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Minerals Council regrets delay of 2018 Mining Charter review 
By: Martin Creamer Updated 3 hours ago Minerals Council South Africa on Monday expressed regret that the finalisation of the review of the contested elements of the 2018 Mining Charter had been delayed following a judgement of the full bench of the High Court in Pretoria ordering that a number of other parties be joined to the action.... →
Covid kills 13 mineworkers, no foreigners back at work 
By: Martin Creamer 2nd July 2020 Thirteen mineworkers have now succumbed to the coronavirus, Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana said on Thursday. Of the 13 who have died, seven were employed in platinum mining in North West province, which has the most cases at 1 413... →
Armadale submits mining licence application for Mahenge
By: Marleny Arnoldi 2nd July 2020 Aim-listed Armadale Capital has submitted its mining licence application to the Tanzanian Department of Energy on Minerals for its wholly-owned Mahenge Liandu graphite project. This marks another significant step in the development of the project, says chairperson Nick Johansen. →
Platinum group metals in pole position to benefit from global decarbonisation thrust
By: Martin Creamer 1st July 2020 Platinum group metals are in pole position to benefit from the fast-growing global decarbonisation momentum, Mining Weekly can today report. A multiplicity of global announcements are emerging daily that inextricably link platinum-catalysed hydrogen fuel cells as well as platinum-catalysed... →
Covid-19 is an important catalyst for hydrogen economy’s take-off – AP Ventures
By: Martin Creamer 22nd June 2020 Despite being a global pandemic with hugely negative health consequences, Covid-19 is an important catalyst for the take-off of the hydrogen economy, in which platinum plays a fundamental role. “There’s an opportunity now to capitalise on a new wave on interest in hydrogen,” says AP Ventures LLP... →
Ethiopia looking to bolster investment in resources, mining
By: Simone Liedtke 17th June 2020 With an abundance of natural resources that have not been significantly exploited, Ethiopia has “enormous potential” for the export of these resources and at a relatively low production cost, Ethiopia Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas planning, monitoring and evaluation director... →
Armadale in talks with potential funders
By: Marleny Arnoldi 15th June 2020 Aim-listed Armadale Capital says it is in advanced project-level funding discussions with two parties, with the aim of bringing in an investment partner to progress its Mahenge Liandu graphite project, in Tanzania, through to mine construction. The company is working to build Phase 1 of the 80... →
Metals Australia reports maiden resource in Quebec
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th June 2020 Junior Metals Australia has reported a maiden Joint Ore Reserves of 13.3-million tonnes, grading 11.5% total graphitic carbon, for 1.52-million tonnes of contained graphite at its Lac Rainy graphite project, in Quebec. Metals Australia told shareholders that the mineral resource at Lac Rainy... →
240 000 miners back at work – Minerals Council South Africa
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2020 An estimated 240 000 miners are back at work on 385 large and small mines across South Africa, Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana said on Thursday. Each and every one of these miners was screened on their return to work after lockdown... →
ICMM members record 287 fatalities in 2019
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2020 The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) on Thursday released the 2019 safety data of its company members, who reported 287 occupational fatalities, a marked increase from the 50 fatalities recorded in 2018 and 51 fatalities recorded in 2017. ICMM said in a media release to Mining... →
Global mining forum IGF puts forward sweeping employment reforms
By: Martin Creamer 10th June 2020 The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining Minerals Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) on Wednesday put forward sweeping mining employment reforms in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has, it states, exposed weak points in the global labour market. IGF emerged from the 2002 World Summit... →
Sweeping mining reforms advocated in response to Covid-19.
