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Copper hits 3-week high after more Chinese cities ease Covid curbs
By: Reuters 5th December 2022 Industrial metals rose on Monday, with copper scaling a three-week peak as a partial easing of Covid-19 restrictions in top metals consumer China raised hopes for a full reopening of the economy, with a weaker US dollar also lending support. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3... →
BP doubles down on hydrogen as fuel of the future
By: Reuters 5th December 2022 BP chief executive Bernard Looney is betting on hydrogen to power future low-carbon businesses as the governments of major economies stump up cash to develop the fuel to decarbonise. Low-carbon hydrogen already has a big fan-base and is forecast to play a major role in reducing greenhouse gas... →
Global market for green hydrogen derivatives such as ammonia emerging
By: Darren Parker 2nd December 2022 According to the World Platinum Investment Council, there are signs that a global market in green hydrogen or green hydrogen derivatives is emerging, with more than 80 announcements between 2020 and 2021 for projects or collaborations that relate to global hydrogen or ammonia trade. Based on... →
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... →
Wesdome declares commercial production at Kiena
By: Creamer Media Reporter 1st December 2022 The Kiena mine, in Val d’Or, Quebec, has achieved commercial production on December 1, reports Toronto-listed Wesdome Gold Mines. The company says the commissioning of the paste fill plant has progressed well in November, with an underground test pour successfully completed on November 17.... →
JPMorgan joins HSBC as vault custodian for top gold ETF
By: Bloomberg 1st December 2022 JPMorgan Chase & Co. will store gold held by the world’s biggest exchange-traded fund in its vaults, a major coup for the bank’s bullion business. The lender will now act as an additional custodian for the SPDR Gold Trust, according to a statement from the World Gold Council, which launched the... →
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... →
Black-owned coal company Seriti acquires multi-gigawatt renewable energy assets
By: Martin Creamer 1st December 2022 In a significant renewable energy step, Seriti Resources, a 91% black-owned and controlled coal mining company, has acquired 100% of Windlab South Africa through its climate-change mitigating subsidiary Seriti Green. The acquisition supports Seriti’s objective of lowering its carbon footprint and... →
CME cobalt contract use soars above LME as big players join
By: Reuters 1st December 2022 Activity in CME Group's cobalt futures has this year soared far above London Metal Exchange (LME) volumes, with sources citing major firms including top producer Glencore as users covering their exposure to the battery metal. Consumers, producers, commodity traders, brokers and banks are backing... →
Copper heads for best month since April 2021
By: Bloomberg 30th November 2022 Copper is poised for its biggest monthly advance since April last year, as investors bet China may shift from Covid-Zero policies and boost demand in the top metal-consuming economy. Prices have increased about 8% on the London Metal Exchange in November, snapping seven months of losses. China... →
Strong call for rapid green hydrogen investment by ramp-up backer
By: Martin Creamer 30th November 2022 A strong call for final investment decisions (FIDs) on a multiplicity of green hydrogen projects was made at the South Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town yesterday by H2Global, a market ramp-up instrument that serves as an innovative form of subsidy scheme to smooth out bumps along green... →
Taking part in the South Africa Green Hydrogen Summit panel discussion are (from left to right) facilitator Lorato Tshenkeng, Timo Bollerhey, Till Mansmann, Sasol’s Gosiame Khoele, and Tobias Bischof-Niemz.
R4-trillion needed for South Africa’s hydrogen economy, PIC declares 
By: Martin Creamer 28th November 2022 South Africa’s State-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC) stated on Monday that more than R4.3-trillion is required for the development of the hydrogen economy, which it declared positive for people, planet, and client portfolios. The hydrogen investment strategy of the PIC, which has... →
Hydrogen promises to be the next frontier in clean energy technology due to its extensive value chain applications.
Copper mining grows at last but now smelters can't keep up
By: Bloomberg 28th November 2022 Copper miners are boosting output at last after several years of anemic performance. But it may not be enough to meaningfully lift stockpiles from historically low levels, keeping supplies tight in a market critical to the energy transition. The reason is a bottleneck in capacity at the world’s... →
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... →
Bankers pour cold water on red hot coal
By: Reuters 25th November 2022 It's the best of times, it's the worst of times. At least when it comes to mining coal. After years of decline, demand for the polluting fossil fuel has surged this year as Europe scrambles to replace Russian gas, and coal miners are making money hand over fist. With coal prices hitting record... →
Platinum’s hydrogen economy role is just transition enabler, Mapungubwe highlights
By: Martin Creamer 24th November 2022 The strategic role of platinum group metals (PGMs) in the creation of a hydrogen economy is the key supporting element of the Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP) unveiled by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Mapungubwe Institute for... →
Higher copper treatment charges needed to ensure copper supply – smelters
By: Reuters 24th November 2022 Smelter executives on Thursday called on miners to pay higher treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) to incentivise them to expand capacity and ensure long-term copper supply to the market. Copper demand from the renewable energy and electric vehicles sectors is expected to rise sharply amid the... →
Copper inches up on tight global supplies, China Covid cases weigh
By: Reuters 23rd November 2022 Copper ticked up on Wednesday on support from tight global supplies, while steadily rising Covid-19 cases in the world's top metal consumer China continued to weigh on sentiment. Investors also awaited more clues on US interest rates ahead of the minutes of the last Federal Reserve meeting, due... →
Goldman sees support for global commodity prices from mid-2023
By: Reuters 23rd November 2022 The global economic environment will be more supportive for commodities in mid-2023 on expectations the dollar will ease, while China's reopening from Covid-19 curbs will boost risk appetite, a Goldman Sachs analyst said on Wednesday. Prices of commodities from oil to metals have been pummelled... →
Groundbreaking for R1bn fuel cell factory set for first quarter of 2023
By: Martin Creamer 22nd November 2022 A bankable feasibility study has opened the way for the building of a factory for the local manufacture of fuel cells that are designed to provide low-carbon electricity to decentralised users at affordable prices throughout the African continent. Innovative South African Mitochondria Energy... →
Mitochondria founder and CEO Mashudu Ramano (right) interviewed by Martin Creamer (left).
