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Endiama says it is preparing for an IPO
By: Bloomberg 6th February 2020 Angolan State-owned diamond mining company Endiama plans to sell as much as 30% of its shares in an initial public offering in 2022. The sale is part of a government plan to increase transparency in the diamond sector and bolster production, chairperson Jose Manuel Ganga Junior said in an... →
Nigeria sets ambitious target for mining sector growth
By: Reuters 6th February 2020 Nigeria expects its mining sector to grow to 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) within the next five years from just 0.3% currently as the government seeks to diversify the economy away from oil, the minister for mines and steel development said on Wednesday. Nigeria has been trying to boost the... →
Video: Minerals Council no longer just the voice of the mining majors 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 6th February 2020 The Minerals Council South Africa is no longer just the voice of the mining majors, Grant Mitchell, who heads up the council's Junior and Emerging Miners Desk pointed out in a briefing at the 2020 Investing in African Mining Indaba, this week. He highlighted that 40% of the Minerals Council's... →
Video: Venkat, Bristow enourage miners, govts to take a long-term view
By: Creamer Media Reporter 6th February 2020 Mining companies and host governments have been urged to take a long-term view when investing in the natural resources sector in Africa. In a panel discussion on why investors should consider investing in Africa, Vedanta Resources CEO Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan (Venkat) highlighted the... →
Transnet plans to boost the volume of coal transported by rail to Eskom 
By: Kim Cloete 6th February 2020 State-owned Transnet says it is planning to ramp up the amount of coal it transports by rail to power utility Eskom's power stations to 32.5-million tonnes over the next five years, starting with a small increase over the next year. Chief customer officer Mike Fanucchi on Wednesday said Transnet... →
Tietto Minerals scoops first prize in Investment Battlefield competition
By: Kim Cloete 6th February 2020 Tietto Minerals, an emerging mining company in Côte D’Ivoire, has won the 2020 ‘Investment Battlefield’ competition at the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town. MD Mark Strizek impressed the judges with his entry, titled 'Fast-tracking the development of the Abujar Gold Project'. →
Transnet’s new head promises an open door and action
By: Kim Cloete 5th February 2020 State-owned Transnet’s newly appointed CE Portia Derby has pledged to partner with the mining industry in an open and transparent way in a bid to boost the utility and ultimately help grow the economy. “We want to be a cool, easy company to deal with. We don’t want to make it difficult for you to... →
DRC to benefit from rise in global copper demand
By: Kim Cloete 5th February 2020 Canadian mining company Ivanhoe Mines chairperson Robert Friedland is capitalising on the rising need for more copper globally, with a mission to restore the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC's) position as the number one producer of copper metal in the world. Friedland told the 2020 Investing... →
Video: Resolute sees benefits of tech in the mining sector
By: Creamer Media Reporter 5th February 2020 Technology creates the opportunity to unlock the value of the African continent, Resolute Mining CEO John Welborn, told delegates at the 2020 Investing in African Mining Indaba, in Cape Town, this week. He highlighted to the audience not only the environmental benefits of a new solar hybrid... →
Minerals Council South Africa lobbying strongly for junior miners 
By: Martin Creamer 5th February 2020 Junior and emerging miners hold the majority of the 1 700 to 1 800 mining rights that have been issued in South Africa, Minerals Council South Africa social performance head Alex Khumalo said on Wednesday. But most of these rights are not being exercised, Khumalo revealed at a media briefing he... →
South Africa’s AngloGold sees growth in Americas
By: Bloomberg 5th February 2020 AngloGold Ashanti, a company that emerged from the South African mining empire created by Ernest Oppenheimer, is pivoting toward the Americas to develop more profitable assets. The world’s No. 3 gold producer is studying projects in Colombia and Nevada, CEO Kelvin Dushnisky said in an interview... →
South Africa's mining industry making strides in health and safety
By: Kim Cloete 5th February 2020 The South African mining industry is making strides in improving its health and safety performance, but more needs to be done on site, as well as off site, to keep employees safe, says the Minerals Council South Africa. The council reiterated during the 2020 Investing in African Mining Indaba, in... →
Mining companies embrace Sandvik’s high-tech solutions
By: Kim Cloete 5th February 2020 High-tech and global engineering group Sandvik is helping greenfield mining projects in Africa to power ahead through automation and digitalisation aimed at making mining safer and more efficient and sustainable. “If you look at the global automation footprint, Africa is using some of the most... →
LBMA looking to elevate responsible gold sourcing standards
By: Martin Creamer 4th February 2020 The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) is looking to elevate the standards of its responsible precious metals sourcing programme. When responsible sourcing guidance was launched in 2012, the main focus was on ensuring that links with conflicts, money laundering and terrorist financing were... →
Government promises to cut red tape for investors
By: Kim Cloete 4th February 2020 The South African government has promised investors that it is fully committed to making it easier and cheaper to do business through streamlining processes and licence applications. Dr Kgosientso Ramokgopa, who heads up South Africa’s new Investment Infrastructure Office, said he was advocating... →
Hydrogen fuel cell technology ‘not too far away’ – Sibanye-Stillwater
By: Martin Creamer 4th February 2020 Even though society had begun to move towards battery electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell technology would be the real disrupter of the electric vehicle market, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman predicted on Tuesday. Sibanye-Stillwater is the world’s largest primary producer of platinum,... →
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman
Video: Barrick's Bristow stresses importance of partnerships, a social licence to operate
By: Creamer Media Reporter 4th February 2020 Gold miner Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow on Tuesday stressed to delegates attending the Investing in African Mining Indaba, in Cape Town, the importance of partnerships between countries and investors to make the most of the world's natural resource endowment. He stated that some major mining... →
Security problems hit Burkina Faso's 2019 gold production – minister
By: Reuters 4th February 2020 Burkina Faso's gold production probably fell slightly last year due partly to security problems and attacks targeting industrial miners, the country's mines minister said on Tuesday. Oumarou Idani told Reuters that he expected the West African country's gold production to total 50 t in 2019, down... →
Minerals Council South Africa backs ‘just transition’ to cleaner energy
By: Martin Creamer 4th February 2020 Minerals Council South Africa, which has 17 coal-mining members, on Tuesday expressed support for a just transition to cleaner energy in recognition of the issues relating to climate change. “We are not at all or by any means climate change denialists,” Minerals Council president Mxolisi Mgojo... →
Minerals Council senior executive of environment, health and legacies Nikisi Lesufi, chief economist Henk Langenhoven, president Mxolisi Mgojo and CEO Roger Baxter
Opinion: Can mining companies currently generate own power without licenses?
