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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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Fall-of-ground accident study, commodity improvement, local continuous miner debuts
By: Martin Creamer 30th September 2016 Risk-based support design methodology is being imparted to rock engineering practitioners in the platinum sector; a better commodity environment is being discerned; and a new local continuous miner for trhe coal industry is being introduced. →
Mine land, water should be used for community development through agriculture
By: Martin Creamer 23rd September 2016 The calls made for mine land and mine water to be used for community development through agriculture need to be heeded. →
Sparing mine heritage sites has payoff potential for the South African economy
By: Martin Creamer 16th September 2016 Johannesburg should do more to flaunt its gold heritage, which will be good for South AFrica's tourist economy and also boost mining's battered image. →
Modernisation of South Africa’s mines crucial to extending precious metals mining
By: Martin Creamer 9th September 2016 That South Africa’s deep precious-metals mining methods have to change is now being spoken from the rooftops. The CSIR’s May Hermanus last week set out a scenario of platinum and gold mining having very short life horizons without the introduction of continuous mining. →
Supply beginning to tighten, safety dominating mining, top Electra Mining forums
By: Martin Creamer 2nd September 2016 Glencore beleive that tightening supply should bode well for commodity prices; safety trumps profits at Sibanye presentation; high-impact forums are on offer at this month's Electra Mining Africa show →
Gold road ahead, ‘capture’ concerns, technology needed
By: Martin Creamer 26th August 2016 Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland concerned about decline in exploration spend; application of Section 54 safety notices queried; and the development of new mining equipment progressing. →
Constitutional Court decision placing new spotlight on pending mining legislation
By: Martin Creamer 19th August 2016 Fresh emphasisis is being placed on the need for considerably more discussion on pending legal matters crucial to mining. →
Mine community money, chrome price outlook, corporate patriotism
By: Martin Creamer 12th August 2016 Steps must be taken to ensure that mine royalty proceeds are not squandered; the lift in the fortunes of the chrome value chain spell good news for the South African deconomy; and the corporate patriotism being shown by a top gold mining company needs to be emulated →
Important fuel cell data, reckless iron-ore output, Unctad’s false allegations
By: Martin Creamer 5th August 2016 New enlightening information on platinum group metal use in hybrid electric cars; what a mess the giants have made of the iron-ore industry; and Unctad needs to correct its false report on South African underinvoicing. →
AngloGold breaking into profit, Gold Fields moving forward, DRDGold market cap well up
By: Martin Creamer 29th July 2016 Gold mining companies that were in the red are moving quickly into the black, with some seeing a deficit of physical gold on the horizon. →
Taxman muddies water on eve of Davis Committee’s expected royalty reform
By: Martin Creamer 22nd July 2016 The new Taxation Laws Amendment Bill contains two surprise amendments that muddy the mineral royalty taxation waters just as clarity was beckoning. →
Gabon’s mining education move, Sibanye supporting education, new mining research thrust
By: Martin Creamer 15th July 2016 Strong support for mining education is under way as mining research and development gain new momentum locally. →
Large diamond goes unsold, mining research on the up, laudable transparency
By: Martin Creamer 8th July 2016 Lucara fails to sell world's second-largest diamond at London auction; new mining institute unveiled; and mining companies embrace oppenness →
Brexit provides ‘staggering’ opportunity for South African gold mines to take full advantage of surging dollar gold price
By: Martin Creamer 1st July 2016 Gold has been the immediate beneficiary of the surprising decision of Britain to exit the European Union, with the World Gold Council foreseeing "strong and sustained" inflows into the gold market driven by a "staggering level of protracted uncertainty that investors now face”. →
Botswana’s new coal plans, the return to mining research, breaking hard rock with foam
By: Martin Creamer 24th June 2016 Botswana is planing to export coal-fired power to South Africa; the old Camber of Mines Research Organisation is being reopened as a public private partnership; and foam is the main ingredient of an impressive new rockbreaking technology. →
Crowdfunding piquing curiosity, junior explorers must get going, fuel cell zone being fast-tracked
By: Martin Creamer 17th June 2016 Crowdfunding mining is piquing curiosity; a call has been made to stimulate local mineral exploration; and fuel cells keep striding forward →
Hopes up for a return of mining certainty, another step on road to fuel cell roll-out, adding value to African minerals in Africa
By: Martin Creamer 10th June 2016 The ANC has raised hopes by reversiign its stance on legal encorcement of the Mining Charter; another step has been taken to drive platinum demand through fuel cell development; and the demand for mineral beneficiation by the African Union needs to be accompanies by the availability of... →
Top brass standing down, profitable AMD removal, tin mine unfolding in DRC
By: Martin Creamer 3rd June 2016 Three CEOs in platinum, coal and diamonds have announced their resignations in quick succession; a profitable solution has been found to the acid mine drainage problem; and the first infrastructure is being built at a proposed new tin mine in central Africa →
It’s time for predictability, consistency, integrity with an end to policy somersaulting
By: Martin Creamer 27th May 2016 The South African mining industry is now significantly smaller than in it was in 1994. Mining Ministers have come and gone. As one Minister becomes familiar with the territory, another comes in cold and begins afresh. Each has promised predictability and consistency but none has delivered any. →
Platinum inching towards widespread global use
By: Martin Creamer 20th May 2016 Platinum mining companies are right to put much effort into marketing platinum group metals, which have the potential to play far-reaching industrial and investment roles in the modern world. While on the one hand platinum is opening the way for a clean, modern energy future, on the other hand it... →
