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SEW-EURODRIVE all set to support Africa’s growth 
By: Simone Liedtke Updated 4 hours ago Despite the travails of the global economy and uncertainty in many countries, Africa will be the place to do business in the coming years. So says SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa MD Raymond Obermeyer, whose company has worked successfully around Southern, Central and East Africa for decades. The... →
Modernising SA’s mineral extraction sector through research development and innovation
By: Simone Liedtke Updated 4 hours ago The Mandela Mining Precinct (MMP), will again this year form part of the South African Pavilion at the “Investing in African Mining” Indaba exhibition, jointly with the Department of Science and Innovation. Together with other State-owned entities, it will be creating awareness of investment... →
SRK Consulting focusing on clients' success, not just own growth
By: Simone Liedtke Updated 5 hours ago With several African countries currently the source of key minerals, and potentially hosting other minerals, engineering consultancy SRK Consulting newly appointed MD Andrew van Zyl expects the demand for key minerals to continue supporting the ongoing development of both the continent, and the... →
Methano Group advances goal of becoming leading EPCM firm in Africa
By: Simone Liedtke Updated 5 hours ago Multidisciplinary engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) firm Methano Group is in the late engagement stage with its strategic partners in setting up offices in Southern Africa Development Communities (SADC) countries, such as Zambia. This, says group CEO Sereme Maphaka, will... →
Logistics provider Crossroads building on strengths
By: Simone Liedtke Updated 5 hours ago General freight, fuel and bulk logistics company Crossroads will be building on its strengths and honing its strategy this year to grow its business, improve operational efficiency and increase value-add to its customers. This strategy will significantly increase the company’s market share in the... →
Expanding the value proposition of the PDS
By: Simone Liedtke Updated 5 hours ago That Proximity Detection System (PDS) technology has over the years ushered in a new era in mine safety management is no overstatement. Given the pace of development in the past two years, Booyco Electronics CEO Anton Lourens says PDS technology is advancing its value proposition beyond the... →
Seriti Green raises need for Africa to appraise vanadium as electricity storage battery metal 
By: Martin Creamer 3rd February 2023 Wind farm builder Seriti Green, which is planning substantial electricity storage capacity at its big renewable energy project in Mpumalanga, has raised the need for vanadium to be appraised as a battery storage metal of choice in Africa owing to the difficulties of sourcing lithium batteries.... →
Magazine round up | 03 February 2023
3rd February 2023 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
155 MW wind farm to be constructed in Mpumalanga by Seriti Green
By: Martin Creamer 2nd February 2023 Work is scheduled to begin soon on the construction of a wind farm in Mpumalanga, South Africa’s electricity heartland. The project, which begins with 155 MW of wind energy and expands to a capacity of 900 MW of renewables and 800 MWh of battery storage, forms part of an agreement that will see... →
Energy transition, decarbonisation to influence metals and mining industry
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 31st January 2023 The demand for metals and minerals that underpin economic progress is set to increase, with minerals underpinning most climate change efforts. This growing demand predominantly stems from building the new infrastructure required for the global transition to cleaner energy sources, as well as for... →
Magazine round up | 27 January 2023
27th January 2023 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Renewable energy, social upset key themes for miners in 2023 – Fitch Solutions
By: Donna Slater 26th January 2023 Capital expenditure of mining companies is increasingly being aimed at renewable energy projects and associated grid development – a trend that is likely to continue throughout this year, financial risk management, solutions and insights company Fitch Solutions commodities analyst Amelia Haines... →
RBCT coal exports fall below 1993 level, being hit very badly by cable theft
By: Martin Creamer 26th January 2023 The number of tons of coal exported through Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in 2022 fell to the lowest level since 1993. A total of 50.35 t was exported from the private-sector-owned RBCT, with the public-sector-owned rail line again being severely hit by copper cable theft currently. (Also... →
Copper-copious Zambia stepping up agricultural prowess, embarking on robust outreach
By: Martin Creamer 25th January 2023 Mining and agriculture are two key sectors of the Zambian economy that are attracting foreign direct investment, which rose 158% to $8.5-billion in 2022, creating 74 000 jobs. The latest company to announce that it will be developing a new copper mine in Zambia is one linked to Microsoft's Bill... →
Magazine round up | 20 January 2023
20th January 2023 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Africa can export its sunshine as hydrogen, prof highlights ahead of big Sun City event
By: Martin Creamer 18th January 2023 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – In the past, geopolitics was such that oil- and gas-rich countries developed faster, but now countries that are able to export their sunshine in the form of hydrogen will be the ones in the pound seats as the world transitions to clean, green energy. →
Lithium sales from South Africa on track to begin this month, Marula Mining reports
By: Martin Creamer 12th January 2023 Sales of lithium processed out of stockpiles at the Blesberg project in the Northern Cape are expected to commence this month. “We’re on track for the first delivery of a thousand tons through to the offtake party that we’ve contracted with,” Marula Mining CEO Jason Brewer told Mining Weekly in a... →
Magazine round up | 16 December 2022
