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Giant private mining companies getting away with no obligation to report anything publicly 
By: Martin Creamer 4th October 2021 A globally significant chrome producer operating six chrome mines and employing 7 000 people inside South Africa – with a social labour plan obligation on every mine, with tax and royalty obligations paid to the State – is permitted to operate in this country with no ongoing public disclosure... →
Sibanye-Stillwater moving to radical transparency on public tailings disclosure
By: Martin Creamer 29th September 2021 Gold, platinum and green metals company Sibanye-Stillwater is moving towards the embrace of radical transparency when it comes to public disclosure on matters relating to tailings facilities against the backdrop of 230 significant tailings failures having taken place globally. Sibanye-Stillwater... →
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman
Expansion study at Manono starts
By: Esmarie Iannucci 29th September 2021 ASX-listed AVZ Minerals has started an expansion scenario study for its Manono lithium and tin project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The study will investigate an increase throughput at Manono dense media separation (DMS) plant, up from the 4.5-million tonnes considered in the... →
AfriTin records strong interim performance
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 27th September 2021 Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and maintaining the health and safety of employees as a priority, Aim-listed AfriTin delivered an impressive interim performance, CEO Anthony Viljoen says. The company has continued to exceed production targets at the Uis tin mine, in Namibia,... →
AfriTin secures financing for Namibia tin expansion
By: Marleny Arnoldi 21st September 2021 Aim-listed AfriTin Mining has entered into a £4.5-million five-year loan agreement with Standard Bank Namibia, to fund the Phase 1 expansion of its processing plant at the Uis tin mine. The expansion is planned to increase tin concentrate production by 67% from 720 t/y to 1 200 t/y. →
South Africa’s junior mining dearth result of unintended consequence – AmaranthCX
By: Martin Creamer 14th September 2021 South Africa’s junior mining dearth is a result of savings no longer flowing through to primary capital raising and stock exchange listings, as the Jacobs Committee expected them to do. The unintended consequence is that there are no longer small investors for small companies. This has negatively... →
AfriTin’s flagship Uis project exceeds production target by 5 t
By: Simone Liedtke 13th September 2021 African tin miner AfriTin Mining’s Uis project, in Namibia, maintained a production level above its steady-state target during the second quarter of its 2022 financial year, surpassing the targeted 180 t of tin concentrate by producing 185 t, containing 113 t of tin metal. A strong operational... →
AfriTin further investigates lithium, tantalum potential at Uis
By: Marleny Arnoldi 6th September 2021 Aim-listed AfriTin Mining says it is excited about the opportunity to diversity and consolidate its tech-metal exposure, after receiving positive preliminary results from lithium beneficiation test work. The company will soon launch an 8 000 m lithium and tantalum exploration drilling programme... →
Supplier keeps up with tech revolution
By: Halima Frost 3rd September 2021 Based on its BlueTechnology philosophy, metallurgical industry supplier SMS group has significantly broadened its expertise in processing, supplies and services for nonferrous metals production over the past year to meet the highest requirements of customers. “BlueTechnology in nonferrous metals... →
Real-time ore analysis set for African market
By: Halima Frost 27th August 2021 Digital mining solutions provider MineSense is establishing offices in Africa and Europe to introduce its real-time ore analysis technologies to the African Copperbelt by the fourth quarter. “Once we have successfully introduced the technology to the upper Africa region, we intend on filtering... →
Testing facility expansion under way
27th August 2021 Swiss multinational metals and minerals trade commodities group SGS has seen a rising demand for testing services to meet client requirements and, to facilitate the needs of its clients, it announced the construction of its new, state-of-the-art laboratory in April this year. →
IDC in discussion on the introduction of an exploration fund – Demana
By: Martin Creamer 23rd August 2021 The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is in discussion on the introduction of a fund to underpin much-needed exploration in South Africa. This was stated by Reginald Demana, the IDC’s head of mining and metals, infrastructure and energy, in a wide-ranging Zoom interview with Mining Weekly.... →
South Africa on verge of nice breakthroughs in hydrogen, says new SAIMM president
By: Martin Creamer 17th August 2021 South Africa is on verge of nice breakthroughs in hydrogen, says newly elected Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) president Isabel Geldenhuys. Speaking to Mining Weekly in a Zoom interview, Geldenhuys expressed the view that all the big mines with big moving machinery... →
Company’s products adhere to global standards
By: Khutso Maphatsoe 13th August 2021 Metals supplier Non-Ferrous Metal Works (NFMW) manufactures semi-fabricated copper and brass extruded shapes that comply with international chemistry, physical tolerances and the mechanical characteristics of end-products. All products are graded according to ISO 9001 quality assurance standards,... →
Friendly South African face could quickly attract exploration investment – Bristow
By: Martin Creamer 11th August 2021 South Africa looks a lot like the global gold mining industry in that it has not encouraged reinvestment in its mining industry’s future, says Barrick Gold president and CE Dr Mark Bristow. "In fact, if anything, South Africa has harvested what it received back in 1994," adds Bristow, a hugely... →
Barrick president and CE Dr Mark Bristow.
