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Manganese News
Development is only conversation South Africa should be having, Cutifani tells Joburg Indaba 
By: Martin Creamer 6th October 2022 Development is the only conversation that South Africa should be having, former Anglo American CEO, director and consulting business executive Mark Cutifani said amid strong applause at the Joburg Indaba on Thursday – and mining should be recognised as an industry that can serve as a very... →
Transnet puts contingency measures in place as rail, port workers strike 
By: Darren Parker 6th October 2022 State-owned Transnet has advised that, with some employees across its operations embarking on strike action following non-resolution in the ongoing wage negotiations, contingency plans will be implemented, with the company vowing to do all in its power to ensure the safety of personnel and... →
South Africa’s geological prospectivity fantastic, says Minerals Council CEO
By: Martin Creamer 5th October 2022 South Africa’s geological prospectivity is fantastic, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter told the Joburg Indaba on Wednesday. This is so even though only 15% of South Africa's surface area has been mapped at a high-resolution 50 000-to-1 geophysical level, and even though this... →
Helping world transition to net-zero carbon is mining's biggest opportunity, says Minerals Council president
By: Martin Creamer 5th October 2022 The biggest opportunity mining has as an industry is to help the world to transition to a net-zero carbon world, Minerals Council South Africa president Nolitha Fakude said on Wednesday. Fakude, who is also chairperson of Anglo American's management board in South Africa, highlighted this during... →
Transnet increases wage offer to 3%
By: Schalk Burger 5th October 2022 State-owned Transnet will formally table an improved wage offer to the leadership of its recognised labour unions – the South African Transport Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) and the United National Transport Union (Untu) – this week. The new offer forms part of ongoing efforts to find a... →
Ferroglobe floats plans to restart Polokwane silicon metal plant
By: Donna Slater 4th October 2022 London-based silicon metal, silicon-based alloys and manganese-based specialty alloys producer Ferroglobe has plans to restart its 55 000 t/y silicon metal facility in Polokwane, in South Africa. Strong market demand for silicon metal is the driver behind Ferroglobe’s strategic plan to increase... →
Investment required to meet mining’s decarbonisation, power challenges – PwC
By: Martin Creamer 4th October 2022 South Africa’s mining sector will be required to make major investments into alternative and renewable energy sources and energy planning to address the dual challenges of decarbonisation and reliable power supply, PwC said on Tuesday when it launched its SA Mine report, which highlights mining’s... →
Transnet tables new wage offer, applies to CCMA for conciliation
By: Schalk Burger 4th October 2022 State-owned Transnet has applied to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to convene conciliation discussions regarding the group’s current wage negotiations with labour unions. This follows after the unions rejected Transnet’s latest offer on October 3. →
EV demand sparks revival of US manganese mining after decades
By: Bloomberg 3rd October 2022 South32 aims to accelerate development of the first new US manganese mine for decades as carmakers rush to secure supply of the metal needed in electric vehicle batteries. Automakers are “super keen” to secure supply from the company’s Clark Deposit in Arizona, which would become the only local... →
More platinum-based green hydrogen generation on the way
By: Martin Creamer 3rd October 2022 Up to 1 350 t of green hydrogen can now be generated a year from renewable solar and wind power in the Wunsiedel Energy Park, in Germany. “This is another example of platinum-based production of green hydrogen in Europe that will assist both the replacement of imported natural gas and the earlier... →
Lifecycle assessment gives Giyani insight into K.Hill project’s global warming potential
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 30th September 2022 TSX-V-listed Giyani has announced the results of a lifecycle assessment (LCA), prepared by Minviro, based on the feasibility study for its K.Hill battery-grade manganese project, in Botswana, with these concluding a total product global warming potential (GWP) of 3.2 kg of carbon dioxide... →
