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Opportunities for mines to decarbonise and South Africa's coal exports to China make headlines 
12th March 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks Royal Bafokeng Platinum's proposed plans to generate its own electricity; China having become the largest importer of South African coal; and the opportunities for miners to invest in green energy and decarbonisation. →
Magazine round up | 12 March 2021
12th March 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
SRK pursues local ownership in DRC
By: Natasha Odendaal 12th March 2021 Independent consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting’s operational base in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has increased the levels of its local employee ownership significantly. SRK South Africa established a permanent office in Lubumbashi, in the DRC, ten years ago after many... →
Dividend-paying Gem Diamonds working on technologies to reduce diamond damage
By: Martin Creamer 11th March 2021 Diamond mining and marketing company Gem Diamonds is advancing innovative technologies that reduce diamond damage by ejecting rock non-mechanically and being able to see diamonds in a certain size of rock, Gem CEO Clifford Elphick said on Thursday when the London-listed company reported positive... →
South Africa should regulate bus, truck emissions – Royal Bafokeng Platinum
By: Martin Creamer 10th March 2021 What a wonderful housing job Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) has done in building 1 400 impressive family homes for its employees, with another 100 outstanding for occupation. When RBPlat CEO Steve Phiri listed the black-controlled and black-led platinum group metals (PGM) mining company on the... →
Royal Bafokeng Platinum engaged in tailings, concentrator, conveyor projects
By: Martin Creamer 10th March 2021 Platinum group metals mining company Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) has tailings, concentrator and overland conveyor projects under way, which are aimed at achieving organic growth as well as long-term sustainability. RBPlat executive head of operations Neil Carr reported at the company's... →
Strong investment demand sustained platinum in the fourth quarter of 2020
By: Simone Liedtke 10th March 2021 For the third consecutive quarter, platinum remained in a deficit, at 170 000 oz, in the fourth quarter of 2020 as strong demand in the automotive, industrial and jewellery sectors and sustained strong investment demand for platinum outstripped constrained supply, the World Platinum Investment... →
Royal Bafokeng Platinum studying feasibility of 30 MW solar power plant
By: Martin Creamer 9th March 2021 Platinum group metals (PGMs) mining company Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) which on Tuesday reported a record performance accompanied a R1.5-billion maiden dividend payment, is conducting a study into the economic feasibility building of a 30 MW modular photovoltaic (PV) solar energy plant at... →
Resources Watch
9th March 2021 This week: The major challenge of the mining industry is the imperative of growth; ARM board approves R5.7-billion Merensky project at Two Rivers mine; and, Game-changing R3.6bn project positioning Kumba Iron Ore well into the future →
Merafe loss decreases, electricity risk remains, logistics challenge intensifies
By: Martin Creamer 8th March 2021 Although the loss suffered by ferrochrome company Merafe Resources decreased in 2020, its electricity risk remains and its logistics challenges are intensifying. Merafe’s revenue and operating income is primarily generated from the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture, which has a total capacity of... →
On-The-Air (05/03/2021)
By: Martin Creamer 5th March 2021 Dr Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Minerals is going ahead with an exciting new R5.7-billion platinum mining project. Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore is going ahead with an innovative new R3.6-billion iron-ore project in the Northern Cape. Our mining industry is so desperate for mineral... →
Mineral Rights, JSE, Kumba make headlines
5th March 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks slow mineral rights processing and ending it; why the JSE should be South Africa’s main mine funder; and Kumba Iron Ore’s exciting new project. →
Magazine round up | 05 March 2021
5th March 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Game-changing R3.6bn project positioning Kumba Iron Ore well into the future
By: Martin Creamer 4th March 2021 Four and a bit years ago Mining Weekly told its readers to keep a look out for the five letters – UHDMS – which stand for ultrahigh dense media separation. At the time, outgoing Kumba Iron Ore CEO Norman Mbazima had told Mining Weekly that these five letters translated into “mouth-watering”... →
ARM board approves R5.7-billion Merensky project at Two Rivers mine
By: Martin Creamer 3rd March 2021 The board of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has approved the Merensky reef project at the Two Rivers platinum group metals (PGMs) mine, ARM CEO Mike Schmidt said on Wednesday after the company reported record financial results. The ARM-managed Two Rivers is a joint... →
The major challenge of the mining industry is the imperative of growth – Dr Motsepe
By: Martin Creamer 3rd March 2021 The major challenge of the mining industry is the imperative of growth, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) executive chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe said on Wednesday, when the 25 000-employee ARM reported record financial results. “You’ve got to replace the orebody that you’re mining with an equally... →
Resources Watch
3rd March 2021 This week: Anglo achieves resilient performance in a tough year; Implats in final stages of approving R10bn worth of new platinum projects; And, South African miners to focus on competitiveness and embrace 4IR to thrive →
Trust pays first claimants under silicosis settlement 
By: Marleny Arnoldi 2nd March 2021 The Tshiamiso Trust, which was established in February 2020 to manage the payment of benefits to eligible silicosis and tuberculosis (TB) sufferers in the gold mining sector, has paid benefits to the first seven claimants in the past two months. The trust has been hard at work over the past year... →
Anglo CEO talks hydrogen, recycling, Scope 3, material solutions provision
By: Martin Creamer 1st March 2021 The surge of the hydrogen economy, the need to recycle, halving Scope 3 emissions through iron-ore-linked green steelmaking, assisting South Africa to create new industries, and becoming a one-stop material solutions provider, were among the issues discussed by Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani in... →
On-The-Air (26/02/2021)