Black Rock aligns with Posco to develop Tanzanian project
By: Esmarie Iannucci 9th June 2020 ASX-listed Black Rock Mining has struck a strategic alliance and development memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korean major POSCO to develop the Mahenge graphite project, in Tanzania. Subject to the completion of a successful due diligence, POSCO would invest an initial $10-million in... →
DFS update for Mahenge affirms project's potential
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 5th June 2020 Aim-listed Armadale Capital’s updated definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Mahenge Liandu graphite project, in south-east Tanzania, completed by graphite specialists BatteryLimits, has affirmed it as a long-life low-cost graphite project. The update, which is based upon a revised mine... →
Operations restart following suspension
5th June 2020 Australia-based industrial minerals and technology company Syrah Resources will restart operations at the Battery Anode Material (BAM) plant in Louisiana, in the US, the company said in a release last month. This follows the temporary suspension of production in March of both the BAM plant, as... →
Strides made at graphite project
5th June 2020 Significant advances were made by ASX-listed Triton Minerals at its flagship Ancuabe graphite project in northern Mozambique, the company announced in an ASX announcement in April. The announcement outlined its activities for the three-month period ending March 31, 2020. →
Well positioned to weather storm – Standard Bank
By: Martin Creamer 4th June 2020 The Standard Bank is well positioned to weather the Covid-19 storm and remains determined to emerge from this crisis as a stronger Africa-focused financial services group, Standard Bank Group FD Dr Arno Daehnke said on Thursday. The capital and liquidity levels of Africa’s biggest lender by... →
Responsible sourcing of critical minerals in focus as energy transition drives up demand
By: Terence Creamer 3rd June 2020 The accelerating pace and scale of the global clean-energy transition is poised to dramatically increase demand for critical energy minerals and metals, from aluminium to zirconium, with implications not only for the resources sector, but for geopolitics. The future energy system will be far more... →
Minister urges mines to test without fear of mine closure
By: Martin Creamer 29th May 2020 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Friday urged mines to test for Covid-19 to the full extent without fearing mine closure. The Minister was responding to a media question on the steps the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) was taking to end the backlog of... →
Gwede Mantashe
Conversation on getting economy back on track post-Covid has begun
By: Martin Creamer 28th May 2020 The conversation has begun on getting the South African economy back on track with the necessary structural reforms post-Covid, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Wednesday. Speaking at question time during a virtual media conference following the council’s annual general... →
Full reopening of mining from June 1 – President Ramaphosa
By: Martin Creamer 24th May 2020 Subject to strict Covid-19 protocols, mining will be allowed to reopen fully from June 1, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. In his address on South Africa’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, the President announced that South Africa would advance to level 3 from June 1, with an... →
President Cyril Ramaphosa
Leon lists measures to attract mining investment in these challenging times
By: Martin Creamer 22nd May 2020 South Africa should consider appointing an independent minerals regulator to speed up minerals licensing, Herbert Smith Freehills Africa co-chair Peter Leon said during a webinar this week. Responding to Patrick Leyden, who moderated the webinar entitled re-imagining the sub-Saharan mining... →
Mining becoming significant corporate buyer of renewable energy – ICMM
By: Martin Creamer 21st May 2020 The mining industry has started to become a significant corporate buyer of renewable energy in regions where these technologies have become reliable and cost-competitive compared with fossil fuel-based electricity, says the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). These regions include... →
Gazetted Covid guideline restates much of what mining has already adopted
By: Martin Creamer 20th May 2020 The newly gazetted guideline to prevent, mitigate and manage the Covid-19 pandemic on mines is largely a restatement of what has already been adopted by the mining industry. Most of the requirements of the code of practice (COP) mandated in the gazette already form part of the standard operating... →
Covid prevention a must at mines – gazette
By: Martin Creamer 20th May 2020 Covid-19 prevention, mitigation and management programmes must be established at mines using the guideline gazetted by Chief Inspector of Mines David Msiza on Tuesday. The gazette notice states that this guideline provides minimum requirements for the compilation of a code of practice to prevent... →
Chief Inspector of Mines David Msiza
Mandatory code of Covid mining practice gazetted
By: Martin Creamer 19th May 2020 South Africa's guidelines for a mandatory Code of Practice (COP) to mitigate and manage the Covid-19 pandemic in the mining industry have been gazetted. Failure by employers to prepare and implement a mine's COP in line with the guidelines would constitute a criminal offence and a breach of the... →
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe
Armadale enhances Mahenge Liandu throughput with updated mine schedule
By: Donna Slater 12th May 2020 A new mine schedule for the Mahenge Liandu graphite project in south-east Tanzania will result in a 30% increase in the production of large-flake high-purity graphite to 109 000 t/y of concentrate over the life of mine, reports natural resource investment group Armadale Capital. The updated mine... →
Judgment reserved at Mining Charter review hearing
By: Martin Creamer 7th May 2020 A full bench has heard the application for a judicial review of certain aspects of the Mining Charter gazetted in September 2018. Judge President Mlambo, judges Vally and Van Der Schyff reserved judgment on the application lodged by the Minerals Council South Africa on March 27, 2019, when the... →
Minerals Council South Africa building in central Johannesburg.