16th December 2022 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
World’s rapid rate of change resulting in profound business disruptions, says Anglo CEO
By: Martin Creamer 9th December 2022 The world changing at a rapid rate has resulted in profound disruptions to the business of Anglo American, CEO Duncan Wanblad told analysts and investors on Friday. Speaking during an update presentation covered by Mining Weekly, Wanblad said the London- and Johannesburg-listed diversified mining... →
Magazine round up | 09 December 2022
9th December 2022 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Exploration drilling gaining momentum at Southern Palladium’s Bengwenyama project
By: Martin Creamer 5th December 2022 Exploration drilling is gaining momentum at Southern Palladium’s Bengwenyama platinum group metals project, a large, shallow exploration opportunity on the eastern limb of South Africa’s Bushveld Complex. One specific borehole into upper group two (UG2) reef recorded an impressive 800 centimetre... →
Renewables deal indicative of South Africans making positive difference, says Seriti Green
By: Martin Creamer 2nd December 2022 The big renewables deal undertaken by Seriti is indicative of just how passionate South Africans are to make a positive difference for the benefit of future generations, said new Seriti Green CEO Peter Venn of the multi-gigawatt deal that is poised to lighten South Africa’s loadshedding burden... →
Magazine round up | 02 December 2022
2nd December 2022 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
South African green hydrogen technology wins top global recognition
By: Martin Creamer 1st December 2022 Proudly South African hydrogen technology, which has the potential to slash the cost of green hydrogen, has just won top recognition in Monaco at the principality's inaugural hydrogen forum. The homegrown divergent electrode flow through (DEFT ™) technology, which is already a recipient of South... →
Australia’s platinum pioneer highlighting greenness, mulling smelterless tech
By: Martin Creamer 29th November 2022 Australia’s platinum group metals (PGMs) pioneer, Podium Minerals, is evaluating the cleanest and greenest mining and processing options that include the possibility of circumventing the need for smelting. The Australian Stock Exchange-listed exploration and resources development company, which... →
South Africa’s mining market is dynamic and fast-moving, Siemens Large Drives finds
By: Martin Creamer 25th November 2022 South Africa is a super dynamic and super fast-moving market, says Siemens Large Drives global solutions head Oliver Beck, who has just completed a week of discussions with customers to highlight sustainability solutions for mining. From his perspective, South African mining economy is at the... →
Magazine round up | 25 November 2022
25th November 2022 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
New implements to complement tailings testing portfolio
By: Halima Frost 25th November 2022 Civil and mining geotechnical service provider GeoGroup has received the first of three new geotechnical surveying implements, which the company has commissioned to complement its range of tailings monitoring equipment. GeoGroup operations director Grant Rijsmus points out that, of the projects... →
Platinum moving into meaningful deficit amid emergent source of new end-demand
By: Martin Creamer 22nd November 2022 Platinum is moving into meaningful deficit amid an emergent source of new end-demand in the form of green hydrogen. The 2022 surplus of 804 000 oz is projected to move into a deficit of 303 000 oz in 2023, according to the Platinum Quarterly of the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) for the... →
Sedibelo Platinum will now have wind power as well as solar and smelterless technology
By: Martin Creamer 18th November 2022 Latest news from Sedibelo Platinum Mines in North West province is that the company’s Pilanesberg platinum mines situated in the Bushveld Complex, 207 km west of Johannesburg, will not only have abundant solar power on site plus a world-first smelterless processing technology that consumes 82% –... →
Magazine round up | 18 November 2022
18th November 2022 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
It’s been a great year for Menar, says chair Mpumelelo Mkhabela
By: Martin Creamer 11th November 2022 Despite its many challenges, 2022 has been a very successful year for the Menar group of companies. “We increased production at our operations, maintained our solid safety record, and made good headway in the development of our new projects,” Menar chairperson Dr Mpumelelo Mkhabela told Mining... →
Magazine round up | 11 November 2022
11th November 2022 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Strategically located Congo has raw materials required to become leading fertiliser hub
By: Martin Creamer 10th November 2022 Strategically located Republic of Congo, which is endowed with the key required raw materials, is poised to be a world leader in fertiliser production. This is the view of Stéphane Rigny, the executive chairperson of Kanga Potash, which has received its licence to mine and produce potash in the... →
Magazine round up | 04 November 2022
4th November 2022 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Northern Cape’s Tshipi manganese mine ‘up there with best of them’, says new Jupiter CEO
By: Martin Creamer 2nd November 2022 The Northern Cape’s Tshipi Borwa manganese mine is “up there with the best of them”, says new Jupiter Mines CEO Brad Rogers, who has seen his fair share of mines around world as the former head of a company with more than 50 mining and industrial sites in Australia and Indonesia. Rogers has been... →
Anglo updates on decarbonisation, biodiversity, responsible mining
By: Martin Creamer 31st October 2022 Decarbonisation, net positive biodiversity, and progress towards assuring all operations against recognised responsible mining standards are addressed in Anglo American’s twice-yearly sustainability performance update, which was presented on Monday. Recognising that many of the metals and... →
Magazine round up | 28 October 2022
28th October 2022 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
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