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Opportunity to commercialise greenness of South Africa’s nuclear power, says South32 
By: Martin Creamer 17th February 2023 Nuclear power is part of the green taxonomy in Europe, where South Africa places most of its aluminium products and where most of the price pressures on non-green aluminium are going to arise in the coming years. But, for some reason, nuclear energy is not part of the green taxonomy in South Africa. →
New US legislation providing strong platform for South32’s manganese push in Arizona
By: Martin Creamer 17th February 2023 The new Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the US has improved the business case for producing manganese in that country. Well-established South African manganese mining group South32 has confirmed the opportunity for its manganese deposit in the US to supply battery-grade manganese into the... →
Growing need for critical raw materials highlighted by US, EU policies – Glencore 
By: Martin Creamer 15th February 2023 Recent government policies, such as the US's Inflation Reduction Act and the European Union’s proposed Green Deal Industrial Plan, demonstrate the growing need for critical raw materials through to the end of the decade and beyond, necessitating fresh investment in both primary supply and... →
Amplats' Viljoen makes a move to Newmont
By: Donna Slater 15th February 2023 Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) CEO Natascha Viljoen is stepping down from her position at the platinum group metals (PGMs) miner after accepting an executive VP and COO position at US-based diversified miner Newmont Corporation. Having been with Amplats since April 2020, she will continue to... →
Green hydrogen moves by China, India boosting outlook for platinum group metals
By: Martin Creamer 14th February 2023 The firm embrace of the new green hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cell future by China and India is a huge twin boost for Southern Africa’s great platinum group metals (PGMs) endowment, Mining Weekly can today report. Hydrogen technologies have a special relevance for South Africa as most of the PGMs... →
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is intent on making India a global green hydrogen hub.
Sustainable mining companies can gain from sustainable finance trends – Webber Wentzel
By: Martin Creamer 13th February 2023 Mining companies that can demonstrate responsible and sustainable mining practices can set themselves up to take advantage of the current environmental social governance (ESG) and sustainable finance trends, says law firm Webber Wentzel. “In 2023, ESG will continue to gain regulatory traction... →
Webber Wentzel highlights funding opportunity for mining companies that are doing the right thing.
Anglo Platinum’s 2022 earnings will be well down
By: Martin Creamer 13th February 2023 The 2022 earnings results that Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) will release later this month will be well down. Basic earnings and earnings a share for the period are likely to decrease by between 33% and 52% compared with the prior 2021 period. →
Just energy transition could spur R1.5-trillion green investment – Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr 
By: Martin Creamer 10th February 2023 Through the just energy transition investment plan, R1.5-trillion could be invested in South Africa over the next five years in new frontiers of renewable energy, green hydrogen and electric vehicles, says law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH). Moreover, with the national state of disaster being... →
Implats nonexec director Davey passes away
By: Donna Slater 10th February 2023 Platinum group metals miner Impala Platinum (Implats) reports that independent nonexecutive director Peter Davey, who served on the board since June 2013, passed away on February 7 after a short illness. Implats says Davey added immense value to the company during his tenure, having been a... →
Company benefits from PGMs demand
By: Sabrina Jardim 10th February 2023 With the increase in demand for platinum-group metals (PGMs), specialist mining services provider Ukwazi’s PGMs-related projects have increased by about 20% since 2020. Ukwazi business development director Spencer Eckstein attributes the increase to the mining and consulting services that the... →
SUPERCHARGED The global shift towards electric vehicles and battery metals is influencing how Ukwazi aims to position itself
Mining production slipped 7.2% y/y in 2022
By: Donna Slater 9th February 2023 South Africa’s total mining production contracted by 7.2% year-on-year in 2022, following growth of 11.6% year-on-year in 2021 and a contraction of 10.4% year-on-year in 2020, reports Statistics South Africa. In December 2022, mining production decreased by 3.5% year-on-year, brought down... →
Global renewable energy generation to hit 320 GW this year, Mining Indaba hears
By: Martin Creamer 9th February 2023 Renewable energy capacity will increase by 8% to 320 GW this year, Ivanhoe Mines founder and CEO Robert Friedland told the Investing in African Mining Indaba on Wednesday at an event themed on the comment of former US president John F Kennedy that the moon launch was being undertaken “not because... →
Seriti wins plaudits for decarbonising its coal mines while keeping coal lights on
By: Martin Creamer 8th February 2023 The 91% black-owned and -controlled Seriti Resources was seen at the Investing in African Mining Indaba as setting a compelling example by generating wind energy to decarbonise its coal mining operations while at the same time going full tilt in supplying coal to Eskom and helping to eliminate... →
Seriti CEO Mike Teke.