Brenthurst Foundation signposts a way forward for Africa’s struggling mining sector
By: Martin Creamer 13th May 2016 Solving the current crisis in the African mining sector requires moving from the current series of tactical actions to a more cohesive, inclusive and strategic approach. The intent must be to exit the current backward-looking, destructive, downward spiral in which mining is currently locked and... →
New thinking for changing mining sector coming out of opportunity chasing Australia, Canada
By: Martin Creamer 6th May 2016 While the South African mining industry is still grappling with the issues of the past, other mining jurisdictions like Australia and Canada are putting strong emphasis on the future. After just coming off one of the largest mining investment periods in its history, Australia is now an economy in... →
Opening of new heavy mineral sands mine highlights currency benefits, technology adaptation, water saving
By: Martin Creamer 29th April 2016 The official opening of the new Fairbreeze heavy mineral sands mine in Kwazulu-Natal provides an interesting insight into the currency dividend that global companies receive from operating in South Africa. It also throws light on the advantage of vertical integration at a time of weak commodity... →
Gold tailings to mineral binders, tracer techniques and water, tailings handling know-how
By: Martin Creamer 22nd April 2016 Acid mine drainage (AMD) continues to be both a curse and an opportunity. Water is precious and not matter what form it takes, studying economic ways of recovering it is appropriate. In this edition, Mining Weekly reports on three activities within the State-owned Council for Geoscience (CGS)... →
South Africa needs a massive, collective heave-ho to put itself back on vital economic growth incline
By: Martin Creamer 15th April 2016 South Africa needs to find a way to align the goal of promoting economic transformation with that of expanding the economy as a whole in order to open up gainful opportunities for all South Africans. →
Ghana acknowledging importance of mining to its economy
By: Martin Creamer 8th April 2016 Ghana has done well to cut Gold Fields' tax rate; Australians are want to push their company tax rate down to 20%; and Botswana deserves kudos for deferring mine royalty payments on a case-by-case basis. →
Protecting national patrimony, technology redirecting mining, seawater’s metals and minerals
By: Martin Creamer 1st April 2016 Recovering metals and minerals optimally is what we owe to future generations; Australians are grasping at graphite in Southern and East Africa; extracting metals and minerals from the sea economically is a hard ask. →
Pushing South Africa forward, regulating to spur investment, righting investor perception
By: Martin Creamer 25th March 2016 Economic deterioration is making it increasingly essential for South Africans to step up to the plate and insist that this country be made to chart a positive new course. →
China ferrochrome imports, early coal recovery signs, coal for synfuels in line
By: Martin Creamer 18th March 2016 Merafe ferrochrome shoots the lights out; coal coming off the bottom; Sasol has enough coal for synfuels plant →
Difficulty in selling mines may result in the closure option coming to the fore
By: Martin Creamer 11th March 2016 Because most mining majors do not want to give mines away at fire sale prices, the expectation is growing that care-and-maintenance options may take centre-stage. As things stand currently, for-sale notices are ubiquitous, with the likes of Anglo American, Freeport-McMoRan, Vale, Rio Tinto, BHP... →
Sibanye shows good faith, Northam bucks the trend, Harmony hedges the rand
By: Martin Creamer 4th March 2016 Sibanye calls unions back to the table; Northam Platinum bucks the trend by planning growth projects; and Harmony surprises by banking the weak rand. →
London listing marked start of sad tumble of battered Anglo American
By: Martin Creamer 26th February 2016 The 99-year-old Anglo American, an important former participant in the development of the South African economy, has been reduced from a company which had hundreds upon hundreds of assets in the past to one that will have only 16 of them in the future. Its listing in London in 1999 marked the... →
Africa’s mineral-poor outdoing mineral-rich, entering phase of becoming world’s factory, making right choices as change accelerates
By: Martin Creamer 19th February 2016 What mining must do in Africa was spelt out at last week's 2016 Investing in African Mining Indaba →
New EU emissions testing to boost platinum demand, platinum fuel cells wanted to power taxiing planes on runways
By: Martin Creamer 12th February 2016 Brussels last week took ratified proposals to increase European Union (EU) nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission limits for new cars – and a UK airline said it was looking to using fuel cells to power aircraft taxiing on airport runways. Both initiatives should be music to the ears of platinum-mining... →
Platinum fuel cell investment, new govt backing imminent, timeline for Platinum Valley
By: Martin Creamer 5th February 2016 Anglo American Platinum is investing to platinum fuel cell economics; new government fuel cell backing is believed to be imminent; and the special economic zone for platinum now has a 2016 timeline. →
Crystallisation and AMD, cobalt and human rights, new gold mine’s snags
By: Martin Creamer 29th January 2016 The use acid mine drainage water in Eskom power stations may be possible; child labour to produce cobalt is decried; new gold mine in Liberia seeking to defer payments →
More robust investor programme, thematic conference approach at this year’s Indaba
By: Martin Creamer 22nd January 2016 A more robust investor programme and a wider but more thematic approach to the conference agenda is being built into this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba, which the organisers say will especially address the growing interest in infrastructure investments that support new and current... →
Is autonomous operation the ultimate path mining needs to follow?
By: Martin Creamer 15th January 2016 Given the issues currently facing the mining sector under the depressed commodity prices, increased costs and the need for operational safety, it is the view of Navin Singh, the mining and mineral resources manager at South Africa’s State-run Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, that... →
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