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Martin Creamer
Martin Creamer is Creamer Media Publishing Editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
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On-The-Air (08/03/2019) 
By: Martin Creamer 8th March 2019 The gazetting of Gauteng’s all-important Special Economic Zone for Platinum Fuel Cell Development is expected in May. Three more mining companies this week disclosed plans to generate solar power to limit dependence on expensive Eskom electricity. Today being International Woman’s Day makes it... →
On-The-Air (01/03/2019)
By: Martin Creamer 1st March 2019 The metal rhodium has become the unsung hero of the mines hit by low platinum prices; South Africans are leading the way in the establishment of the world’s biggest gold mining company as well as the resurgence of the mining economy of the West African country of Guinea; and Coal’s days are... →
On-The-Air (22/02/2019)
By: Martin Creamer 22nd February 2019 The global mining world this week turned firmly against the building of dangerous slimes dams following the death of 170 people in Brazil. The world’s biggest coal supplier this week bowed to the science of climate change by putting the brakes on increased coal production. South Africa’s biggest... →
On-The-Air (15/02/2019)
By: Martin Creamer 15th February 2019 African countries are streaking ahead of South Africa on the mining automation front; mining companies are opting for solar power because it is cheaper than Eskom power; and only black-owned companies will be allowed to buy the seven mining operations that are up for sale in Mpumalanga.... →
On-The-Air (08/02/2019)
By: Martin Creamer 8th February 2019 The Mining Indaba has become a budding United Nations of Africa that is singing off the same hymn sheet to build a better continent. De Beers stole the Mining Indaba show by announcing a R30-million investment in diamond exploration in South Africa. Gold mining companies that destroy Africa’s... →
On-The-Air (01/02/2019)
By: Martin Creamer 1st February 2019 The global investment community will be descending on Cape Town next week for Africa’s biggest meeting on mining’s investment calendar. South Africa’s platinum mining industry needs to find new markets to fill the gap left by changes in the automotive industry. The tragic mining disaster in... →
On-The-Air (25/01/2019)
By: Martin Creamer 25th January 2019 South Africa’s platinum outlook received a blow this week when cobalt was selected ahead of it for a new technology. Richards Bay Coal Terminal has again proved how well business and government can combine for the good of the South African economy. The World Economic Forum has highlighted the... →
On-The-Air (18/01/2019)
By: Martin Creamer 18th January 2019 The mines are contributing vast tracts of land to turn western Gauteng into a farming paradise. Calls are being made for the creation of a development coalition to place South Africa’s platinum mining business on a prosperous new path. The attempt to break the world land speed record on South... →
On-The-Air (14/12/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 14th December 2018 Platinum demand received a colossal boost this week when Japanese giant Mitsubishi decided to back its use in exciting new technologies. Transnet this week saved South Africa a fortune by getting the Sishen-Saldanha iron-ore line back in working order in record time. Botswana this week stole a... →
On-The-Air (07/12/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 7th December 2018 The giant global mining company Glencore is going all out to help Eskom meet all its coal needs. Gauteng provincial government approval has been obtained for a special economic zone to manufacture fuel cells. Soweto-born entrepreneur Ruli Diseko is taking the world by storm with the development... →
On-The-Air (30/11/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 30th November 2018 The big spotlight being shone on the ground under the city of Johannesburg will at last reveal the threat of instability on the Golden City. South Africa this week removed the obstacles in the way of companies conducting oil and gas exploration off our coastline. Some of the biggest mining... →
On-The-Air (23/11/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 23rd November 2018 Platinum took the streets of London this week as the driver of the city’s first clean-air double-decker bus, which boasts zero pollution. South Africa’s wind energy industry this week committed itself to job creation and socioeconomic transformation. This week’s coal conference highlighted South... →
On-The-Air (16/11/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 16th November 2018 South Africans were this week given a first-hand view of China’s fast-growing use of fuel cells, which is great news for platinum. Wonderful news from the 116-year-old Cullinan Diamond Mine is that it still has another 50 years of mining left in it. South Africa’s forest products group Sappi... →
On-The-Air (09/11/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 9th November 2018 The new head of AngloGold this week highlighted the company’s commitments to ongoing investment in South Africa. Anglo American this week committed itself to creating five non-mining jobs for every one mining job and supporting education from early childhood development to tertiary level. A... →
On-The-Air (02/11/2018)
2nd November 2018 A Russian rail company this week began the rollout of a R500-million railway investment in South Africa. The richest mining companies of the world are now intent on investing heavily to automate mining. Electric vehicles are being earmarked for use in underground mines to promote health and... →
On-The-Air (26/10/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 26th October 2018 South Africa is ahead of the world in the new race to develop innovative ‘power fuels’ that prevent climate change. An Australian company is selling its four big South African coal mines in Mpumalanga to new black owners. The Mandela Mining Precinct this week took its first steps towards the... →
On-The-Air (12/10/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 12th October 2018 The Mining Indaba this week pledged to give South Africa more access than ever to global investors who will be attending the upcoming international event. The government was this week urged to go all out to pull the struggling South African mining industry out of its unnecessary slump. South... →
On-The-Air (05/10/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 5th October 2018 Minerals Minister Gwede Mantashe this week made a strong call for price-hit platinum to be vigorously marketed; Desperately needed mineral exploration has received a major boost by being freed from regulatory red tape; and China is so impressed with South Africa’s mining investment codes that it... →
On-The-Air (28/09/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 28th September 2018 A China-backed South African mining company plans to build a rich metallurgical coal project in Limpopo province; Investment in South African mining was strongly promoted at this week’s Denver Gold Forum in the United States; and The government of Australia this week identified mining as the main... →
