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Graphite News
Tirupati progresses LSE listing plans
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 1st December 2020 Graphite and graphene producer Tirupati Graphite’s prospectus has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and published on December 1. The prospectus relates to the admission of the company's ordinary shares to the standard listing segment of the official list of the FCA and to... →
Syrah's vertical integration plans take shape
By: Esmarie Iannucci 1st December 2020 A bankable feasibility study (BFS) into the expansion of ASX-listed Syrah Resource’s active anode material (AAM) production facility in Vidalia, in the US, has confirmed the positive economics for commercial scale natural graphite AAM production at the facility in Louisiana. Syrah on Tuesday... →
Mining can retake investor darling status by going green – Frandsen 
By: Martin Creamer 30th November 2020 The taking of clear sustainability steps can make mining the darling of the investor community once again. Mining cannot participate in anything that leaves the world a worse place and needs to be cognisant of what it takes to have a licence to operate. Mining must have a smaller carbon... →
Walkabout advances approval for Lindi debt funding
By: Mariaan Webb 27th November 2020 The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has given initial approval for $25-million in debt funding for the Lindi Jumbo project, in Tanzania, project developer Walkabout Resources announced on Friday. The company has executed a nonbinding, conditional term-sheet with Afreximbank, which would... →
African green hydrogen can provide important economic impetus – BMBF
By: Martin Creamer 24th November 2020 The establishment of an African hydrogen economy based on renewable energy can provide important impetus in the Southern African region and offer new perspectives, especially to young people. That is the view of German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Energy and Green Hydrogen... →
Nouveau Monde puts out call to bidders for electric fleet
By: Mariaan Webb 24th November 2020 Set to become an all-electric openpit mine, TSX-V-listed Nouveau Monde Graphite is advancing its procurement process for its fleet and charging infrastructure through an international call for prequalification. Through the call for prequalification, original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and... →
Coal mine on point of turning acid mine drainage into potable water at no cost
By: Martin Creamer 23rd November 2020 An Mpumalanga coal mine is on the point of entering into an agreement before year-end to have its acid mine drainage water curse turned into potable water at no cost, Mining Weekly can today report. Recovered potassium nitrate, which retails at about R15 000/t and which is marketed at about R11... →
UK funding First Graphene hydrogen studies
By: Esmarie Iannucci 5th November 2020 ASX-listed First Graphene has been awarded a grant by Innovate UK under the UK’s Sustainable Innovation fund to progress an innovative route to green hydrogen and battery grade materials. First Graphene has a world-wide, exclusive license to commercially exploit technology developed by partner... →
Exploration is priority, says Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
By: Martin Creamer 3rd November 2020 South Africa should be an exploration site that contributes to gross domestic product growth and employment creation. “Exploration is the way to go and a priority,” Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe told the 2020 Junior Indaba in his keynote address on Tuesday. (Also watch... →
Canada unveils electric heavy vehicle project for openpit mines
By: Mariaan Webb 3rd November 2020 Graphite developer Nouveau Monde Graphite has been selected as the mining partner of a collaborative endeavour bringing together research and industry leaders to develop electric systems and rapid recharging infrastructure for heavy vehicles adapted to openpit mining. The project brings together... →
Flow-through must not only incentivise exploration but also market participation – Miller
By: Martin Creamer 2nd November 2020 A flow-through share scheme tax incentive, currently under consideration for South Africa, must serve to incentivise not only exploration but also public listed market development and market participation by a diversity of investors. Mining supply sales consultancy AmaranthCX director Paul Miller... →
Mining supply sales consultancy AmaranthCX director Paul Miller
Hopes rise as top firms arrive at potential flow-through share model to stimulate mining exploration
By: Martin Creamer 27th October 2020 A flow-through share model has been drawn up with the help of top firms to stimulate badly neglected mining exploration in South Africa, Minerals Council South Africa junior and emerging miners leadership forum chairperson Errol Smart said on Tuesday. Speaking to Mining Weekly in a Zoom... →
Covid has highlighted the value of operating remotely – mining editor
By: Martin Creamer 22nd October 2020 The extraction of data from machinery to improve decision-making is a key benefit of the digital mine and has changed the way that mines manage their assets and perform machine maintenance, Australia Mining managing editor Ben Creagh said on Wednesday. Creagh was speaking during a virtual... →
