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Policy certainty lifts sentiment, safety slips and a challenging 2019 forecast
By: Nadine James 14th December 2018 Improved sentiment on the back of a newly appointed Minerals Resources Minister, the publication of and the subsequent consensus on Mining Charter 3 after extensive consultations, and mixed global commodities demand influenced by macroeconomic developments – primarily US-China trade tensions –... →
Domestic coal supply faces difficulties
By: Thabi Madiba 14th December 2018 While coal exports generate valuable export earnings, the competition between exports and domestic coal poses a major challenge for the security of domestic coal supply, says the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). The demand for coal has increased in countries such as India, which had used... →
Global warming management central to coal’s future
14th December 2018 Emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) during coal-based power generation is generally acknowledged as one of the major contributions to global warming and its management has become central to coal’s future, says technology and project management company Mitsibushi Hitachi Power consultant and... →
Japanese trading giant Mitsubishi throws weight behind platinum 
By: Martin Creamer 13th December 2018 The Japanese trading giant Mitsubishi has thrown its weight behind technologies that harness the high-performance characteristics of platinum group metals (PGMs) by joining Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and South Africa’s Public Investment Corporation (PIC) as an investor in AP Ventures,... →
AP Ventures managing partner Andrew Hinkly
Enable meaningful participation, pleads Women in Mining chair 
By: Martin Creamer 12th December 2018 The Mining Charter has significant room for improvement to enable meaningful participation of women in mining, says Women in Mining South Africa (WiMSA) chairperson Lindiwe Nakedi. Soweto-born Nakedi, who owns Gubhani Exploration – a surface exploration drilling company that is currently the only... →
Xolobeni judgment to be appealed 
By: Rebecca Campbell 12th December 2018 Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe confirmed on Wednesday that he was going to appeal the Xolobeni judgment of the Pretoria High Court. That judgment, in November, held that the Mineral Resources Minister could not award a mining right at Xolobeni (in the Wild Coast region of the Eastern... →
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
MC secures mining right for Chapudi project
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 11th December 2018 South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has granted MC Mining a mining right for its 74%-owned Chapudi coking and thermal coal project, in the Limpopo province. The Chapudi project, together with the Mopane and Generaal projects, comprise the company’s longer-term Greater... →
MC Mining CEO David Brown
Transnet praised for rapidly restoring stricken Saldanha iron-ore line
By: Martin Creamer 7th December 2018 State rail transport enterprise Transnet has earned praise by pulling out all the stops to rapidly restore a railway bridge on South Africa’s crucial Sishen–Saldanha iron-ore line. The line came to a halt on November 28 after a truck carrying heavy equipment at excessive height on a public road... →
Keeping abreast of trends and technologies crucial
By: Jessica Oosthuizen 7th December 2018 With the annual Caminex trade expo being the only mining, agricultural and industrial trade expo that takes place in the Copperbelt – in Kitwe, Zambia – event co-organiser Specialised Exhibitions Montgomery mining and industrial portfolio director Charlene Hefer says the event offers visitors the... →
Pioneering nickel sulphate venture draws down on loan
By: Martin Creamer 6th December 2018 Black-controlled Thakadu Battery Materials, a pioneering South African high-purity battery-grade nickel sulphate developer, has made its first drawdown from South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) under a R152-million loan facility agreement. The IDC loan is funding... →
Opinion: More conversations needed to confront the violence of mining in South Africa
6th December 2018 In this opinion article Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection’s Dr Salimah Valiani argues that only in identifying, embracing and engaging in the heated debates underlying the tensions in South African mining can the country move on collectively from violence to a shared vision of the... →
Investment Battlefield competition seeks next big investment opportunity
By: Simone Liedtke 5th December 2018 Investing in African Mining Indaba is set to host its third Investment Battlefield competition during its twenty-fifth edition of the event from February 4 to 6, 2019. Event organisers are looking for sub-Saharan Africa’s most promising mining companies with a market capitalisation of $50-million... →
Innovate and generate cash at same time – Dassault Systèmes Geovia