Armadale raises £550 000 to advance Tanzania project
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 30th April 2020 Aim-listed Armadale Capital has raised £550 000 through a private subscription with certain existing high-net-worth shareholders in the company. As part of the subscription, 24.4-million new ordinary shares will be issued at a price of 2.25p a share, representing a 4.65% premium to the closing... →
Morale high as Covid-masked South African miners get back to work
By: Martin Creamer 28th April 2020 Morale is reportedly high as Covid-masked and physically distanced South African mineworkers get back to mining underground for companies that have gone the extra mile to ensure that they have been fully remunerated and host communities generously funded during the national lockdown. In a... →
Opencast mines may return to 100% of capacity from May 1 – Patel
By: Martin Creamer 27th April 2020 Opencast mines are permitted to return in phases to 100% operation from May 1 but underground mines must continue at 50% of production capacity, Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Saturday. Speaking during a media briefing covered by Mining Weekly on South Africa’s easing from the... →
Learning curve still too steep to define ‘best practice’ mining response
By: Martin Creamer 27th April 2020 The rapidly evolving Covid-19 crisis learning curve is still too steep to conclusively define what a ‘best practice’ response looks like from the mining industry, says the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), which is facilitating a rapid exchange of information and knowledge to... →
Investissement Québec to buy Focus Graphite’s share in Kwyjibo rare-earth project
By: Donna Slater 24th April 2020 TSX-listed graphite exploration company Focus Graphite has signed a letter of intent (LoI) to sell its 50% interest in the Kwyjibo rare-earth elements project to Investissement Québec for C$7.2-million. The project, totalling 116 map-designated claims (CDC) and covering 6 283.5 ha, is located a... →
Firm directive to ensure safe mining resumption
By: Martin Creamer 23rd April 2020 The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) on Thursday issued a firm directive to all mining operations to ensure safe start-up procedures as the sector prepares to ramp up to 50% of capacity. Mining Weekly can report that the directive is issued to ensure compliance with Section 5(1)... →
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe.
Fall in Chinese demand halts Syrah supply
By: Esmarie Iannucci 22nd April 2020 Declining demand from China during the March quarter has seen graphite miner Syrah Resources reporting declines in both production and sales for the three months under review. Syrah on Wednesday noted that graphite production from its Balama operation, in Mozambique, reached 12 000 t during the... →
Impala CE granted bail after appearance on Covid-19 charge
By: Martin Creamer 17th April 2020 The arrest of the chief executive of Implats' Implala Platinum Rustenburg mining operations was on Friday welcomed by the Mineral Resources and Energy Parliamentary chairperson Sahlulele Luzipo, who on Thursday called on law enforcement agencies to act decisively against mining executives who... →
Impala Platinum Rustenburg CE Mark Munroe
Minerals Council welcomes revised Covid-19 regulations
By: Martin Creamer 16th April 2020 The Minerals Council South Africa on Thursday welcomed the amendments to the Disaster Management Act regulations as they pertain to mining. These regulations allow a phase-up in mining capacity to 50% during the lockdown period, but with all the preventative and mitigating controls in place to... →
Mining may resume at 50% capacity – Minister
By: Martin Creamer 16th April 2020 All mining operations, excluding collieries supplying Eskom which have been permitted to operate at full capacity throughout national lockdown, may now resume at 50% capacity during the remaining lockdown days, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday. Thereafter,... →
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Matashe during virtual media conference.
NextSource plans battery anode plant in jurisdiction near Madagascar project
By: Creamer Media Reporter 9th April 2020 TSX-listed NextSource Materials will collaborate with Japanese and Chinese partners on the building of a value-add battery anode plant in a jurisdiction that is proximal to the company’s Molo graphite project, in Madagascar. NextSource did not name the Japanese trading company or Chinese... →
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