By: Martin Creamer 26th February 2021 Great news is that the South African mining industry is planning a test mine to put new Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies through their paces; Billions of rands are being invested in new mining projects to keep up with the emerging commodity super cycle; Mining companies are making major... →
Implats, 4IR and Target North make headlines
26th February 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks Implats' R10-billion worth of new platinum projects, the feasibility study on a mine selected for the testing of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies and the Greenfield exploration drilling that has restarted at Target North. →
Magazine round up
26th February 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Anglo achieves resilient performance in a tough year
By: Simone Liedtke 25th February 2021 As much of the world was tested to its limits by the Covid-19 pandemic during 2020, the resilience of diversified miner Anglo American's diversified business, along with strong metals prices in the latter months of the year, resulted in underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and... →
Implats in final stages of approving R10bn worth of new platinum projects
By: Martin Creamer 25th February 2021 Platinum group metals (PGMs) mining and marketing company Implats is in the final stages of approving two exciting new platinum projects that tick all the boxes of the company’s strategic intent, CEO Nico Muller said on Thursday. The one project is a Merensky reef expansion project at the Two... →
Resources Watch
25th February 2021 This week: London listing on way as mining company strives to become green gold producer; DRDGold flies sky high on numbers never seen before; and, Sibanye assessing on-site green hydrogen generation to power fuel cell mobility →
South African miners to focus on competitiveness and embrace 4IR to thrive
By: Donna Slater 24th February 2021 For the South African mining industry to thrive, it needs to focus on its competitiveness and it should embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), says University of Johannesburg Vice Chancellor and principal professor Tshilidzi Marwala. He spoke during the Joburg Indaba’s Modernisation in... →
Test mine study under way for Fourth Industrial Revolution try-outs
By: Martin Creamer 24th February 2021 A feasibility study is under way on a mine selected for the testing of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies ahead of their implementation, Minerals Council South Africa senior executive modernisation and safety Sietse van der Woude said on Wednesday. Van der Woude was answering... →
Harmony Gold’s hedging realises R902m net gain in six months
By: Martin Creamer 23rd February 2021 Gold mining company Harmony Gold realised a net gain of R902-million from its hedging in the six months to December 31, Harmony Gold FD Boipelo Lekubo said on Tuesday. In presenting Harmony’s superb set of dividend-yielding half-year results of profit soaring 336% to R5.8-billion in the six... →
Greenfield exploration drilling restarts at Target North gold prospect
By: Martin Creamer 23rd February 2021 Greenfield exploration drilling has restarted at the Target North prospect in the Free State, which Covid-19 temporarily halted, Harmony Gold CEO Peter Steenkamp told Mining Weekly on Tuesday. Speaking during a Zoom interview after presenting an outstanding set of dividend-yielding financial... →
Green hydrogen to be produced from solar power at platinum mine
By: Martin Creamer 22nd February 2021 Although platinum group metals (PGMs) mining and marketing company Anglo American Platinum will be starting with a 75 MW solar photovoltaic powered plant at its Mogalakwena mine, planned is an eventual 320 MW of solar power generation, the excess from which will be used to produce green hydrogen.... →
On-The-Air (19/02/2021)
By: Martin Creamer 19th February 2021 The world’s biggest coal trader announced this week that it will be depleting and closing its South African coal mines over the next decade. Yet another South African mining company is planning to use hydrogen to power mine fleets. A Johannesburg company is building equipment to generate hydrogen... →
Sibanye-Stillwater, Hydrox Holdings, coal exports to China make headlines
19th February 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks Sibanye-Stillwater assessing on-site green hydrogen generation to power fuel cell mobility; Hydrox's advanced alkaline electrolyser; and South Africa's coal exports to China. →
Sibanye assessing on-site green hydrogen generation to power fuel cell mobility
By: Martin Creamer 18th February 2021 Platinum group metals (PGM) producer Sibanye-Stillwater is assessing the generation of green hydrogen on its mine sites to power PGM-catalysed hydrogen fuel cell mobility, it said on Thursday, when the Johannesburg- and New York-listed company foresaw good exposure for itself to the hydrogen... →
Resources Watch
17th February 2021 This week: Vision Blue helping world to achieve green dream with high-return prospects for investors; Alluvial diamond miners outline way to save fast-shrinking industry; And, Generator supplier completing two orders →
DRDGold flies sky high on numbers never seen before
By: Martin Creamer 16th February 2021 Surface gold recovery company DRDGold flew sky high in the six months to the end of December on financial returns never seen before. “We’ve never seen numbers like this. I mean the cash operating profit was R1.4-billion and earnings R950-million. These are numbers over a six-month period. It’s... →
Pan African more than doubles cash, reduces debt
By: Donna Slater 16th February 2021 Midtier gold producer Pan African Resources increased its net cash generated from operations by 178.2%, to $28.1-million in the six months ended December 31, 2020. The miner also managed to reduce its debt by 47.3%, implying a net debt to net adjusted earnings before interest, taxes,... →
London listing on way as mining company strives to become green gold producer
By: Martin Creamer 15th February 2021 A Kenyan gold asset with expansion, exploration and green status upside is scheduled to reverse list on the London Stock Exchange in March. The Kilimapesa gold mine, with a declared Joint Ore Reserves Committee resource of 670 000 oz, is an operating three-adit asset with fairly extensive... →
On-The-Air (12/02/2021)
By: Martin Creamer 12th February 2021 Opportunities to boost our exports were outlined by a Europe-South Africa partnership this week; Alluvial diamond miners this week came up with a far-reaching plan to revive their shrinking industry; and A former Eskom executive this week launched a new company to help make the world a greener... →
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