Bill Gates-Led fund backs pulsed-power technology to clean up mining
By: Bloomberg 22nd November 2022 A climate fund founded by Bill Gates is investing in technology that uses surges of electricity to shatter rocks and mineral ores in a bid to reduce energy use and carbon emissions at mines. A European fund tied to Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures invested €12-million ($12.3-million) in the... →
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% –... →
Palabora Mining going ‘green’ with independent power producer appointment
By: Martin Creamer 17th November 2022 In the light of clean, cost-efficient, stable electricity supply being critical, Palabora Mining Company is partnering with Mzansi Energy to develop a 132 MWp solar photovoltaic plant and battery energy storage system capable of storing 310 MWh of electricity. Mining Weekly can report that the... →
Renewable energy planned for Palabora Mining.
COP27 draft leaves out pledge to phase down all fossil fuels
By: Bloomberg 17th November 2022 Countries negotiating at the climate summit in Egypt are on track to reject calls for phasing down the use of all fossil fuels, snuffing efforts by India and key developed nations to target oil and gas as well as coal in an overarching deal at COP27. The Egyptian presidency published the first... →
Harmony Gold’s Tshepong mines steal first-quarter show
By: Martin Creamer 17th November 2022 Harmony Gold Mining Company’s disaggregated Tshepong North and Tshepong South gold mines stole the proverbial show by both delivering strong operational performances in the three months to the end of September. The two Free State mines provided 37% of group operating free cash flow and drove much... →
AfriTin’s vision is to fast-track lithium
By: Martin Creamer 17th November 2022 The vision of Africa’s aspirant tech-metal champion AfriTin Mining is to fast-track lithium production as it expands its footprint in Namibia. The six months to the end of August has seen the London Aim-listed company focus on bringing lithium and tantalum byproducts into production. →
Renewable microgrid tech underpinning Gold Fields’ decarbonisation in Australia
By: Martin Creamer 16th November 2022 Renewable microgrid technology is underpinning the delivery of the decarbonisation targets of Gold Fields in Australia, Mining Weekly can report. From a 2016 baseline, the Johannesburg- and New York-listed gold mining company is targeting halving of Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030. →
Top green hydrogen/fuel cell collaboration boost for platinum-group metals
By: Martin Creamer 16th November 2022 A joint development agreement struck between global majors Nel Hydrogen US and General Motors is expected to speed up the development of green hydrogen technology that is competitive with fossil fuels. The aim of agreement is to help accelerate the industrialisation of Nel’s proton exchange... →
Commodity star lithium shows signs of cooling after 1 200% rally
By: Bloomberg 16th November 2022 A two-year buying frenzy in the world’s biggest lithium market is showing tentative signs of cooling off into the end of 2022 as huge increases in demand from China’s electric-vehicle sector begin to moderate. Spot prices for lithium carbonate in China edged lower on Tuesday to register their... →
Sparkling Venetia underground diamond project heading for first production in 2023
By: Martin Creamer 15th November 2022 A visit by Mining Weekly to the Venetia Underground Project (VUP) on November 14 provided far-reaching insight into this major diamond development that is scheduled to achieve occupational readiness and first production next year – "hopefully in the first part of the year, all going well", said... →
Rich nations stick to coal phase-out as China builds new plants
By: Reuters 15th November 2022 Rich nations have stuck to pledges to phase out coal power despite the energy crunch in the wake of the Ukraine war but China's expanding coal fleet risks counteracting the climate impact of the closures, a report said on Tuesday. Countries within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and... →
China demand optimism propels copper to five-month high
By: Reuters 14th November 2022 Copper prices hit near five-month highs on Monday on optimism about demand in top consumer China after officials moved to shore up the country's property sector and ease its strict Covid restrictions. However, selling spurred by a firmer dollar, higher inventories and profit-taking saw copper... →
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... →
Copper near 5-month high on hopes Fed could slow rate-hike pace
By: Reuters 11th November 2022 Copper prices climbed on Friday to their highest in nearly five months, as US inflation data bolstered hopes for a slower pace of interest rate hikes in the world's largest economy that would support industrial metals demand. The softer-than-expected data also sent the dollar sharply lower... →
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... →
Triple Flag to buy peer Maverix Metals in $600m deal
By: Reuters 10th November 2022 Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp said on Thursday it would buy smaller peer Maverix Metals in a deal valued at $606-million to cement its position as the fourth-largest senior streaming and royalty company globally. The company said it expects the deal to add to its net asset value as well as... →
Empty iron-ore ships switch to coal to survive China's slump
By: Bloomberg 10th November 2022 Cargo ships suffering from weak Chinese demand for iron-ore are finding a more lucrative alternative as the global energy crisis spurs a greater need for coal. Miners and traders are slashing shipments of iron ore, the second-most widely traded seaborne commodity, and re-assigning their bulk... →
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