By: Martin Creamer 5th December 2018 The objectives of innovating and generating cash are not mutually incompatible and can be achieved at multiple levels simultaneously, says Dassault Systèmes Geovia Brand CEO Raoul Jacquand, who was in Johannesburg to showcase the French company’s suite of advanced three-dimensional (3D) software.... →
Brazil launches new mining regulator in twilight of Temer govt
By: Reuters 5th December 2018 Brazil launched on Wednesday a new mining regulator aimed at cleaning up its slow permitting process, in an 11th-hour victory for outgoing President Michel Temer's reform agenda. The National Mining Agency (ANM) will replace the previous National Department of Mineral Production (DNPM). The... →
FIFO workers faces higher stress levels - study
By: Esmarie Iannucci 5th December 2018 New research by Curtin University has shown that one-third, or 33% of Western Australia’s fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workforce was affected by high levels of psychological distress compared to only 17% of non-FIFO workers. →
Glencore doing whatever it can to assist Eskom – Glasenberg
By: Martin Creamer 4th December 2018 Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore is doing whatever it can to assist Eskom overcome its current coal supply issues, Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg has told Mining Weekly Online. “We’re looking at trucking coal and railing coal, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to assist them on... →
Indigenous rights 'invisible' as Ecuador pushes mining, oil projects– UN
By: Reuters 3rd December 2018 Excluding indigenous Ecuadoreans from the country's development plans has made their rights "invisible", a UN expert said, citing a government push to approve oil and mining projects to extract resources from their territories. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of... →
Deep-water Africa at the heart of Impact’s strategy
30th November 2018 Owing to the upstream oil industry quickly becoming comfortable with increased demand, and the resultant improvement in investor confidence, privately-owned oil and gas exploration company Impact Oil and Gas exploration director Phil Birch says Africa is witnessing an upsurge in interest in... →
Attractive and certain policy presents positive prospects for industry
By: Cameron Mackay 30th November 2018 With the now confirmed separation of oil and gas legislation from that of mining in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act South African Oil & Gas Alliance (Saoga) CEO Niall Kramer says the prospects of South Africa entering the liquefied natural gas and indigenous shale gas market... →
Skills upgrade in SA oil and gas industry needed
By: Cameron Mackay 30th November 2018 South Africa has fallen behind the rest of Africa in the oil and gas industry in terms of skills, exploration and legislation, says OPITO (which used to be known as the Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization before it was internationally recognized) accredited offshore training company... →
Canadian govt introduces measures to boost mining
By: Nadine James 30th November 2018 Measures included in the 2018 Fall Economic Statement (FES) will provide an “important boost for Canadian mining competitiveness”, industry organisation Mining Association of Canada (MAC) noted in a statement released last week. The mining industry is a major sector of Canada's economy,... →
BILL MORNEAU The Canadian finance minster proposed several measures to enhance the investment competitiveness of Canada's mining and metal manufacturing sectors
Illegal mining, Amadiba and Gold One make headlines
29th November 2018 Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer discusses illegal mining, the Amadiba Crisis Committee case and Gold One’s plant expansion project. →
Anglo willing to play constructive land role
By: Martin Creamer 29th November 2018 Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani on Wednesday expressed willingness to play a constructive role in helping South Africa to arrive at solutions involving the diversification of land ownership and ensuring land productivity. Speaking to journalists at a year-end media function, Cutifani urged the... →
Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani
Mexico miners extend drop on policy angst; Southern Copper sags
By: Bloomberg 24th November 2018 Mining companies operating in Mexico extended a sell-off, with Southern Copper falling the most since 2011, even as a Mexican lawmaker attempted to calm market worries over the prospect of tougher regulation under incoming President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Large Mexico-based mining... →
New administrations, policies spur optimism for South Africa, Brazil
By: Nadine James 23rd November 2018 The withdrawal of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act Amendment Bill, the finalisation of Mining Charter 3 and the investment drive led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, has given the South African mining sector reason to be cautiously optimistic, Herbert Smith Freehills partner... →
Mexico mining selloff worsens as concerns grow on law proposals
