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Aus emissions below Paris Agreement target
By: Esmarie Iannucci 26th February 2021 Australia has recorded a 4.4%, or 23.3-million tonne decline in emissions in the year to September 2020, with emissions reaching 510.1-million tonnes, the federal government’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory has shown. Australia’s emissions are now 19% below 2005 levels, which is the baseline... →
Company reduces environmental risk through greener blasts
26th February 2021 For over three decades, chemicals manufacturer Omnia Holdings’ subsidiary Bulk Mining Explosives (BME) has been incorporating used oil in its emulsion explosives, making blasting greener and reducing environmental risk. Consequently, the company is the leading consumer of used oil in the... →
Positive results after gold remains resilient
By: Halima Frost 26th February 2021 The worth and resilience of gold has been proven, yet again, with midtier gold producer Pan African Resources reporting very strong results for the financial year ended in June 30, 2020 (FY20), and reasserting its aim to be debt free during 2021. Pan African Resources investor relations head... →
Association develops new audit programme
26th February 2021 Industry association the Aggregate and Sand Producers Association of Southern Africa (Aspasa) is in the process of completely redeveloping its renowned environmental audit system, creating a robust new system that is more user friendly and better aligned with the requirements of smaller-scale... →
Colliery installs filter press systems at processing plants
By: Khutso Maphatsoe 26th February 2021 Mining investment firm Menar will implement a programme comprising the installation of filter press systems at both of its Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) processing plants to maximise water reuse and recycling. The commissioning of the first filter press system is planned for next month, with... →
Environmental trend spurs green financing
By: Creamer Media Reporter 26th February 2021 The green financing market is gaining traction in South Africa, says law firm ENSafrica natural resources and environment senior associate Mihlali Sitefane. Green financing promotes the funding of projects that contribute to sustainable development by requiring the integration of social, economic... →
AngloGold shares strategic growth plan to unlock value across the group’s portfolio
By: Simone Liedtke 25th February 2021 JSE-listed gold miner AngloGold Ashanti continues to deliver on its strategy, with interim CEO Christine Ramon saying the company expects to achieve continued progress guided by a “rigorous capital allocation framework and buoyed by strong momentum from ore reserve conversion”. Speaking during a... →
Impact investing principles could solve ESG challenge – Wallington
By: Schalk Burger 25th February 2021 The mining sector is well positioned to apply impact investment principles to achieve environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets and shareholders increasingly expect large JSE-listed mining companies to move beyond compliance and demonstrate their sustainable ESG impacts throughout their... →
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... →
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... →
Uranium industry awaits price increase
By: Mc'Kyla Nortje 19th February 2021 Despite the prolonged period of low uranium prices, wrought by the Fukushima tsunami and the subsequent oversupply caused by the shutdowns of nuclear power plants, the Namibian uranium sector, unlike those in other countries, has not stagnated, states Namibian Uranium Institute executive director... →
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... →
Company ventures into land restoration beyond mining research
By: Marleny Arnoldi 18th February 2021 Private company Inzuvect, trading as LNR Forest Estate, has partnered with forestry expert Merensky Timber to research ecosystem restoration on mining properties. LNR will, from the first week of March and over the next decade research and, in due course, implement solutions to ensure... →
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... →
TPI warns that most large firms have not gone clean enough to meet Paris agreement
By: Marleny Arnoldi 17th February 2021 The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) has warned that 86%, or 95 out of 111, of global publicly listed firms surveyed in heavy industries have failed to prepare for the “transition decade”. Research done by the initiative points to an $856-billion climate risk, which is the combined market cap... →
Glencore ferrochrome business evaluating clean energy projects
By: Martin Creamer 17th February 2021 The ferrochrome business of diversified mining and marketing company Glencore, which uses a substantial amount of electricity, is evaluating various clean energy projects, Glencore ferroalloys head Japie Fullard said during this week’s Glencore a media conference. The media conference followed... →
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.
Resources Watch
17th February 2021 This week: Vision Blue helping world to achieve green dream with high-return prospects for investors; Alluvial diamond miners outline way to save fast-shrinking industry; And, Generator supplier completing two orders →
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... →
DRDGold flies sky high on numbers never seen before
By: Martin Creamer 16th February 2021 Surface gold recovery company DRDGold flew sky high in the six months to the end of December on financial returns never seen before. “We’ve never seen numbers like this. I mean the cash operating profit was R1.4-billion and earnings R950-million. These are numbers over a six-month period. It’s... →
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... →
DRDGold declares 60%-higher dividend on soaring earnings
By: Martin Creamer 16th February 2021 Surface gold recovery company DRDGold has declared an interim cash dividend on soaring six-month earnings. The operating profits of the Johannesburg- and New York-listed company, headed by CEO Niël Pretorius, rose by 100% to R1.4-billion in the six months to the end of December. →
London listing on way as mining company strives to become green gold producer
By: Martin Creamer 15th February 2021 A Kenyan gold asset with expansion, exploration and green status upside is scheduled to reverse list on the London Stock Exchange in March. The Kilimapesa gold mine, with a declared Joint Ore Reserves Committee resource of 670 000 oz, is an operating three-adit asset with fairly extensive... →
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
Sadpo, Vision Blue, PetroSA make headlines
12th February 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the South African Diamond Producers Organisation's ideas to save the industry, Vision Blue’s high-return prospects for investors and how green hydrogen and powerfuels could revive PetroSA and create a 160-billion euro export platform. →
Appea confirms climate commitments
12th February 2021 The Australian oil and gas sector has reaffirmed its commitment to meeting emissions reduction targets consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, while maintaining affordable, secure energy supplies to consumers and industries that provide jobs and economic growth. Releasing the... →
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. →
Environmental attorneys, activists welcome High Court's SLAPP judgment
By: Donna Slater 11th February 2021 Nonprofit shareholder activism and responsible investment organisation Just Share’s board of directors has welcomed an “important” High Court judgment, handed down on February 9, in relation to a Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP) lawsuit initiated by Australian minerals... →
Implats scores an A for water disclosure
By: Schalk Burger 11th February 2021 Platinum-group metals (PGM) producer Impala Platinum (Implats) says it has received an A rating for its water disclosure submission to global voluntary disclosure nonprofit organisation CDP for the 2020 CDP Water Disclosure Project. The rating, which also marks the second consecutive year Implats... →
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... →
BHP pledges $15m to decarbonise the steel industry
By: Esmarie Iannucci 10th February 2021 Diversified miner BHP has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japanese steel producer JFE Steel to jointly study technologies and pathways capable of making material reductions to greenhouse-gas emissions from the integrated steelmaking process. BHP on Wednesday said that it was... →
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... →
UNSW report questions Glencore's McArthur River expansion
By: Esmarie Iannucci 8th February 2021 A new report by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has warned that up to 22 sacred Indigenous sites and an important river system in the Northern Territory face irreversible cultural and ecological damage if operations at diversified miner Glencore’s McArthur River zinc mine continue... →
Court orders Nornickel to pay $2bn fuel-spill fine
By: Bloomberg 5th February 2021 A Russian court ruled that MMC Norilsk Nickel should pay 146-billion rubles ($1.95-billion) in compensation for an Arctic fuel spill, RIA Novosti said, in line with a demand by the nation’s ecological watchdog. In July, the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources, known as... →
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... →
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