Mining Union calls for Energy Transition Authority
By: Esmarie Iannucci 29th September 2022 The Miners Union has called for the establishment of a national Energy Transition Authority amid announcements that coal-fired power stations on both Victoria and Queensland would be fast-tracked to closure. The Queensland government this week announced plans to exit coal-fired power stations... →
Minerals Council ‘absolutely adamant’ about need for commercially available cadastre
By: Martin Creamer 29th September 2022 The key objective of transparency in applying for prospecting rights and mining rights – and openly managing them – can be enabled by a commercially available cadastre system. While South Africa does not have such a cadastre, fellow African countries that are already thriving on it include... →
Green hydrogen, fuel cells important part of any future energy system, says global strategist
By: Martin Creamer 27th September 2022 Green hydrogen and fuel cells will be a very important part of any future energy system, says Switzerland-based energy and sustainability consultancy strategist Dr David Hart. Among the electrolysers that convert renewable electricity into green hydrogen are proton exchange membrane (PEM)... →
Volkswagen teams up with Umicore on battery materials
By: Reuters 26th September 2022 Volkswagen announced on Monday a $2.9-billion battery parts joint venture with Belgian materials firm Umicore, becoming the latest European automaker to bring battery supplies closer to home in the shift towards electric vehicles. While raw materials - among them lithium, cobalt, nickel and... →
South Africans urged to turn exploration into Big Hairy Audacious Goal
By: Martin Creamer 24th September 2022 South Africans have been urged to rally around exploration as this country's Big Hairy Audacious Goal – a BHAG – so that what is described as "our lowest hanging economic fruit" can be turned to positive account. Council for Geoscience CEO Mosa Mabuza, who was speaking in support of the junior... →
New fund-raising product appropriate for junior miners, says JSE
By: Martin Creamer 23rd September 2022 The JSE has a new product that is appropriate for fund-raising by junior mining companies, JSE origination and deals head Sam Mokorosi said on Friday. Mokorosi, who was speaking at Minerals Council South Africa’s Junior and Emerging Miners Desk webinar, highlighted the new product against the... →
Manganese key to energy transition
By: Leah Shelene Asaram 23rd September 2022 Manganese demand globally is likely to grow exponentially, as it is considered a key input in renewable technologies. This potential demand presents opportunities to build new mega-mines, attract foreign direct investment and create new job opportunities in the local mining sector, avers Menar MD... →
Producing a carbon-neutral economy
23rd September 2022 Addressing the nation on the ongoing energy crisis on July 25, 2022, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reinforced the direction in which the country’s energy-generation market is moving, which has created various opportunities to secure a reduction in South Africa’s carbon footprint, says mining... →
World’s largest battery-electric mine truck heading for commercial availability in 2024
By: Martin Creamer 21st September 2022 The world’s largest battery-electric truck for underground mining is on its way to becoming commercially available in 2024. Sandvik’s 65 t TH665B machine removes between 1 t and 2 t of carbon dioxide (CO2) a day, along with heat and noise. →
Minerals Council urges faster inclusion of private electricity suppliers
By: Martin Creamer 19th September 2022 The Minerals Council South Africa supports President Cyril Ramaphosa’s electricity recovery plan and urges more rapid private sector participation in resolving the country’s deepening electricity crisis. Minerals Council members have 6 500 MW of embedded energy projects in the pipeline which will... →
Ministers follow President in visiting Jagersfontein diamond disaster area
By: Martin Creamer 12th September 2022 Following the visit of President Cyril Ramaphosa to the Jagersfontein-Charlesville area in the Free State, Minerals Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantsashe will today visit the diamond tailings deposition dam that burst its banks, killing at least one person and destroying homes. Mineral... →
Google map of the Jagersgontein tailings dam, which has burst its banks.
