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Anglo working towards collaborative decarbonised energy advance across South Africa 
By: Martin Creamer 30th July 2021 Anglo American, which will have all of its South American operations on renewable energy by the end of next year, is working towards trying to achieve a collaborative multi-company government- and Eskom-linked decarbonised energy advance across South Africa. Speaking to Mining Weekly in a Zoom... →
How eight entrepreneurs helped shape the South African economy
30th July 2021 In this exploration of eight famous, and not so famous, South African entrepreneurs, economic historian Stefan Schirmer celebrates the dynamism, tenacity and ingenuity of these individuals, while delving into the complexities of building successful enterprises in a society so deeply scarred by... →
Anglo on trajectory towards becoming minerals solutions provider
By: Martin Creamer 29th July 2021 Diversified mining and marketing company Anglo American, which shot the lights out on Thursday with the presentation of an all-time record set of half-year results, is on its way to becoming a minerals solutions provider rather than a digger of holes. The London- and Johannesburg-listed Anglo is... →
De Beers bounces back to 2019 levels with outstanding performance
By: Martin Creamer 29th July 2021 Global consumer demand for diamonds continued to recover from the impact of Covid, supported by fiscal stimulus in the US and the roll-out of vaccines, De Beers Group said on Thursday when it was credited with helping Anglo American to achieve an all-time record half-year, a period in which De... →
World-beating Anglo reports record half-year earnings of $12.1bn
By: Martin Creamer 29th July 2021 Diversified mining company Anglo American on Thursday reported a record half-year financial performance in its position as the best of the world’s top-five global mining companies. Anglo calculates that its elevated global position is poised to continue, assisted by its superior depth, breadth... →
Computing, food tech among many new PGM opportunity areas – Anglo Platinum
By: Martin Creamer 28th July 2021 The computing world is an opportunity area for platinum group metals (PGMs), along with food technology, alloy development, medical advance, waste control, battery and storage – and that is on top of the now much-celebrated and pervasive green hydrogen feedstock phenomenon. JSE-listed Anglo... →
Exuberant Kumba Iron Ore’s stakeholders receive R51bn shared value boost
By: Martin Creamer 27th July 2021 Anglo American group iron-ore mining company Kumba Iron Ore, which has achieved record half-year earnings with great exuberance, has shared a sky-high first-half R51-billion with its spread of stakeholders that take in the fiscus, local suppliers, nearby communities, employees, shareholders and... →
Anglo Platinum evaluating multiple renewable energy forms
By: Martin Creamer 26th July 2021 As a result its geographic distribution across South Africa, the Anglo American group is collectively evaluating options to access multiple forms of renewable energy, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) CEO Natascha Viljoen said on Monday. The JSE-listed company has already completed the design and... →
High-flying Anglo Platinum’s stakeholders receive nigh-R40bn boost
By: Martin Creamer 26th July 2021 The strong operational and financial performance of platinum group metals company Anglo American Platinum in the six months to June 30 translated into nearly R40-billion worth of benefits for stakeholders including the fiscus, local and doorstep suppliers and communities. In light of the impact... →
Anglo American Platinum CEO Natascha Viljoen
Metals make climate change mitigation possible – Citi Research
By: Martin Creamer 23rd July 2021 In a rapid electrification scenario, metals have the ability to bring about the reduction of close to 1 000 gigatonnes (Gt) of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, Citi Research states in a note that examines the metals industry’s potential contribution to climate change mitigation over... →
Asia’s diverse, vast resources offer opportunity
By: Nadine Ramdass 23rd July 2021 The Asian mining and natural resources industries are multifaceted and unique to each sub region, and country. The continent’s vast natural resources have not yet been fully optimised. “Asia is the largest continent with extremely diverse geographical sub regions, and countries within those... →
Extremely strong demand for platinum bar and coin – WPIC
By: Martin Creamer 22nd July 2021 Extremely strong demand for platinum bar and coin is being seen around the world, particularly in the US, along with growth in demand for platinum exchange traded funds (ETFs), mainly out of North America and Europe, World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) head of research Trevor Raymond said... →
Mining boss sees fervor calming with Peru leftist to take office
