of the gold price and platinum price following the worrying manipulation finding of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the case of gold. To restore credibility, a bright searchlight needs to be kept on both pricing systems, which impact... →
Chamber condemns platinum murders, mining urged to mimic oil, gas methods, Botswana ropes in Dutch for gas plan
By: Martin Creamer 23rd May 2014 Chamber condemns brutal platinum murders, mining sector urged to mimic oil and gas geological modelling, and Botswana retains Netherlands consulting firm to develop coal gas roadmap. →
More manganese to China, stable law regime essential, zealous compliance pays off
By: Martin Creamer 16th May 2014 First Kalagadi sinter for China; stable mining-law regime wanted; black economic-empowerment compliance paying off for Harmony Gold. →
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