Fitch Solutions expects a good year for tin output amid price rally
By: Marleny Arnoldi 10th August 2021 Market research firm Fitch Solutions says high prices and less interruption from Covid-19 are driving tin mine production growth this year. This is a positive turn on the 1.3% year-on-year contraction in tin mine output recorded in 2020. →
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Alphamin drilling programmes at Mpama North, South mines to provide ‘excellent synergies’
By: Simone Liedtke 28th July 2021 Tin miner Alphamin Resources has received additional high-grade assay results from its Mpama South exploration drilling programme, while simultaneously starting its life-of-mine extension drilling at the high-grade Mpama North mine, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Alphamin has, so far,... →
AfriTin records first notable revenues
By: Donna Slater 22nd July 2021 Aim-listed African tin mining company AfriTin Mining ended its financial year on February 28 with its first material revenue of £5-million, up from the £69 000 reported for the previous financial year. “The announcement of the first notable revenues is a monumental first step and a precursor of... →
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... →
Small miners aim for European supply chain for EVs independent from China
By: Reuters 16th July 2021 Growing demand for electric vehicles has spurred small-scale miners of the lithium, cobalt and rare earths that automakers rely on to develop mines and build refining capacity in Europe to reduce their reliance on China. Efforts by the United States and Europe to build a secure and independent... →
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... →
Well-known mining personalities behind new green metals SPAC
By: Mariaan Webb 15th July 2021 Former executives of Canadian miner Detour Gold have teamed up with some of the biggest names in Australian mining and a Glencore director to launch a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) targeting assets fitting the green-economy metals and mining profile. Increasingly popular, SPACs are... →
Life in mining-dependent countries significantly improved – ICMM
By: Martin Creamer 14th July 2021 Life in mining-dependent countries has improved significantly in the 23 years leading up to 2018, with strong governance the key to improving socio-economic well-being, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) said on Wednesday. A report that analysed 41 social metrics grouped under... →
EU, Ukraine sign preliminary deal on key raw materials, batteries
By: Reuters 13th July 2021 The European Union and Ukraine signed on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering critical raw materials and batteries as the 27-country bloc tries to diversify supplies following disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The move is part of the European Commission's Action Plan... →
Tin prices to give Alphamin’s second-quarter Ebitda a boost
By: Simone Liedtke 6th July 2021 Tin producer Alphamin Resources expects to report earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $34-million for the second quarter, at a tin price of $28 326/t, versus the current of $31 800/t. The Ebitda guidance benefitted from a significant catch-up in tin sales... →
Mining vital to economy, can help guide country's path – President
By: Martin Creamer 5th July 2021 Mining is vital to the South African economy and the opportunities that exist in mining can help guide the country’s path to a more inclusive and equitable economy, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated on Monday. Writing in his From the Desk of the President column, Ramaphosa placed mineral and... →
AVZ raises A$40m to enlarge Manono stake
By: Esmarie Iannucci 2nd July 2021 ASX-listed AVZ Minerals will raise A$40-million in a share placement to sophisticated, professional and institutional investors, to fund work at its Manono lithium and tin project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The placement will consist of more than 307.6-million shares, which will be... →
Energy transition metals poised for uneven, explosive run higher
By: Reuters 22nd June 2021 Buoyed by powerful demand expectations as the world moves away from reliance on fossil fuels, prices of many industrial metals rocketed, but future price rises are likely to be limited to a select few energy transition ingredients. The narrative of a synchronised upswing, characterised by some... →
300-plus vehicle fleets assessed for cleaner, safer mine mobility in five regions – ICMM
By: Martin Creamer 15th June 2021 As part of the cleaner, safer vehicles initiative of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), more than 300 vehicle fleets have been assessed for cleaner, safer mobility on more than 300 mines in five regions globally, ICMM health, safety and product stewardship director Sarah Bell... →
AfriTin records strong start to 2022 financial year
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 14th June 2021 Aim-listed AfriTin Mining produced 183 t of tin concentrate at its Uis tin mine, in Namibia, in the first quarter of the 2022 financial year – the three-month period from ended May 31. This exceeded the production target of 180 t of tin concentrate. →
Early Tesla investor backs firm that tracks metals supply chain
By: Bloomberg 11th June 2021 An early Tesla investor is backing a startup that helps track battery metals across the supply chain to ensure they hold up to environmental and ethical scrutiny. The Westly Group, which led a funding round with five other venture capital firms, invested $14-million in Circulor, according to a... →
Allow geologists from surrounding African countries to boost SA's exploration rebirth, top explorer advises
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2021 Exploration geologists from surrounding countries should be allowed into South Africa to boost exploration. That is the view of Exploration Geology Consultants exploration manager Thinus Jordaan, who believes that South Africa’s planned exploration thrust should focus on commodities required in... →
Indonesian tin miners target the ocean as reserves dwindle on land
By: Reuters 8th June 2021 From the shores of Indonesia's Bangka island, miners like Hendra head out by boat every day to scores of crudely built wooden pontoons dotted off the coast that are equipped to dredge the seabed for lucrative deposits of tin ore. Indonesia is the world's biggest exporter of tin used in... →
Mining firms with higher ESG ratings outperform market – PwC
By: Martin Creamer 8th June 2021 Mining companies with higher environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings outperformed the broader market during the peak of the Covid-19 crisis, delivering 34% average total shareholder return over the past three years — ten percentage points higher than the general market index, PwC... →
Hot prices pervading commodities market, CRU tells Junior Indaba
By: Martin Creamer 2nd June 2021 Price hotness is pervading the commodities market, CRU senior analyst Clare Hanna said on Tuesday, when she addressed the second and final day of the Junior Indaba. Speaking on ‘what’s hot and what’s not’, Hanna said almost all commodities were at the higher-than-15% level. (Also watch attached... →
Council for Geoscience goes live with digital geoscience data
By: Martin Creamer 1st June 2021 South Africa’s Council for Geoscience went live on Tuesday with making geoscience data digitally available. During a panel discussion on the first day of the Junior Indaba, Council for Geoscience CEO Mosa Mabuza invited all to go on to the council’s website to find this data, the bulk of which,... →
From top clockwise, ENSafrica COO Otsile Matlou, Geoscience CEO Mosa Mabuza, Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart, DMRE DG Advocate Thabo Mokoena and AmaranthCX director Paul Miller.
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