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De Beers bounces back to 2019 levels with outstanding performance 
By: Martin Creamer 29th July 2021 Global consumer demand for diamonds continued to recover from the impact of Covid, supported by fiscal stimulus in the US and the roll-out of vaccines, De Beers Group said on Thursday when it was credited with helping Anglo American to achieve an all-time record half-year, a period in which De... →
Consumer demand for gold returning – WGC
By: Donna Slater 29th July 2021 Despite dampened investor demand, gold investment increased in the second quarter of this year as a result of consumer investment into the commodity, with demand of 955.1 t – a 9% rise from the first quarter, the World Gold Council (WGC) reports. The WGC’s latest ‘Gold Demand Trends’ report,... →
Computing, food tech among many new PGM opportunity areas – Anglo Platinum
By: Martin Creamer 28th July 2021 The computing world is an opportunity area for platinum group metals (PGMs), along with food technology, alloy development, medical advance, waste control, battery and storage – and that is on top of the now much-celebrated and pervasive green hydrogen feedstock phenomenon. JSE-listed Anglo... →
Resources Watch
28th July 2021 This week: Extremely strong demand for platinum bar and coin; Exploration trailblazer Orion cracks retail investor code with 14 000-plus SA backers; and, Mine achieves massive earnings boost after employing four more people →
Kumba working with Transnet to fix tracks so that rail speed can be lifted
By: Martin Creamer 27th July 2021 Anglo American group mining company Kumba Iron Ore, which on Tuesday reported a superb set of record half-year results, is working with Transnet to refurbish the iron-ore export line so that trains can travel at a higher average speed than the current 30 km/h. In the six months to June 30,... →
Anglo Platinum evaluating multiple renewable energy forms
By: Martin Creamer 26th July 2021 As a result its geographic distribution across South Africa, the Anglo American group is collectively evaluating options to access multiple forms of renewable energy, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) CEO Natascha Viljoen said on Monday. The JSE-listed company has already completed the design and... →
On-The-Air (23/07/2021)
By: Martin Creamer 23rd July 2021 Helping the planet to fight climate change is now reflected in the product line up of Anglo American; South Africa’s top mining think tank this week called on the industry to stop the killing of valuable jobs; and Small investors are being blocked from allowing vital exploration to get off the... →
Orion Minerals, SAIMM, Anglo American make headlines
23rd July 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the news that over 14 000 South Africans own shares in Orion minerals, which is good support for local minerals exploration; a mine has achieved a massive earnings boost following the employment of four more people and guided by a value driver tree... →
Magazine round up | 23 July 2021
23rd July 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Extremely strong demand for platinum bar and coin – WPIC
By: Martin Creamer 22nd July 2021 Extremely strong demand for platinum bar and coin is being seen around the world, particularly in the US, along with growth in demand for platinum exchange traded funds (ETFs), mainly out of North America and Europe, World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) head of research Trevor Raymond said... →
Resources Watch
21st July 2021 This week: Exploration is quick foreign investment ‘no brainer’; and, Things are very rosy in the world of AfriTin →
Exploration trailblazer Orion cracks retail investor code with 14 000-plus SA backers
By: Martin Creamer 21st July 2021 More than 14 000 South Africans now own shares in the discovery and development mining company Orion Minerals, which is reflective of retail investment that can be stimulated in South Africa to support essential local minerals exploration. What is also extremely promising is that the dual listed... →
Mine achieves massive earnings boost after employing four more people
By: Martin Creamer 19th July 2021 Guided by a value driver tree (VDT) study, an opencast mine increased its earnings massively after employing four additional operators at comparatively negligible cost. The operation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) soared hugely from $634.3-million to... →
On-The-Air (16/07/2021)
By: Martin Creamer 16th July 2021 The hydrogen economy will generate 30-million new jobs, a Japanese professor told South Africa this week; Tin is in huge new demand globally because of the role it plays in the world of electronics; and life in mining-dependent countries has improved significantly, a new global study has shown. →
Hydrogen economy, ICMM report, unlisted mining companies make headlines
16th July 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks how thirty-million jobs can be created with the hydrogen economy; mining-dependent countries have significantly improved in the 23 years up to 2018; and why unlisted mining companies should be made to sign the King Code. →
Magazine round up | 16 July 2021
16th July 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Things are very rosy in the world of AfriTin – Anthony Viljoen
By: Martin Creamer 15th July 2021 At a time of galloping global tin demand, the London Aim-listed mining company AfriTin Mining not only has one of the biggest tin resources in the world at Uis in Namibia, but it has also been lucky enough to stumble upon one of the biggest hard-rock lithium resources on the planet, at a time of... →
Tools enabling collaborative impact monitoring, engagement
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 15th July 2021 Most mining impacts and challenges are local and occur at site level. Two recently developed tools are being used to enable collaborative impact monitoring and engagement with mining companies at mine-site level. These tools and their use were expounded upon during the Responsible Mining... →
Hydrogen economy can create 30-million jobs, Japanese professor calculates