Platinum well positioned in hydrogen economy’s sweet spots – WPIC
By: Martin Creamer 21st October 2020 The upcoming platinum demand of Hyundai alone could come close to taking up the total annual production of one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines. Hyundai has stated categorically, in a double-page advertisement in The Economist of London, that it will be making 700 000 fuel cell stacks a... →
South Africa is well positioned to export green hydrogen – PwC
By: Martin Creamer 19th October 2020 South Africa is in an extraordinary position to revolutionise its own economy and supply green hydrogen to the world, PwC said on Monday. “The energy transition is and will be biggest global theme this decade,” PwC associate director James Mackay told journalists at a virtual event covered by... →
Hydrogen fast-tracking will be much quicker than imagined – Sibanye-Stillwater
By: Martin Creamer 19th October 2020 The fast-tracking of the hydrogen economy will be much quicker than most people have imagined, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman said at the Financial Times (FT) Commodities Mining Summit, where he was part of a panel that included Anglo American Platinum CEO Natasha Viljoen and South32 CEO... →
Walkabout projects on course in Tanzania
By: Cameron Mackay 16th October 2020 In spite of the 2017 Tanzanian Mining Act Amendments, Tanzania remains a “premium mining investment destination” for Australian energy minerals developer Walkabout Resources, says Walkabout Resources director Allan Mulligan. “Our relations with government and ministries in Tanzania is excellent,... →
Mining committed to doing all it takes to improve worker health – Matlala
By: Martin Creamer 15th October 2020 Minerals Council South Africa VP and Masoyise Health Programme chairperson Zanele Matlala on Thursday committed the South African mining industry to doing all it takes to ensure that employee lives are saved and health is improved. Speaking at a global virtual health seminar to reprioritise... →
Minerals Council South Africa VP and Masoyise Health Programme chairperson Zanele Matlala
Southern Africa’s green hydrogen buy-in exceeding expectations – Sacreee
By: Martin Creamer 14th October 2020 Southern Africa’s buy-in into the green hydrogen economy concept is exceeding expectations, Southern African Development Community (SADC) Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (Sacreee) executive director Kudakwashe Ndhlukula said on Tuesday. Green hydrogen is a clean form of hydrogen... →
Mining majors must convince investors of need to replace value – Sir Mick Davis
By: Martin Creamer 8th October 2020 Major mining companies need to convince investors of the crucial need to replace the value that they are taking out of the ground, mining luminary Sir Mick Davis said on Thursday. “Every single day that they take something out of the ground, that value disappears forever, and unless you do... →
Exploration strategy in three months, hydrogen under scrutiny – DMRE
By: Martin Creamer 8th October 2020 A comprehensive exploration strategy will be developed in the next three months and engagement on the potential of the platinum group metals-linked hydrogen economy is taking place, Department of Mineral Resources and Energy director-general Advocate Thabo Mokoena said on Thursday. In a keynote... →
Flow-through must form part of overall exploration strategy – Minerals Council
By: Martin Creamer 7th October 2020 The introduction of a flow-through share scheme must form part of a full suite and package of measures tailored for a comprehensive exploration strategy for South Africa, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Wednesday. Speaking during question time on day one of the Joburg... →
Black Rock raises cash
By: Esmarie Iannucci 5th October 2020 Graphite developer Black Rock Mining has completed a share placement to raise A$2-million. The company placed more than 40.8-million shares, at a price of 4.9c each, under its existing placement capacity, raising funds to fund its due diligence related costs associated with a strategic alliance... →
Sedibelo Platinum Mines closer to finding listing date – Frandsen
By: Martin Creamer 5th October 2020 The unlisted Sedibelo Platinum in South Africa’s North West province is closer to finding a listing date, says Pallinghurst managing partner and co-founder and Sedibelo chairperson Arne Frandsen, who is absolutely bullish about the prospects for platinum group metals (PGMs) in the medium to long... →
Cabinless, emissionless vehicle foretelling underground’s autonomous future
By: Martin Creamer 30th September 2020 Mining Weekly on Wednesday watched a cabinless emission-free next-generation mining vehicle autonomously load, haul and dump in an underground mine, without a human in sight. The cabinless design places emphasis on the extent to which traditional human operation at the rockface is becoming a... →
Sandvik global product line manager automation David Hallett
Carbide recycling can create jobs for mine communities – Sandvik