Anglo American makes C$24m investment in Canada Nickel
By: Creamer Media Reporter 8th February 2023 Diversified miner Anglo American has agreed to acquire a 9.9% minority interest in Canada Nickel Company, which owns the Crawford nickel project in Ontario, Canada. Anglo will also provide technology expertise to the Crawford project and has the exclusive right to buy up to 10% of recoveries of... →
Amplats says payouts to decline as a result of loadshedding impact
By: Bloomberg 8th February 2023 Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), the No 1 platinum miner by value, said investor payouts will drop as worsening power outages in South Africa curb output and push up costs. “Will our investors continue to get their returns? Yes, they will, but the size of returns will be slightly softer,” CEO... →
Ramaphosa determined to remove all impediments in way of sustained mining growth
By: Martin Creamer 7th February 2023 The Presidency is determined to remove all impediments in the way of the sustained growth of the South African mining industry, President Cyril Ramaphosa told the Investing in African Mining Indaba on Tuesday, where he drew full auditorium applause. In addition, Minerals Council South Africa... →
Mining and the circular economy support each other
By: Rebecca Campbell 7th February 2023 Mining was essential if the world was to create a circular economic system, Finnish Geological Survey director-general Kimmo Tiilikainen has pointed out. He was addressing a Sustainable Mining Breakfast, jointly hosted in Cape Town by the Embassies of Denmark, Finland and Sweden, on Tuesday. The... →
Seriti Green comes in for praise during Eskom, Minerals Council fireside chat
By: Martin Creamer 7th February 2023 The coal-to-renewables initiative of Seriti Green, the 91% black-owned and black-controlled Seriti Coal associate, came in for special praise at the interesting fireside chat between outgoing Eskom CEO André de Ruyter and outgoing Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter on the second day... →
Outgoing Eskom CEO André de Ruyter and outgoing Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter.
Mining countries being helped to build critical mineral supply chains
By: Martin Creamer 6th February 2023 The United States of America wants to support mineral producing countries to build enabling environments for investment throughout the critical minerals supply chain and not just focusing on extraction alone. This was stated by US Under Secretary of State for economic growth, energy and... →
Jose W Fernandez addressing a packed Investing in African Mining Indaba auditorium.
Minerals Council's Roger Baxter encouraged by board-level engagement with Transnet
By: Martin Creamer 6th February 2023 Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Monday that the council is encouraged by the board level engagement it has undertaken so far with State rail enterprise Transnet and is hoping that this engagement will deliver some very specific results in stabilising rail performance in the... →
Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter, Council president Nolitha Fakude, office bearer Themba Mkhwanazi, and chief economist Henk Langenhoven.
Ever greater global acknowledgement of need to decarbonise ever more urgently – Anglo
By: Martin Creamer 6th February 2023 Ever greater acknowledgement is being given to the need to decarbonise global energy and transport systems ever more urgently. At the same time, ever greater global recognition is being given to the fact that many of the products of mining are fundamental to enabling that shift. →
Seriti Green raises need for Africa to appraise vanadium as electricity storage battery metal
By: Martin Creamer 3rd February 2023 Wind farm builder Seriti Green, which is planning substantial electricity storage capacity at its big renewable energy project in Mpumalanga, has raised the need for vanadium to be appraised as a battery storage metal of choice in Africa owing to the difficulties of sourcing lithium batteries.... →
Proudly South African technology catches eye of fusion project researchers
By: Martin Creamer 3rd February 2023 Innovative Proudly South African membraneless technology has caught the eye of the engineers involved in the huge global ITER fusion project as a possible solution to recover tritium from tritiated water. The membraneless technology is the brainchild of Hydrox Holdings engineers, based in... →
The Hydrox team (from left) CEO Corrie de Jager, process engineer Jason Cuomo, director/inventor George Anagnostopoulos, and director Paul van de Vyver.
