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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... →
Awesome new proudly South African face mask kindling international interest 
By: Martin Creamer 13th August 2020 An awesome new proudly South African face mask, with a replaceable filtration system at its heart, is attracting international interest. The innovative and timely Hudaco Air Mask is a lockdown-period product of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Hudaco Industries group. (Also watch attached... →
Mine export values back but volumes need boosting – Minerals Council
By: Martin Creamer 10th August 2020 South Africa’s mine export values have bounced back encouragingly but volumes still need boosting. June’s export value was 13% up on May. →
Syrah cuts jobs in Mozambique
By: Esmarie Iannucci 23rd July 2020 Graphite miner Syrah Resources on Thursday said that it would reduce the headcount at its Balama operation, in Mozambique, by 65% in an effort to preserve cash. Syrah told shareholders that some 220 roles would be retained at the operation, of which 93% would be national and local, to ensure the... →
‘Historic dumps’ do not appear to be MPRDA regulated – law firm
By: Martin Creamer 20th July 2020 South Africa’s ‘historic dumps’ – mine dumps created prior to the promulgation of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) which took effect in 2004 – do not appear to be regulated under the MPRDA, and the common law owners of such dumps do not require a right under the MPRDA... →
Global mining sharing knowledge in response to Covid-19
By: Martin Creamer 14th July 2020 The International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM) has been convening many knowledge-sharing sessions in response to the coronavirus. Among ICMM’s 27 mining and metals company members and 36 association members are South Africa’s African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti,... →
Positive reaction to ANC document’s encouragement of exploration
By: Martin Creamer 14th July 2020 Reaction has been positive to the discussion document of economic transformation committee (ETC) of the African National Congress (ANC), which states that the listing of mining companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) should be encouraged and mining exploration incentivised, as is the... →
Paul Miller...flashback to his period in coal exploration and development.
Covid opens up opportunity for more constructive, purposeful dialogue – Minsur
By: Martin Creamer 13th July 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic has allowed the mining industry to highlight and strengthen its role as a catalyst of social development in the areas in which it operates, Minsur CEO Juan Luis Krueger said on Monday. Krueger was speaking during an International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) online... →
Investors in mining exploration should be incentivised – ANC’s ETC
By: Martin Creamer 13th July 2020 Listings of mining companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange should be encouraged and South African retail investors willing to invest in mining exploration should be incentivised as is the case in other mining jurisdictions, the economic transformation committee (ETC) of the African National... →
ANC document says mining exploration should be incentivised.
Return of foreign mineworkers taking double planned time
By: Martin Creamer 13th July 2020 The return of the 12 500 foreign mineworkers to South Africa’s mines is taking double the time planned. The initial ten-day plan of Minerals Council South Africa has become a 20-day plan because of the need to overcome bottlenecks. →
Minerals Council regrets delay of 2018 Mining Charter review
By: Martin Creamer 6th July 2020 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.... →
Minerals Council South Africa.
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
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