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By: Creamer Media Reporter 29th January 2015 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about diversified mining major Glencore possible closure of some of its coal-mining operations in South Africa. →
RBCT targets export of 74m tons of coal in 2015

22nd January 2015 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about Richards Bay Coal Terminal's target of 74-million tons of coal for export in 2015. →
Junior coal miners shut up shop 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 15th January 2015 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about cash-strapped junior coal developers applying for voluntary administration and suspending their shares on stock exchanges. →
Gemfields rakes in $43m from Southern African rubies 
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Secret platinum stocks declining 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 4th December 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about the declining volume of vaulted platinum holdings being held confidentially. →
R10bn aluminium supply deal signed with black consortium 
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CAR: Blood diamond hub 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 20th November 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about the dysfunctional Central African Republic, which has taken over as the country where “blood diamond” activity is again rife. →
Lonmin shares rise as workers help prevent shaft closure 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 13th November 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about Lonmin's employees throwing their weight behind productivity improvement, which is helping the company to generate cash. →
AngloGold targeting ton of new tech gold in 2015 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 6th November 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about AngloGold Ashanti's target of a ton of new technology gold next year. →
South Africa’s underground coal Gasification roadmap on way 
30th October 2014 Creamer Media's Tracy Hancock talks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about the development of a roadmap for underground coal gasification in South Africa by the Fossil Fuel Foundation, which celebrates it’s twentieth year in existence. →
Northam Platinum’s funded R6.6bn BEE deal 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 23rd October 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about Northam Platinum’s fully funded R6.6-billion black economic-empowerment deal. →
X2 sitting on $5bn war chest 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 17th October 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhov speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about X2 Resources garnering another $1-billion to take the incipient mining company towards financial reserves of close on $5-billion. →
Modernise SA mining or bust 
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Debate needed on ways to reduce high rail costs 
2nd October 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about the need for a national debate to discuss ways of lowering the high cost of railing bulk commodities like coal. →
Pallinghurst invests in low-energy smelt alternative 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 25th September 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about diversified miner Pallinghurst's investment in a low-energy hydrometallurgical alternative to high-energy smelting. →
AngloGold Ashanti restructuring 
12th September 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about Johannesburg- and New York-listed gold-mining major AngloGold Ashanti's surprise spin-off. →
SA’s mining legal framework problematic 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 5th September 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about South Africa's mining legal framework. →
Absolute change needed to mine remaining 1.1bn gold ounces 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 28th August 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about the change needed to mine the Witwatersrand basin's remaining 1.1-billion resource ounces of gold that current mining methods cannot economically extract. →
BHP Billiton spins out Newco 
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SA still best mining address 
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Hydrogen breakthrough rekindles fuel-cell excitement 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 7th August 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about the breakthrough that gives stored hydrogen diesel-like characteristics for safe and efficient long-term energy storage. →
SA coal productivity lags behind Australia 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 1st August 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about South Africa's lagging coal productivity compared with Australia's. →
Kumba’s cash return to black shareholders 
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High-Tech mining flies into SA 
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Underground diamond mine to have automated truck loop 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 11th July 2014 Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about automation in De Beers Consolidated Mines’ Venetia underground diamond mine in Limpopo. →
Gold industry bust at $1 300/oz 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 3rd July 2014 Creamer Media’s Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about the gold industry. →
Kilobar contract to spark gold demand 
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Mining features strongly in State of the Nation address 
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