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Every effort must be made to ensure economy ‘does not grind to a halt’ 
By: Terence Creamer 16th March 2020 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni stressed on Monday that, before contemplating any possible stimulus package to address the negative economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, all efforts should be geared towards ensuring that the already weak domestic economy “does not grind to a halt”. A failure... →
Safety paramount at gold mine
By: Mc'Kyla Nortje 13th March 2020 Gold mining company Harmony’s portfolio of operations is “a tribute to its commitment to complex underground mining in South Africa” and the most stringent of safety measures are required to offset the risks that accompany this complexity, the company stated in its safety fact sheet, that was... →
Angola making progress in strengthening its precious stone sector
By: Rebecca Campbell 13th March 2020 Angola has launched a limited public tender to contract three independent diamond evaluators, to evaluate the some 9.2-million carats of rough diamonds produced in the country each year. The contracts would fall under the Government’s services provision regime. The tender is open to both Angolan... →
Medical testing for cannabis in mining sector
13th March 2020 Since the Constitutional Court’s 2018 cannabis judgment, it has become widely known that adults may, privately, use, possess and cultivate cannabis in South Africa. The judgment raises critical questions around medical testing in the workplace, especially at mines – whether openpit or... →
Coal miner Exxaro driving rigorous renewable energy strategy 
By: Martin Creamer 12th March 2020 South Africa’s electricity generation crisis has created major opportunities for companies, businesses and individuals to start generating their own power, Exxaro CEO Mxolisi Mgojo said on Thursday when the JSE-listed black-empowered company declared generous dividends following a resilient 2019... →
Exxaro lifts dividend, creates jobs, supports enterprises
By: Martin Creamer 12th March 2020 Black-controlled diversified resources group Exxaro, which created 746 jobs and supported 30 small, medium-sized and microenterprises in the twelve months to December 31, reported a R235-million top-line 2019 increase, raised its dividend payout and lifted headline earnings a share. Core earnings... →
Exxaro CEO Mxolisi Mgojo.
Permit granted for Manas’ Eburnea gold project
By: Simone Liedtke 11th March 2020 ASX-listed Manas Resources local partner Eburnea Gold Resources (EGR), in Côte d’Ivoire, has been granted a new mineral permit. Manas holds an 80% in the permit area, which is subject to the sole funding exploration expenditure and meeting minimum yearly expenditure commitments. →
New catalyst technology bodes well for platinum – Implats
By: Martin Creamer 11th March 2020 The newly announced tri-metal catalyst technology that rebalances market demand for platinum group metals bodes well for platinum, Implats CEO Nico Muller said on Wednesday. The tri-metal catalyst technology, which involves the use of palladium, rhodium and platinum in various degrees of loading,... →
Implats CEO Nico Muller
Menar doing due diligence on thermal coal assets being offloaded
By: Martin Creamer 10th March 2020 Private investment and management company Menar is doing due diligence on thermal coal assets that have been placed on the market by companies wishing to offload them out of their portfolios. “If we get a good deal, we’ll look at making acquisitions,” Menar MD Vuslat Bayoǧlu told Mining Weekly on... →
Opinion: Government can and should expedite the procurement of emergency power
10th March 2020 In this opinion article, Megan Adderley and Melissa Hendrickse of Webber Wentzel argue that, to enable a swift response to closing South Africa’s existing electricity supply deficit of 3 000 MW, it may be legally permissible and necessary for the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to... →
Assore to delist from JSE, offers to buy back shares
By: Martin Creamer 9th March 2020 Mining company Assore, which has been listed on the JSE since 1950, has announced a transaction that will result in the minorities in the company being bought out and the company delisting from the exchange. Commenting on the transaction, Assore CEO Charles Walters said that the very low... →
Charles Walters
Zambia buys artisanal gold to formalise unregulated mining
By: Reuters 9th March 2020 Zambia's mining investment arm ZCCM-IH has started buying gold from artisanal and small-scale miners in a bid to formalise the unregulated sector whose ranks have swelled worldwide as gold prices soar, it said on Friday. Governments across Africa are scrambling to tackle informal mining of gold,... →
Explosion closes Amplats plant, Sibanye plans using own facilities
By: Martin Creamer 6th March 2020 Platinum group metals (PGMs) mining and marketing company Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has been dealt a major output blow at a time of sky-high palladium and rhodium prices and high PGM basket prices. The JSE-listed company, which last month reported spectacularly high financial results that... →
Matte tapping at the Anglo Converter Plant, which has been temporarily shut.