4th February 2020 In this article, Webber Wentzel partners Jason van der Poel, Mzukisi Kota and Alexandra Felekis outline when it is, and when it is not, permissible for mining firms to proceed to produce their own power without a license. →
Anglo American to decide fate of South African thermal coal assets this year
By: Reuters 4th February 2020 Global miner Anglo American will decide this year whether to sell its South African thermal coal business, CE Mark Cutifani told Reuters on Monday. Anglo American and other mining companies have come under growing pressure to reduce their exposure to coal because of concern over climate change.... →
AngloGold's Obuasi surges ahead
By: Kim Cloete 3rd February 2020 AngloGold Ashanti CEO Kelvin Dushinsky is upbeat about its Obuasi redevelopment project, in Ghana, with plans fully on track to ramp up production over the next year. AngloGoldAshanti (Ghana), a wholly subsidiary of AngloGold Ashanti, poured its first gold in December. Last week an event was held... →
Solar power overwhelming choice of self-generating mines – Minerals Council
By: Martin Creamer 3rd February 2020 The new potential self-generation electricity projects being proposed by Minerals Council South Africa members are overwhelmingly solar power projects, along with some solar-diesel hybrid power projects for overnight operations, and “a little bit” of baseload coal. “The vast majority are... →
Minerals Council CEO Roger Baxter
Minister keen to get generation outside of Eskom going soonest
By: Martin Creamer 3rd February 2020 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is keen to get electricity generation going outside of Eskom as fast as possible with a view to creating a competitive environment that will lower the cost of electricity. Speaking at a media conference at the Investing in African Mining... →
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe
Video: Minerals Council chairperson Mgojo talks about electricity self-generation
By: Creamer Media Reporter 3rd February 2020 Minerals Council South Africa chairperson Mxolisi Mgojo on Monday told delegates and media attending the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2020, in Cape Town, that the council had been speaking to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy and... →
Anglo’s Cutifani stresses the need for sustainable mining
By: Simone Liedtke 3rd February 2020 Despite mining’s contribution to almost every aspect of modern life, the industry is still seen as an industry “that takes more than it gives”, Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani lamented in his keynote address at this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba, which is taking place in Cape Town,... →
Video: Sierra Leone President addresses 2020 Mining Indaba
By: Creamer Media Reporter 3rd February 2020 Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio on Monday told delegates at the 2020 Investing in African Mining Indaba that the country was seeking to attract greater investment in its mining sector. He outlined the fiscal and legislative changes that had been introduced in the country in order to... →
Mantashe eases constraints on mining companies' ability to generate own electricity
By: Kim Cloete 3rd February 2020 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has assured mining companies in South Africa they will be able to generate their own energy to counter severe energy constraints. He also on Monday announced that government would be talking to investors about establishing a generating company... →
Mining gathering must confront human rights violations, says Amnesty
By: Simone Liedtke 3rd February 2020 Mining companies and their stakeholders, including investors, governments and politicians, must confront the human rights abuses that are rife in the industry, nongovernmental organisation Amnesty International said on Monday. The statement was issued as the yearly Investing in African Mining... →
Miners face funding squeeze as green investing surges
By: Reuters 3rd February 2020 As global investors shift away from heavy industry in favour of cleaner sectors, mining companies are losing billions in financing, raising the cost of capital and jeopardising projects. Making the mining industry more sustainable by running mines on renewable energy, for example, will be a key... →
Urgent steps needed to revive South Africa’s economy – Minerals Council
By: Martin Creamer 3rd February 2020 Urgent steps are needed to revive the South African economy, Minerals Council South Africa chairperson Mxolisi Mgojo said on Monday. Speaking on the first day of the four-day Investing in African Mining Indaba, he said the Minerals Council was ready and willing to work with the government. →