By: Bloomberg 21st July 2021 Peru’s mining industry is hopeful of avoiding the kind of drastic measures that would stifle investment and future production when Pedro Castillo takes office in the world’s No. 2 copper producer. While the president-elect may have spoken of taking some extreme measures during the campaign, he... →
NSW gas plan blasted
By: Esmarie Iannucci 21st July 2021 The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (Appea) has warned that the New South Wales government’s Future of Gas Statement would effectively lock up most of the state from gas development, costing jobs and the economy. Deputy Premier John Barilaro unveiled the Future of Gas... →
Exploration trailblazer Orion cracks retail investor code with 14 000-plus SA backers
By: Martin Creamer 21st July 2021 More than 14 000 South Africans now own shares in the discovery and development mining company Orion Minerals, which is reflective of retail investment that can be stimulated in South Africa to support essential local minerals exploration. What is also extremely promising is that the dual listed... →
Anglo increasingly focused on future-enabling decarbonising metals, minerals – Cutifani
By: Martin Creamer 20th July 2021 The portfolio and growth investments of diversified mining company Anglo American is increasingly focused future-enabling metals and minerals that are critical to decarbonising energy and transport and to meeting consumers' growing needs, from luxury to everyday life. This was stated by Anglo... →
Clean, green copper to be produced at Kamoa’s hydropowered DRC operation
By: Martin Creamer 16th July 2021 Clean, green copper is to be the order of the day at the Kamoa Copper operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Ivanhoe Mines-Zijin operation has secured clean, renewable hydro-generated electricity. “The upgrade of the Mwadingusha hydropower plant has been very successful. The... →
Ecuador mining sector needs clear regulations to attract investment, industry group says
By: Reuters 16th July 2021 Ecuador needs clear nationwide industry regulations in order to attract foreign investment to its mining sector, the head of the country's industry association said, as community-led local referendums have slowed the development of mineral deposits. Citizen-led ballot measures by environmental... →
Things are very rosy in the world of AfriTin – Anthony Viljoen
By: Martin Creamer 15th July 2021 At a time of galloping global tin demand, the London Aim-listed mining company AfriTin Mining not only has one of the biggest tin resources in the world at Uis in Namibia, but it has also been lucky enough to stumble upon one of the biggest hard-rock lithium resources on the planet, at a time of... →
ENSafrica unpacks the impact of POPIA on mine health, safety
By: Marleny Arnoldi 15th July 2021 Mine and occupational health and safety executive Pieter Colyn opened a webinar on July 13 during which law firm ENSafrica unpacked the impact of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) on mine health and safety. POPIA is a South African data protection and privacy law that (largely)... →
Life in mining-dependent countries significantly improved – ICMM
By: Martin Creamer 14th July 2021 Life in mining-dependent countries has improved significantly in the 23 years leading up to 2018, with strong governance the key to improving socio-economic well-being, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) said on Wednesday. A report that analysed 41 social metrics grouped under... →
Exploration is quick foreign investment ‘no brainer’, says Minerals Council’s Smart
By: Martin Creamer 13th July 2021 Exploration is one of the quickest ways to secure foreign direct investment into South Africa for the generation of desperately needed jobs and wealth during the country's hour of need, said Minerals Council South Africa junior and emerging miners’ leadership forum chairperson Errol Smart on... →
Social impact underestimated
By: Darren Parker 9th July 2021 Many mines in Africa have underestimated their social impact and often struggle to manage this constructively, consulting engineer and scientist firm SRK Consulting partner and principal scientist Wouter Jordaan tells Mining Weekly. He says an added complication is the shift in corporate culture... →
ESG implementation improves in African mining
By: Darren Parker 9th July 2021 As environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) reporting improves, so does the implementation of the resulting policies across the African mining industry, consulting engineer and scientist firm SRK Consulting director and principal consultant Andrew van Zyl tells Mining Weekly. He says... →
No simple solution to illegal mining in Africa
By: Darren Parker 9th July 2021 There is no “one-size-fits-all” solution to combat the rise of illegal mining and the associated artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) industry in Africa, says diversified mining and exploration company Emiral Resource founder Boris Ivanov. ASM is a legal industry in many African countries, with... →
New security technologies increasing in Africa