Giyani hires South African company to build a demo plant for its Botswana project
By: Creamer Media Reporter 6th September 2022 TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals Corp has entered into a contract with South African-based hydrometallurgical engineering firm Met63 for the construction of a demonstration plant for use at its K.Hill manganese project, in Botswana. The demonstration plant, which will be built according to the process... →
ARM ups dividend, highlights climate commitment, shifts to green energy
By: Martin Creamer 1st September 2022 Diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) on Thursday paid higher dividends, reiterated its full commitment to climate change mitigation, and outlined the start of its intended shift towards the implementation of renewable energy. In affirming the Johannesburg Stock... →
Transnet and unions declare wage deadlock, strike looms
By: Reuters 26th August 2022 South Africa's Transnet announced on Friday a deadlock in wage negotiations, with two labour unions raising the prospect of a strike that could further cripple the State-owned logistics company and impact Africa's most advanced economy. Transnet has been operating below capacity due to the... →
South32’s South African operations deliver stable performance
By: Simone Liedtke 25th August 2022 Diversified miner South32’s saleable manganese ore production remained largely unchanged at just over two-million tonnes for the financial year ended June 30, in spite of the miner having increased volumes of premium material from its Mamatwan mine, more than offsetting the impact of planned... →
Giyani appoints E&S specialist to board
By: Creamer Media Reporter 22nd August 2022 TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals has appointed Nicola Spooner, an experienced environmental and social (E&S) advisory professional, to its board as a nonexecutive directors. Prior to joining Giyani, Spooner established the international environmental, social and governance practice for Hatch... →
Afrimat declares formal dispute over unmet Gravenhage sales conditions, pays Glenover R250m
By: Donna Slater 22nd August 2022 JSE-listed building materials, industrial minerals and bulk commodities company Afrimat has declared a formal dispute as a result of conditions precedent not being met in its acquisition of the Gravenhage manganese mining right and associated assets from Aquila Steel and Rakana Consolidated... →
South Africans called on to apply for funding to build South Africa’s hydrogen economy
By: Martin Creamer 19th August 2022 A call for funding applications to be submitted for the development of the hydrogen economy is made in an advertisement placed today by South Africa’s Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI). The call is for funding applications to be... →
Exxaro partnering Enertrag to support just energy transition
By: Martin Creamer 18th August 2022 Coal and renewable energy company Exxaro has built a renewable energy business that is said to be well positioned to contribute significantly to addressing South Africa's electricity deficit. Emphasised by the JSE-listed company is that South Africa's economic growth and social progress depends... →
Exxaro eyeing green hydrogen, new CEO tells Mining Weekly
By: Martin Creamer 18th August 2022 Diversified minerals and energy company Exxaro is eyeing green hydrogen, new Exxaro CEO Dr Nombasa Tsengwa disclosed on Thursday when the JSE-listed company reported 147%-higher half-year group earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of R10 603-million on mainly... →
Flanagan Bore proves up for Black Canyon
By: Esmarie Iannucci 18th August 2022 A scoping study into the Flanagan Bore manganese project, in Western Australia, has confirmed that the project could produce at an average rate of 1.8-million tonnes a year over a 20-year mine life. ASX-listed Black Canyon on Thursday said that the project would likely require a capital... →
Transnet security guards to be made peace officers
By: Darren Parker 16th August 2022 Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola has given approval for State-owned Transnet’s security officers to be granted peace officer status as Gazetted on August 5, elevating them above mere security guards and giving them powers comparable to the Metro Police. In terms of Chapter... →
Transnet security officers will now have the power to make arrests
Environmental, social and governance elevating to safety-equalling status, mining webinar hears
By: Martin Creamer 11th August 2022 The shift from linear to circular value chains has the potential to impact all aspects of mining and requires a rethink, Anglo American Platinum sustainable impact head Stephen Bullock has told a Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) webinar. In a presentation on the... →
President’s new energy plan opens way for Glencore Alloys to target bigger projects
By: Martin Creamer 8th August 2022 Glencore Alloys head Japie Fullard has hailed the new energy plan announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa as opening the way for the company to target bigger power projects. “I must say that the President’s energy presentation is definitely something that is appealing to us,” said Fullard, who... →
TNPA initiates process for possible development of greenfield Boegoebaai port
By: Terence Creamer 4th August 2022 South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has initiated a preliminary process for the proposed development of a new deep-water port at Boegoebaai in the far Northern Cape near the Namibian border, which has been earmarked as a possible hub for the production and export of green... →
Integrated, tech-driven rail industry needed to drive South Africa’s heavy haul sector
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 2nd August 2022 To enable South Africa’s mining and resources sector to remain competitive, it is imperative the country pursues a safe, competitive, responsible, integrated and intelligent heavy haul system, powered by rail 4.0, by 2030. This was emphasised by industry organisation the South African Heavy Haul... →
President Ramaphosa’s got it right, says ex-Eskom CEO on new energy plan
By: Martin Creamer 1st August 2022 African Rainbow Energy and Power CEO and former Eskom CEO Brian Dames concurs fully with the energy plan unveiled by President Cyril Ramaphosa. “I think he’s got it right,” was Dames's summing up of the President's energy initiative during a discussion at the Coal & Energy Transition Day, covered... →
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