By: Martin Creamer 14th July 2021 Thirty-million jobs can be created through the introduction of the hydrogen economy to decarbonise the world, HyWealth founder and CEO Professor Katsuhiko Hirose said on Wednesday. While hydrogen is currently more expensive than fossil fuel, green hydrogen will be the cheapest solution by 2050,... →
Resources Watch
14th July 2021 This week: Yamkela Makupula clinches exciting Rockwell-linked alluvial diamond deal; Gold heading towards ‘refuge of choice’ status, says incoming AngloGold CEO; and, Explorer within striking distance of declaring maiden SA diamond resource →
Exploration is quick foreign investment ‘no brainer’, says Minerals Council’s Smart
By: Martin Creamer 13th July 2021 Exploration is one of the quickest ways to secure foreign direct investment into South Africa for the generation of desperately needed jobs and wealth during the country's hour of need, said Minerals Council South Africa junior and emerging miners’ leadership forum chairperson Errol Smart on... →
On-The-Air (09/07/2021)
By: Martin Creamer 9th July 2021 A Botswana-listed exploration company has made an important diamond discovery in Limpopo; Yamkela Makupula has clinched a sparkling alluvial diamond deal in the Northern Cape; and Gold was this week highlighted as a refuge of choice by the new incoming CEO of AngloGold Ashanti. →
Botswana Diamonds, Yamkela Makupula, AngloGold Ashanti make headlines
9th July 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks Botswana Diamonds' maiden diamond resource; mining investor Yamkela Makupula’s alluvial diamond deal; and AngloGold Ashanti’s incoming CEO is positive that gold could be a refuge of choice in the coming years. →
Magazine round up | 09 July 2021
9th July 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Renewed focus needed to address health and safety regression, mental health toll of Covid-19
By: Donna Slater 8th July 2021 A regression in the health and safety performance of South Africa’s mining industry and the impact of “Covid-19 fatigue “ were noteworthy topics of discussion at the yearly National Day of Health and Safety 2021, hosted by the Minerals Council South Africa on July 8. This year’s event was... →
Resources Watch
7th July 2021 Cash-pumping but lossmaking Wescoal to broaden from coal to energy; and, Hydrogen represents huge moment of opportunity for South Africa →
Explorer within striking distance of declaring maiden SA diamond resource
By: Martin Creamer 7th July 2021 After investing just over R20-million on diamond exploration projects in South Africa, diamond exploration and development company Botswana Diamonds is within striking distance of being able to declare its maiden diamond resource. “We’re not too far off declaring a major resource at Thorny... →
Gold heading towards ‘refuge of choice’ status, says incoming AngloGold CEO
By: Martin Creamer 6th July 2021 Gold is poised to be a "refuge of choice" in the years ahead owing to the extent to which money is being printed and world debt is rising, AngloGold Ashanti CEO-designate Alberto Calderon said on Tuesday. Speaking to Mining Weekly in a Microsoft Teams interview ahead of taking office on September... →
Yamkela Makupula clinches exciting Rockwell-linked alluvial diamond deal
By: Martin Creamer 5th July 2021 Alluvial diamond mining investor Yamkela Makupula has clinched an alluvial diamond mining transaction which makes her a 30% shareholder in three diamond assets that have a link with the former Rockwell Diamonds. Makupula, who leads the Africa growth strategy of international law firm Diaz, Reus,... →
Celebrating 40 years with Martin Creamer
5th July 2021 This year marks Creamer Media’s 40th anniversary of promoting current, credible and comprehensive news coverage about economic developments. →
On-The-Air (02/07/2021)
By: Martin Creamer 2nd July 2021 Waste cooking oil has been successfully used to power a cargo ship from Singapore to South Africa; Rare earths worth close to R70-billion have been found in an old discarded mine dump in Limpopo; and a company run by black women is building 15 new hydrogen projects around the country. →
Decarbonisation, hydrogen, mine dump value make headlines
2nd July 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the Anglo American partnership that has seen the use of sustainable biofuel to power a chartered capesize ship during a voyage from Singapore to South Africa as part of a decarbonisation initiative; hydrogen being touted as a huge moment of opportunity... →
Magazine round up | 02 July 2021
2nd July 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Resources Watch
30th June 2021 This week: Carbon capture a helpful decarbonisation tool; and, Black-women-owned platinum fuel cell group working on 15 deployment projects →
Hydrogen represents huge moment of opportunity for South Africa – AP Ventures
By: Martin Creamer 28th June 2021 Hydrogen represents a huge moment of opportunity for South Africa, AP Ventures managing partner Andrew Hinkly said on Monday. AP Ventures began investing along the generally platinum group metals- (PGMs-) linked hydrogen value chain as long ago as 2013 and the $320-million committed in AP... →
Cash-pumping but lossmaking Wescoal to broaden from coal to energy
By: Martin Creamer 25th June 2021 Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed coal-mining company Wescoal, which narrowed its losses in the 12 months to the end of March, is transitioning from being a coal miner to a broader energy company. “Towards the end of the new financial year, we will come back to the market in terms of our overall... →
On-The-Air (25/06/2021)
By: Martin Creamer 25th June 2021 South Africa’s deep-level mines that don’t switch to renewable energy are facing huge carbon tax bills; South Africa’s scientists are being funded by Europe to help make hydrogen cheaper and easier to produce; and fifteen green hydrogen projects are being carried out by a black-women-owned company. →
Harmony Gold, Bambili Energy, SherLOHCk project make headlines
25th June 2021 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks Harmony Gold welcoming the President’s decision to lift the licence cap on own-generated electricity; Bambili Energy’s 15 hydrogen and fuel cell-linked deployment projects that are expected to be completed by March next year; and South Africa’s... →
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