By: Darren Parker 9th July 2021 Mining companies operating in Africa are increasing their investment in new security technologies, and are procuring services that help them to refine security strategies and security implementation, diversified mining and exploration company Emiral Resource founder Boris Ivanov tells Mining... →
Gold heading towards ‘refuge of choice’ status, says incoming AngloGold CEO
By: Martin Creamer 6th July 2021 Gold is poised to be a "refuge of choice" in the years ahead owing to the extent to which money is being printed and world debt is rising, AngloGold Ashanti CEO-designate Alberto Calderon said on Tuesday. Speaking to Mining Weekly in a Microsoft Teams interview ahead of taking office on September... →
Peru's indigenous hope for a voice, at last, under new President
By: Reuters 6th July 2021 Maxima Ccalla, 60, an indigenous Quechua woman, has spent her life tilling the harsh soil in Peru's Andean highlands, resigned to a fate far removed from the vast riches buried deep beneath her feet in seams of copper, zinc and gold. The Andean communities in Ccalla's home region of Puno and... →
Alberto Calderon is new AngloGold CEO
By: Martin Creamer 6th July 2021 The board of AngloGold Ashanti on Tuesday announced the appointment of Alberto Calderon as the new CEO of the gold-mining company, effective September 1. Mining Weekly can report that Calderon has more than two decades of executive leadership experience in the global mining sector. →
Yamkela Makupula clinches exciting Rockwell-linked alluvial diamond deal
By: Martin Creamer 5th July 2021 Alluvial diamond mining investor Yamkela Makupula has clinched an alluvial diamond mining transaction which makes her a 30% shareholder in three diamond assets that have a link with the former Rockwell Diamonds. Makupula, who leads the Africa growth strategy of international law firm Diaz, Reus,... →
Chile royalty regime changes may jeopardise future investments – Woodmac
5th July 2021 Although proposed changes to Chile’s mining royalty regime are not expected to have a drastic impact on the copper-producing nation’s production landscape in the near term, amendments do risk compromising continued appetite for large-scale, long-term investments. This is according to resources... →
Mining vital to economy, can help guide country's path – President
By: Martin Creamer 5th July 2021 Mining is vital to the South African economy and the opportunities that exist in mining can help guide the country’s path to a more inclusive and equitable economy, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated on Monday. Writing in his From the Desk of the President column, Ramaphosa placed mineral and... →
Sibanye-linked Finnish developer takes next step towards battery-grade lithium goal
By: Martin Creamer 1st July 2021 Finnish lithium project developer Keliber, in which South Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater is a significant shareholder, this week took a new step towards its goal of becoming the first European company to start producing battery-grade lithium hydroxide in 2024. Construction of the infrastructure and... →
Glencore paid governments $5.8bn, working hard to develop local skills
By: Martin Creamer 30th June 2021 As one of the world’s largest natural resource companies, with operations across five continents, Glencore is committed to delivering long-lasting socioeconomic benefits, CFO Steven Kalmin on Wednesday. Speaking on video with the release of Glencore's 2020 Payment to Governments Report, Kalmin... →
Glencore CFO Steven Kalmin
Phalaborwa dumps contain rare earths worth $4.7bn, says London junior
By: Martin Creamer 30th June 2021 “We have high value rare earth elements totalling $123/t in our gypsum stacks and multiply that by 38-million tonnes and that can give you an idea of the value of these stacks,” Rainbow Rare Earths CEO George Bennett has told Flagstaff TV. The gypsum dumps – built up from half a century of hard... →
Waste cooking oil powers ship from Singapore to South Africa for Anglo 
By: Martin Creamer 29th June 2021 The use of sustainable biofuel to power a chartered capesize ship during a voyage from Singapore to South Africa has been successfully trialled as part of a decarbonisation initiative, Anglo American said on Tuesday. The biodiesel blend was produced by converting waste cooking oil from... →
South African oil law seen unlikely to be approved until 2022
By: Bloomberg 29th June 2021 South Africa’s draft oil exploration and production law is unlikely to be finalized for at least another year, despite the government’s call for the legislation to be expedited. Parliamentary hearings and amendments to the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill published earlier in June... →
Appea laments new NOGA levy
By: Esmarie Iannucci 29th June 2021 The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (Appea) has warned that a new A$0.48 per barrel levy on all offshore oil producers was ‘over the top’ and ‘extreme’. The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources in May this year announced a possible temporary levy on... →
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