Valves industry continues to struggle
By: Darren Parker 6th March 2020 The valves sector in South Africa has shrunk every quarter since 2017, with about 9 000 jobs lost since the start of 2020. South African Valve and Actuator Manufacturers Association (Savama) chairperson Pam du Plessis tells Mining Weekly that the outlook for 2020 is bleak. →
PGMs production still constrained with no quick ounces to fill gap – Nedbank
By: Martin Creamer 5th March 2020 The production base for South Africa’s high-flying platinum group metals (PGMs) is still constrained and there are no quick ounces to fill the gap, Nedbank CIB market research mining analyst Arnold van Graan said on Thursday. “We’ve seen a lot of shaft closures and we’re still seeing planned... →
RBPlat talks on solar power, mechanised skills shortage, UG2 riches, fuel cells, dividends
By: Martin Creamer 4th March 2020 A study being undertaken by platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) into the generation of renewable energy in general and solar power in particular is at a very advanced stage. “We should have the results in the second half of this year, if not earlier,”... →
Minerals Council publishes women in mining White Paper, tackles gender violence
By: Natasha Odendaal 4th March 2020 The Minerals Council South Africa has published a new White Paper on Women in Mining to promote gender diversity and inclusion across mining operations. The paper, focusing on improving the representation of women in the sector, aims to accelerate the industry’s strategies and provide impetus for... →
Amazing take up of fuel cell electric vehicles in China – RBPlat
By: Martin Creamer 3rd March 2020 The growth in the adoption of especially fuel cell electric buses and trucks is very noticeable in China in particular, Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) CEO Steve Phiri said on Tuesday. “It’s so amazing how you see technology development of fuel cells in Shanghai, and they’re monitored even by... →
RBPlat Steve Phiri (left) and Martin Creamer
Ramp-up of new mechanised PGMs mine below expectations – RBPlat
By: Martin Creamer 3rd March 2020 The ramp-up of the new mechanised Styldrift platinum group metals mine was disappointingly below expectations, Royal Bafokeng Platinum COO Neil Carr said on Tuesday. Delays in the commissioning of section ore-handling infrastructure and the difficulty experienced in the recruitment of trackless... →
No alternative but to substitute palladium with platinum – RBPlat
By: Martin Creamer 3rd March 2020 There is no alternative but to substitute palladium with platinum, said platinum group metals mining company Royal Bafokeng Platinum CEO Steve Phiri on Tuesday. Speaking at RBPlat’s presentation of 147.2% improvement in headline earnings to R123.1-million and a strengthened balance sheet that has... →
QRC argues for amendments to manslaughter laws
By: Esmarie Iannucci 3rd March 2020 The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has warned the state government that its proposed industrial manslaughter laws could have a negative outcome and decrease the safety culture in the mining industry. The Queensland government in February introduced legislation to Parliament that could see... →
Norway Adopts Canada's Towards Sustainable Mining initiative
By: Creamer Media Reporter 2nd March 2020 Norsk Bergindustri, the national mining association in Norway, on Monday announced that it would adopt the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative, a corporate social responsibility programme developed by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) to improve environmental and social practices in... →
Congo plans dollar purchases from miners to bolster reserves
By: Bloomberg 2nd March 2020 The Democratic Republic of Congo’s central bank plans to use the country’s updated mining law to buy dollars from mining companies in exchange for Congolese francs to shore up dwindling foreign currency reserves. The government’s demand for dollars is “to assure the resilience of the national... →
2020 Action Plan brings Canada’s mining framework to life
By: Mariaan Webb 1st March 2020 Canada Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan on Sunday launched the first action plan under the Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan (CMMP), detailing the measures put in place to ensure the mining industry seizes opportunities in the “clean-growth century”. The plan includes specific actions... →
Canada's top court rules Nevsun lawsuit can proceed, paving way for more overseas abuse cases
By: Reuters 28th February 2020 Canada's top court on Friday said a lawsuit by Eritrean workers against miner Nevsun Resources can proceed, a decision that clears the way for cases to be brought domestically against Canadian companies accused of abuses abroad. Legal advocates and civil society groups hailed the court's 5-4... →
Going green is a good business proposition – Schmidt
