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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... →
Sadpo, Vision Blue, PetroSA make headlines
12th February 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the South African Diamond Producers Organisation's ideas to save the industry, Vision Blue’s high-return prospects for investors and how green hydrogen and powerfuels could revive PetroSA and create a 160-billion euro export platform. →
Generator supplier completing two orders
By: Halima Frost 12th February 2021 International power generator supplier Cummins has recently commissioned one mining site and is in the process of commissioning a further site where both system monitoring and control philosophies, were upgraded. The mining sites operate and supply 18 MVA and 5 MVA of prime rated generator power... →
Alluvial diamond miners outline way to save fast-shrinking industry
By: Martin Creamer 11th February 2021 The number of alluvial diamond operators is decreasing at an alarming rate. In 2004, there were 2 000 small diamond-mining companies, which employed close to 25 000 people, and now there are only about 200 operators employing only 5 000 people – a 90% decline. →
Vision Blue helping world to achieve green dream with high-return prospects for investors
By: Martin Creamer 10th February 2021 The world’s energy transition away from fossil fuels is a phenomenon that is not dependent on any assumptions about gross domestic product (GDP) growth or countries urbanising or industrialising. It is a phenomenon driven by international consensus that the carbon footprint of the world has to be... →
Resources Watch
10th February 2021 This week: Minerals Council says exploration needed to grow industry; President Cyril Ramaphosa says SA wants to promote greater exploration and beneficiation; and, Murray & Roberts Cementation achieves five-million fatality-free shifts →
Platinum group metals outlook: constrained supply, very strong demand growth – WPIC
By: Martin Creamer 8th February 2021 The outlook for platinum group metals (PGMs) is one of constrained supply and very strong demand growth. “You’ve got the entire PGMs suite that is short and that certainly will translate into tight markets,” World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) Director of Research Trevor Raymond told Mining... →
On-The-Air (05/02/2021)
By: Martin Creamer 5th February 2021 South Africa’s mining industry is at the ready to make big investments into electricity generation. The Northern Cape this week received another boost with the announcement of a new mining development. This week’s Mining Indaba saw Botswana going all out to attract new investment in exploration. →
Orion Minerals, Eskom, Botswana's non-diamond exploration make headlines
5th February 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks Orion Minerals’ latest acquisition in the Northern Cape, Eskom supporting increasing the licensing exemption threshold for self-generation to 50MW and, Botswana intensifying its effort to attract non-diamond exploration. →
Modernisation in South Africa will attract new investment, offer opportunities for industry
By: Simone Liedtke 5th February 2021 Demonstrating that modernisation in South Africa is possible will attract new investment and offer opportunities for the mining industry, while simultaneously promoting the country as an attractive mining investment location, says Boston Consulting Group (BCG) MD and partner Tycho Mőnks. This... →
Murray & Roberts Cementation achieves five-million fatality-free shifts
By: Natasha Odendaal 5th February 2021 Murray & Roberts Cementation, with an unrelenting focus on its “breakthrough” Major Accident Prevention (MAP) programme, risk assessments and verification of critical controls in the field, has achieved five-million fatality-free shifts for the first time. The outcome of more than five years’... →
Resources Watch
3rd February 2021 De Beers adopts strategy to meet carbon-neutral ambition; Third consecutive year of coal export decline from Richards Bay Coal Terminal; And, Transitioning fossil-fuel labour forces into new sectors critical for ‘clean, just energy transitions’ →
We want to promote greater exploration and beneficiation – President
By: Martin Creamer 2nd February 2021 “We want to promote greater exploration and beneficiation of minerals,” President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday in his opening address to Mining Indaba Virtual 2021, where he praised South African mining for having shown tremendous resilience in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic.... →
‘We need exploration to grow our industry’ – Minerals Council
By: Martin Creamer 1st February 2021 “We need exploration to grow our industry,” Minerals Council South Africa president Mxolisi Mgojo said on Monday during a virtual State of the Mining Nation media briefing in which he described exploration as one of the low-hanging fruits that could change South Africa’s economic trajectory in... →
On-The-Air (29/01/2021)
By: Martin Creamer 29th January 2021 Exciting South African-linked technology is poised to bring green jobs to African mining; Richards Bay Coal Terminal is speeding up its export pace as China starts buying South African coal; and Exploration presents a huge upside for the South African economy is we can find the key to unlock it. →
Green tech, RBCT make headlines
29th January 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the green technology boost for African Mining, exports for the Richards Bay Coal Terminal have declined for the third consecutive year and the Richards Bay Coal Terminal is improving efficiency to counter ship queuing. →
De Beers adopts strategy to meet carbon-neutral ambition
By: Martin Creamer 29th January 2021 The De Beers Group is on its way to becoming a miner and marketer of carbon-neutral diamonds. The world’s largest producer of diamonds by value is setting out to achieve – by 2030 – carbon neutrality at its mines in Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa, as well as in its other operations... →
Export speed-up projects in spotlight at Richards Bay Coal Terminal
By: Martin Creamer 28th January 2021 South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal is going all out to raise its export efficiency in a bid to counter ship queuing. With the R1.34-billion worth of stacker reclaimers and shiploaders provided in 2018 putting in solid performances, RBCT has now turned to debottlenecking conveyor projects... →
Third consecutive year of coal export decline from Richards Bay Coal Terminal
By: Martin Creamer 27th January 2021 Coal exports from South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) last year declined for the third consecutive year, with the 70.2-million tons exported to mainly Asia and single-digit percentages to Africa and Europe, taking exports back to what they were in 2013. In 2020, two-million fewer... →
Transitioning fossil-fuel labour forces into new sectors critical for ‘clean, just energy transitions’
By: Terence Creamer 26th January 2021 The chair of a new global commission established to offer governments guidance on making their energy transitions more “people-centred” says that the creation of green jobs and the transitioning of existing fossil-fuel labour forces into new sectors will be “key factors for a clean, just energy... →
On-The-Air (22/01/2021)
By: Martin Creamer 22nd January 2021 China’s ban on Australian coal has become South Africa’s gain. We’re now exporting coal to China; Massive demand also building up globally for South Africa’s wonderful platinum group metals. The construction of a major new green-platinum mine has begun in the North West province, which is of... →
PGMs, new Gold Fields CEO designate make headlines
22nd January 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks Switzerland's green hydrogen roll-out, PGM demand and Chris Griffith becoming Gold Fields CEO designate. →
Platinum group metals playing role in Switzerland’s green hydrogen roll-out
By: Martin Creamer 19th January 2021 Platinum group metals (PGMs), which South Africa hosts in greater abundance than any other country on earth, are playing important catalytic roles in Switzerland’s green hydrogen and green truck rollout, which is now under way. Mining Weekly can today report that proton exchange membrane (PEM)... →
China importing SA coal, PGMs in a greener world make headlines
14th January 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks South Africa supplying coal to China, the role of South Africa’s platinum group metals in a greener future and the new project in the North West that is cutting electricity use by 82% and putting platinum into focus. →
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