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Group Eleven intersects its ‘best-ever mineralisation’
By: Donna Slater Updated 2 hours 7 minutes ago Vancouver-headquartered zinc explorer Group Eleven’s share price surged nearly 40% on Monday, as the company announced its best-ever mineralisation at the PG West project in Ireland. The company intersected 10.3 m of 14.6% zinc, 5% lead (19.6% combined) and 43 g/t silver during its drilling... →
Minerals Council regrets delay of 2018 Mining Charter review 
By: Martin Creamer Updated 2 hours 39 minutes ago Minerals Council South Africa on Monday expressed regret that the finalisation of the review of the contested elements of the 2018 Mining Charter had been delayed following a judgement of the full bench of the High Court in Pretoria ordering that a number of other parties be joined to the action.... →
Minerals Council South Africa.
Commercial production declared at Century zinc mine
By: Esmarie Iannucci 6th July 2020 Zinc miner New Century Resources has declared commercial production at its Century zinc mine, in Queensland. “Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, operations at Century continue to ramp up and have again delivered record production in the June quarter. Century has now achieved seven consecutive... →
Mitsui Mining resumes operation of Peru's zinc mines
By: Reuters 6th July 2020 Japan's Mitsui Mining and Smelting said on Monday its two zinc mines in Peru resumed operations on July 2 after a closure of more than three months to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. The company's Huanzala and Palka mines had been suspended since March 16 after the local government... →
More than 80 at Trevali mine positive for Covid
By: Mariaan Webb 6th July 2020 TSX-listed Trevali Mining now has more than 80 confirmed cases of Covid-19 at its Santander operation, which is nearly 30% of the total workforce of the mine in Peru. The company suspended operations at Santander in late June, after 19 workers tested positive for the virus during routine... →
Reopening of economies boosting metals prices
By: Marleny Arnoldi 3rd July 2020 Since lockdown measures have started to ease around the world to contain Covid-19, ratings and research agency Standard & Poor’s Global (S&P Global) says the reopening of economies, combined with monetary stimulus by banks and governments, has allowed industrial metal prices to rise. However,... →
Get going with galvanizing: new book for engineers from IZA
By: Shannon de Ryhove 3rd July 2020 The International Zinc Association (IZA) will launch its new publication, The Essentials of Galvanizing, during a webinar hosted by Creamer Media Contract Publishing on July 15, 2020. The publication offers the civil engineering and construction industry valuable insights into the importance of... →
Covid kills 13 mineworkers, no foreigners back at work 
By: Martin Creamer 2nd July 2020 Thirteen mineworkers have now succumbed to the coronavirus, Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana said on Thursday. Of the 13 who have died, seven were employed in platinum mining in North West province, which has the most cases at 1 413... →
ELB’s delisting-linked offers send up share price
By: Martin Creamer 1st July 2020 The board of directors of ELB on Wednesday made delisting-linked offer to its shareholders, which saw its share price rise. By late afternoon, the JSE-listed company’s price had risen by 54.17% to R1.85 a share. The capital equipment and engineering solutions group proposed a transaction to... →
Gamsberg zinc mine project in the Northern Cape, where ELB Engineering Services was active.