By: Martin Creamer 28th February 2020 Going green and ensuring environmental protection is a good business proposition, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) CEO Mike Schmidt said on Friday. Speaking to Mining Weekly after the company had declared a 25% higher dividend on the back of its platinum division reporting a 193%-better performance... →
South Africans working together will find energy solutions – ARM
By: Martin Creamer 28th February 2020 South Africans working together with confidence and enthusiasm will improve the country and find energy solutions, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) executive chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe said on Friday. Presenting a 25% higher interim dividend and a 193%-better performance from ARM Platinum in... →
ARM buoyed by soaring platinum earnings, ups dividend 
By: Martin Creamer 28th February 2020 The earnings of black-owned diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals ARM were buoyed in the six months to December 31 by soaring platinum earnings, which helped to offset lower manganese metals and thermal coal prices. ARM Platinum’s half-year headline earnings rocketed 193% to... →
Patrice Motsepe
Minister skates over issues in speech
By: Tracy Hancock 28th February 2020 The various proverbial “elephants in the room” of the South African mining sector were not addressed by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe when he delivered his speech at the 2020 Investing in African Mining Indaba earlier this month, says law firm Herbert Smith Freehills... →
Angolan diamond production up, but revenues increase at significantly slower rate
By: Rebecca Campbell 28th February 2020 Last year Angola sold just over 9.44-million carats of diamonds, earning $1.299-billion, the National Diamond Commercialisation Company of Angola (Empresa Nacional de Comercialização de Angola) – better known as Sodiam – has reported. This represented a year-on-year increase of 12.3% in... →
Gold strong despite dip in demand
By: Mc'Kyla Nortje 28th February 2020 Despite gold demand declining by 1% to 4 335 t in 2019 – as reported by international association the World Gold Council (WGC) – central bank demand for gold and gold exchange traded fund (ETF) purchases remained strong, says WGC member and market relations director John Mulligan. Referencing the... →
Producer to derisk vanadium operations
By: Tracy Hancock 28th February 2020 Energy storage solutions provider Bushveld Energy intends to secure partial self-supply of electricity at all Bushveld Minerals operations in South Africa this year to mitigate the risks associated with the potential deterioration of State-owned power utility Eskom and the national power system.... →
Implats evaluating 200 MW solar power plant in Zimbabwe
By: Martin Creamer 27th February 2020 Zimbabwe platinum group metals mining company Zimplats is in the midst of a feasibility study to evaluate the construction of a 200 MW solar power plant, Implats CEO Nico Muller said on Thursday. Speaking to Mining Weekly following the company’s interim dividend reinstatement and generation of... →
Hydrogen fuel cell technology moving at very fast pace – Implats
By: Martin Creamer 27th February 2020 Fuel cell technology is moving at a very fast pace, Implats group executive: refining and marketing Sifiso Sibiya said on Thursday. Hydrogen gas from energy company Sasol is already piped to the Impala Platinum refinery site in Springs, on the East Rand, where Implats has donated 16 ha of land... →
Impala Rustenburg’s stunning improvement saves 12 500 jobs
By: Martin Creamer 27th February 2020 Platinum group metals mining and marketing company Implats has upped its game at Impala Rustenburg to such a stunning extent that the 12 500 jobs that were earmarked for loss through shaft closure have all been preserved. Once doomed shafts are now operating at the same cost at which the... →
India fails yet again to make Fraser Institute’s investment destination ranking
By: Ajoy K Das 27th February 2020 The Indian mining industry has squarely blamed the country’s present mining policy and adoption of mandatory auction for allocation of mineral assets as the cause of the country not featuring in Fraser Institute’s global survey gauging investment attractiveness. “The current mining policy has... →
Hydrogen fuel cell technology key to achieving green economy – Plug Power
By: Martin Creamer 26th February 2020 The only way to achieve a ‘green’ economy, fight climate change and prevent the destruction that the world has seen in recent years is to ensure that conversations turn to the adoption of the hydrogen economy and interest in fuel cell deployment lives beyond the initial hype. That is the view of... →
South Africa surpasses Botswana in attractiveness as a mining investment destination
By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th February 2020 South Africa last year surpassed Botswana as the most attractive mining investment destination on the African continent, the Fraser Institute’s latest ‘Annual Survey of Mining Companies’ shows. Guinea topped the list of African countries included in the institute’s Investment Attractiveness... →
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