By: Bloomberg 23rd November 2018 Fears of tougher mining regulation in Mexico under incoming President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador are taking over investor sentiment, with some of the top stocks falling for the third consecutive day. Industrias Penoles SAB, Grupo Mexico SAB and Fresnillo Plc extended losses after Morgan Stanley... →
Overly prescriptive policies threaten mine profitability – analyst
By: Paige Müller 23rd November 2018 South Africa’s overly prescriptive, unbalanced and onerous environmental policy framework runs the risk of making the mining industry “uninvestable”, says Dr Anthea Jeffery, policy research head at think tank the Institute of Race Relations. “South Africa’s environmental regulations compare badly... →
GRP pipes more resilient in dewatering systems
23rd November 2018 Glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes’ proven resilience in harsh terrains, extreme climates and unpredictable site environments make them the superior choice over high-density polyethylene (HDPE), steel and ductile iron concrete-lined (DICL) pipes in the demanding environment of a mine dewatering... →
Platinum’s stature growing as world’s clean air catalyst
By: Martin Creamer 22nd November 2018 This month’s launch of the world’s first fuel cell double-decker bus is the latest example of platinum helping to power the world’s new clean air revolution. The fuel cell bus was developed as a part of the European Union-funded joint initiative for hydrogen vehicles, which make use of platinum,... →
Colombian mining group says tax bill will attract foreign investment
By: Reuters 20th November 2018 Colombia's main mining industry group said on Monday it was optimistic a new tax bill that includes a cut to corporate taxes will help attract more foreign investment, allowing companies to boost exploration and output in the coming years. The bill, known as the financing law, proposes a gradual... →
WDC calls for expanded definition of conflict diamonds
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 15th November 2018 The World Diamond Council (WDC) and the Civil Society Coalition (CSC) this week voiced their strong support for an expanded definition of conflict diamonds at the launch of the 2018 Plenary Session of the Kimberley Process (KP), in Brussels, Belgium. The proposal, put forward by the government of... →
Qld Parliament passes rehabilitation laws
By: Esmarie Iannucci 14th November 2018 Queensland mining companies will now be compelled to sign up to progressive rehabilitation plans after the state Parliament passed the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Bill. The bill delivers new requirements for the planning and delivery of progressive rehabilitation of... →
Eastplats shareholder launches court petition against transactions with Union Goal
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 9th November 2018 Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) has received a petition, filed with the Supreme Court of British Columbia by 2538520 Ontario Limited, a shareholder of the company, seeking leave from the court to start a derivative action against certain of its current and former directors in relation to the... →
Lack of unity still stunting growth of African mining sector
By: Tracy Hancock 9th November 2018 Mining has a considerable positive economic impact in most African countries, but with the right kind of support from government, industry, individual stakeholders and the general population, it can be even greater, says African Mining Network chairperson Yolanda Torrisi. →
Govt’s R20bn exploration boost lauded, but more needs to be done
By: Paige Müller 9th November 2018 Amid reports that South Africa is attracting less than 1% of the global share of exploration spend, Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has dedicated a national investment of R20-billion to an integrated multi-disciplinary mapping programme to boost global investment in local exploration.... →
Amplats takes all of Mototolo
By: Martin Creamer 1st November 2018 Platinum group metals (PGMs) mining company Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) said on Thursday that it had completed acquisition of the Mototolo joint venture (JV), which has become a wholly owned asset of the company. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Amplats, which was a 50% JV partner,... →
Anglo American Platinum CEO Chris Griffith
Queensland gets tough on mine safety, gives inspectors more power
By: Esmarie Iannucci 31st October 2018 The Queensland Parliament has backed changes to the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act, and the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act, giving the state’s mine inspectors more power to directly take action on health and safety issues. The amendments to the legislation will see miners face... →
South African competition authorities consider proposed Barrick, Randgold merger
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 30th October 2018 South Africa’s Competition Tribunal will, on Wednesday, consider the proposed merger between TSX- and NYSE-listed Barrick Gold and LSE-listed Randgold Resources. The gold miners announced in September that Barrick plans to acquire Randgold in an $18.3-billion share deal. If the buyout is... →
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