Value of US mine production jumps to $98bn – USGS
By: Creamer Media Reporter 3rd February 2023 US mines produced $98.2-billion in nonfuel mineral commodities in 2022, an estimated $3.6-billion increase over the 2021 revised total of $94.6-billion, the US Geological Survey (USGS) announced on Thursday, releasing its yearly mineral commodity summaries report. The report covers more than 90... →
Zimbabwe allows miners, exporters to keep more forex from exports
By: Reuters 3rd February 2023 Zimbabwe's central bank on Thursday said it will allow exporters, including miners, to keep 75% of their export earnings in foreign currency after the current cap of 60% drew complaints from the industry. The new measure, however, falls short of miners' demands to keep 80% of their export... →
Ramaphosa to deliver keynote address at Mining Indaba
By: Martin Creamer 2nd February 2023 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed his attendance at the Mining Indaba taking place in Cape Town next week, from Monday to Thursday. Ramaphosa, accompanied by eight ministers and three deputy ministers, will deliver a keynote address on Tuesday, 7 February. →
Wesizwe to commission Bakubung processing plant in March or April
By: Marleny Arnoldi 2nd February 2023 JSE-listed platinum miner Wesizwe Platinum has identified various deficiencies at its Bakubung platinum mine’s processing plant, in Rustenburg, in North West, after a test run of the entire system. Some of the snags include electrical malfunctioning of the flotation machine, a leak in the process... →
Mining fatalities reach a new low of 49; injuries, disease also decrease
By: Donna Slater 31st January 2023 South Africa’s mining industry suffered 49 fatalities in 2022 – a 34% improvement on the 74 fatalities of 2021 and a record low, thereby continuing the downward trend many in the mining industry have been rallying behind. “There has been no mine disaster or an accident where five or more people... →
Squeezed mining companies face growth dilemma
By: Reuters 31st January 2023 High costs and the prospect of shrinking earnings have made big miners nervous about expansion, even as shareholders demand investment in response to robust commodity prices, China's reopening and the role of minerals in decarbonising the economy. Although years of cost discipline have repaired... →
Solar saving gold mine $145 000 a month, more renewables on way, says Pan African
By: Martin Creamer 30th January 2023 The 10 MW solar power plant at Evander is averaging savings of $145 000 a month for the Mpumalanga gold mine, Pan African Resources said on Monday. Construction is scheduled to begin in June on yet another solar facility, this time an 8 MW photovoltaic solar plant at Barberton Mines’ gold... →
Sylvania lifts full-year production guidance
By: Creamer Media Reporter 30th January 2023 Platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Sylvania Platinum has increased its production guidance for the 2023 financial year to between 70 000 oz and 72 000 oz of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold (4E). This follows a strong production performance at Sylvania's operations in the six months ended... →
Green hydrogen research given R35m boost
By: Martin Creamer 27th January 2023 South Africa's North-West University (NWU) is investing around R35-million in strategic funding to advance green hydrogen research over the next five years. This follows the announcement that Hydrogen South Africa Infrastructure Centre of Competence (HySA CoC) at NWU is collaborating with... →
Stillwater expands Montana project’s battery metals resource 62%
By: Creamer Media Reporter 27th January 2023 Vancouver-based Stillwater Critical Minerals has reported a 62% increase in the updated mineral resource estimate for its Stillwater West platinum group element, nickel, copper, cobalt and gold project, in Montana, US. The study showed significant increases in tonnage and contained metal at... →
Metals, mining industry execs pessimistic about global growth, CRU study finds
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 24th January 2023 More than half (52%) of global commodities business intelligence company CRU’s clients in the metals and mining industries expect global gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by no more than 1% this year, according to its yearly macroeconomic survey of clients, which polled global clients from the... →
Sasol secures first hydrogen-linked renewable energy supply contract
By: Martin Creamer 24th January 2023 Chemicals and energy company Sasol has signed a long-term contract for the supply of 69 MW of renewable energy to its Sasolburg site in the Free State – the first of several agreements Sasol intends finalising in the coming months as it secures the renewable energy supply required to produce... →
Sasol energy business executive VP Priscillah Mabelane.
Green hydrogen mine mobility on way in India to platinum applause
By: Martin Creamer 19th January 2023 India has opted for hydrogen fuel-cell heavy-duty mine truck mobility in a green initiative that will have platinum group metals (PGMs) miners applauding. This is because the clean emission-free power will come from proton exchange membrane PEM technology, which is PGM-enabled. →
Anglo American's large nuGen zero emissions haulage solution.
Africa can export its sunshine as hydrogen, prof highlights ahead of big Sun City event
By: Martin Creamer 18th January 2023 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – In the past, geopolitics was such that oil- and gas-rich countries developed faster, but now countries that are able to export their sunshine in the form of hydrogen will be the ones in the pound seats as the world transitions to clean, green energy. →
China’s reopening should underpin commodity demand acceleration – Barclays
By: Martin Creamer 13th January 2023 China’s reopening and ‘whatever it takes’ approach to the property sector are tectonic shifts that should underpin an acceleration in commodity demand through 2023, say Barclays Equity Research analysts. 2023 is set to be another strong year for miners, European metals and mining analysts Amos... →
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