On-The-Air (21/09/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 21st September 2018 Japan is forecasting a massive market for fuel cells that use South African platinum; South African company Isondo this week reported that it is at the ready to produce fuel cell components locally; and Global commentators this week called on resource-rich African countries to use their wonderful... →
On-The-Air (14/09/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 14th September 2018 South African mining companies are entering an exciting new era of close collaboration with the governments of South Africa and Zimbabwe; Gold mining, which was once the darling of the investor community, are now battling to raise even low levels of capital; and Australia is proving to the world... →
On-The-Air (07/09/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 7th September 2018 The planned imposition of carbon tax on South Africa’s smelters is going to put thousands of people out of work and lose South Africa billions of rands in lost export revenue. The promising new gold recovery project on the Far West Rand is another example of the private sector working together... →
On-The-Air (31/08/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 31st August 2018 The new Minerals Council this week promised South Africa 50 000 more mining jobs in exchange for globally competitive mining laws. Mining executives the world over have agreed to attend a demonstration of exciting new South African mining technology. An amazing number of new uses of platinum fuel... →
On-The-Air (24/08/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 24th August 2018 The ‘Great Tweet’ of Minerals Minister Gwede Mantashe urging South Africans to celebrate their wonderful treasure chest of mineral wealth has been met with resounding applause. Mining leaders are crushing the curse of mineworkers being forced to encounter deadly danger in South Africa’s deep... →
On-The-Air (17/08/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 17th August 2018 Yet another huge mine is in serious financial trouble, which is throwing up the dread of more mass retrenchment. South Africa should adopt the growth model that has proved so resoundingly successful for the economy of Canada. The Constitutional Court should be called upon to lift the veil of... →
On-The-Air (10/08/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 10th August 2018 The huge global mining company Glencore this week confirmed that it is about to conclude a major oil deal in South Africa. The black-controlled Royal Bafokeng Platinum this week outlined how heavy-handed laws are not needed to transform mining. Government was this week urged to play a positive... →
On-The-Air (03/08/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 3rd August 2018 South Africa needs to make the best of the huge crisis that has broken out in platinum mining, where 13 000 jobs are on the line. Major mining companies are in the process of reversing out of the business of mining coal in South Africa. South Africans have moved at lighting speed to mine tin in... →
On-The-Air (27/07/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 27th July 2018 South Africa’s high-quality iron-ore has caught the eye of global steelmakers, who are paying top-dollar to get their hands on it. Platinum has been given a multi-billion-rand boost through a big joint investment by the Public Investment Corporation and Anglo Platinum. New mining technology is... →
On-The-Air (13/07/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 13th July 2018 Platinum jewellery sales are heading for a very good year, the global platinum promoter, Platinum Guild International, reported this week. The World Platinum Investment Corporation this week launched a range of platinum investment products in China to boost South Africa’s struggling platinum... →
On-The-Air (06/07/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 6th July 2018 Black-controlled mining company Exxaro has hit the high spots with the introduction of South Africa’s first ‘smart’ mine. A strongly black-empowered mining company is taking steps to raise money in London for its modern new phosphates operation in the Western Cape. The Bafokeng community is... →
On-The-Air (29/06/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 29th June 2018 Good news for the economy is that Swiss-based mining giant Glencore is taking steps to boost its investments in South Africa. An Australian-funded company is moving at break-neck speed to reopen a rich zinc and copper mine in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. South Africa has supplied all... →
On-The-Air (22/06/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 22nd June 2018 Coal exporters can look forward to faster turnaround times at the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, following the commissioning of a brand new suite of equipment. South Africa’s secretive Department of Mineral Resources needs to subject itself to independent transparency evaluation and to set reform... →
On-The-Air (15/06/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 15th June 2018 Mining companies are going all out to combat the deadly scourge of malaria in Africa in compliance with United Nations wishes. South Africa’s meticulous mineral codes are rapidly emerging as global world beaters. De Beers has concluded a R600-million black economic empowerment deal at... →
On-The-Air (08/06/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 8th June 2018 At long last, South Africa has taken the decision to create a special government fund for junior miners. The government this week legitimised the work of hundreds of illegal zama-zama diamond miners in the diamond city of Kimberley. Strong calls were made at this week’s junior mining indaba for... →
On-The-Air (01/06/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 1st June 2018 Former Energy Director-General Nelisiwe Magubane this week called for clean coal technology to be introduced to stave off litigation; Vigorous new investment in junior mining is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year and The positive role platinum can play to clean the world’s air... →
On-The-Air (25/05/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 25th May 2018 128 years of branding came crashing down this week when the name Chamber of Mines was trashed and replaced with Minerals Council South Africa. With all the talk about new emerging farmers coming on to the land in the future, South Africa needs to step up its mining of phosphates. Certification is... →
On-The-Air (18/05/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 18th May 2018 The lives of hundreds of thousands of people will be impacted negatively if Lonmin Platinum is forced to close; urgent action is needed to save the company. The short spell of mining hope that South Africa experienced earlier this year have been dashed, Shadow Minerals Minister James Lorimer told... →
On-The-Air (11/05/2018)
By: Martin Creamer 11th May 2018 The big new Indian shareholder in Anglo American is calling on the London-listed company to accentuate its South Africa link. Africa’s most successful gold mining company this week warned that gold mining is running the risk of becoming an irrelevant investment destination. Mapungubwe head Joel... →
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