By: Martin Creamer 29th September 2020 The local extraction of carbide inserts can create job opportunities for communities living around mines – “a true win, win, win situation for society, our customers and ourselves”, Sandvik rock tools division VP Nina Axman enthused on Tuesday. Sandvik is developing a new recycling process that... →
Tirupati declares plans to list on the LSE
By: Donna Slater 28th September 2020 Specialist graphite and graphene producer Tirupati Graphite has proposed to potentially undertake an initial public offering (IPO) and is expected to publish its registration document, which has been submitted to the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for approval. The company, which has... →
Green hydrogen study integrating SADC ahead of trillion dollar market emergence 
By: Martin Creamer 23rd September 2020 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – A German-funded project to develop a green hydrogen atlas across Southern Africa is integrating the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region ahead of the projected opening up of a trillion dollar market going into the future. →
MRC unveils plan for Norway anode plant using Australia graphite
By: Mariaan Webb 21st September 2020 Australia-listed MRC on Monday outlined its plans to develop a vertically integrated graphite business, from mine to the production of active anode materials, announcing the outcomes of a prefeasibility study (PFS) to build a dedicated active anode materials plant (AAMP) in Norway. The AAMP... →
Mahenge meets new rules - Black Rock
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th September 2020 Graphite developer Black Rock Mining on Tuesday settled concerns around the Tanzanian government’s new mining regulations, saying the proposed Mahenge project adhered to the export regulations. The Tanzanian government officially published regulations concerning graphite concentrate exports,... →
Watch out lithium, platinum's eyeing your battery space, says PTM
By: Martin Creamer 10th September 2020 Electric vehicles (EVs) are synonymous with lithium and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) are synonymous with platinum group metals (PGMs), but will the twain meet? They certainly will if Toronto- and New York-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM) CEO R Michael Jones has anything to do with it.... →
Sandra du Toit and R Michael Jones (top) and Bernard Swanepoel (below).
Armadale submits Esia for Tanzanian graphite project
By: Donna Slater 8th September 2020 Aim-listed investment group Armadale Capital has submitted the environmental- and social-impact assessment (Esia) for its Mahenge Liandu graphite project in south-east Tanzania to the National Environment Management Council (NEMC) of Tanzania. The Esia application for the project was submitted... →
Black Rock extends POSCO deadline
By: Esmarie Iannucci 8th September 2020 ASX-listed Black Rock Mining has extended the completion date of a due diligence by Korean major POSCO over the Mahenge graphite project, in Tanzania, until November 20. The two companies earlier this year inked a strategic alliance and development memorandum of understanding (MoU) over the... →
South Africa’s green revolution gathering momentum
2nd September 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic has presented countries around the world with immense challenges, as the impact of the virus has affected every aspect of everyday life as we know it, write Dr Cosmas Chiteme, Dr Rebecca Maserumule and Prof Dmitri Bessarabov. (Chiteme and Maserumule are senior managers at... →
Master Drilling aligning with opencast mines going underground in changing world
By: Martin Creamer 26th August 2020 South Africa-based drilling company Master Drilling, which is active in 23 countries, is aligning itself with the transitioning global requirement of opencast mines going underground. “As the world is changing, so are the mines,” said Master Drilling technology director Koos Jordaan at the... →
Talga launches capital raise
By: Esmarie Iannucci 20th August 2020 Graphene company Talga Resources will raise A$10-million through an institutional share placement to fund its pathway to battery anode production. The company on Thursday said that it had received firm commitments from a select group of institutional, sophisticated and professional investors... →
Electra Mining Africa 2020 going digital with Connect – and it’s free of charge
By: Martin Creamer 20th August 2020 The Electra Mining Africa Connect week will enable exhibitors to promote their products and services free of charge alongside industry-related informative webinars, media activations and product showcase opportunities from September 7 to 11. For the first time in 48 years, Electra Mining Africa... →
Armadale begins assessment of Mahenge natural flake graphite for battery applications
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 13th August 2020 Aim-listed Armadale Capital has started testing, in collaboration with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the natural flake graphite produced at Armadale's 100%-owned Mahenge graphite project, in south-east Tanzania, for battery applications. This... →
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