Zinc prices increase likely as global demand shock wanes, says Fitch Solutions
By: Donna Slater 29th June 2020 Zinc prices are likely to edge higher in the next three to six months, as the negative shock to global demand from the Covid-19 outbreak lessens, says financial risk management, solutions and insights company Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research. Support for prices, it notes, will... →
Increased continued loan support for Orion confirmed
By: Martin Creamer 29th June 2020 Private equity group Tembo Capital Mining Fund II LP on Monday confirmed its increased continued support of Orion Minerals through a loan facility boost. The Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed Orion is developing the Prieska copper-and-zinc project in the Northern Cape. →
Alta raises cash for Italian drilling
By: Esmarie Iannucci 25th June 2020 ASX-listed Alta Zinc has secured A$3.6-million to fund exploration work at its Gorno zinc project in Italy. The junior has received firm commitments from professional and institutional investors for the placement of 890.5-million shares, priced at 40c each, and more than 296.5-million listed... →
LME to examine floor reopening after easing of UK lockdown
By: Reuters 24th June 2020 The London Metal Exchange (LME) will examine whether the easing of social-distancing restrictions in England from July 4 will apply to its open-outcry floor, which has been closed for three months. The 143-year-old exchange temporarily closed the floor - the last open-outcry floor in Europe - on... →
Deep sea mining could destroy undiscovered species, says Ocean Panel
By: Reuters 24th June 2020 Mining on the sea floor should not begin before a full assessment of likely environmental impacts can be made, a report commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) said on Wednesday. Environmentalists including Britain's David Attenborough have called for a... →
Glencore says will cooperate with investigation by Swiss
By: Martin Creamer 20th June 2020 Diversified mining company Glencore stated at the weekend that it would cooperate with an investigation opened into it by the office of the attorney general of Switzerland. Glencore stated in a release to Mining Weekly that it had been informed by the office of the attorney general that it had... →
Glencore head office.
More border openings wanted for returning workers – Minerals Council
By: Martin Creamer 15th June 2020 More border openings are wanted for returning foreign mineworkers. As of Thursday last week, not a single foreign mineworker had re-entered South Africa from neighbouring foreign countries. “Only a limited number of border posts are open,” Minerals Council South Africa environment, health and... →
Tembo extends loan for Prieska copper/zinc project in Northern Cape
By: Martin Creamer 15th June 2020 Private equity group Tembo Capital has confirmed its continued support of Orion Minerals through an extension to the term of the $3.6-million loan facility. Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed Orion in January announced the convertible loan facility, which has now been extended from June 25 to... →
240 000 miners back at work – Minerals Council South Africa
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2020 An estimated 240 000 miners are back at work on 385 large and small mines across South Africa, Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana said on Thursday. Each and every one of these miners was screened on their return to work after lockdown... →
ICMM members record 287 fatalities in 2019
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2020 The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) on Thursday released the 2019 safety data of its company members, who reported 287 occupational fatalities, a marked increase from the 50 fatalities recorded in 2018 and 51 fatalities recorded in 2017. ICMM said in a media release to Mining... →
Permitting for Ambler mining district road nearing completion – Trilogy
By: Mariaan Webb 10th June 2020 Permitting for the 340 km road that will open up the prospective Ambler mining district, in Alaska, to resource development is in its final stages and a record of decision (RoD) is expected "imminently, possibly in the next month". A positive RoD will open the way for engineering and construction... →
The camp at Bornite, Alaska.
Global mining forum IGF puts forward sweeping employment reforms
By: Martin Creamer 10th June 2020 The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining Minerals Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) on Wednesday put forward sweeping mining employment reforms in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has, it states, exposed weak points in the global labour market. IGF emerged from the 2002 World Summit... →
Sweeping mining reforms advocated in response to Covid-19.
First Quantum Minerals tops Zambian taxpayer list
By: Donna Slater 5th June 2020 Copper, gold and zinc miner First Quantum Minerals (FQM) paid over K7-billion in taxes and royalties to the Zambian government in 2018, representing almost 40% of total payments made by the mining industry, making it the nation’s largest taxpayer. The 2018 Zambia Extractive Industry Transparency... →
Well positioned to weather storm – Standard Bank
By: Martin Creamer 4th June 2020 The Standard Bank is well positioned to weather the Covid-19 storm and remains determined to emerge from this crisis as a stronger Africa-focused financial services group, Standard Bank Group FD Dr Arno Daehnke said on Thursday. The capital and liquidity levels of Africa’s biggest lender by... →
Mozambique streaks ahead with new e-government cadastre advance
By: Martin Creamer 3rd June 2020 While South Africa is still trundling along laboriously with a minerals cadastre system fraught with shortcomings, Mozambique has rocketed to the highest firmament of e-government licence processing, Mining Weekly can report. Mozambique first led the pack 17 years ago when, ironically, it latched... →
New solution for monitoring tailings dams
By: Martin Creamer 2nd June 2020 The tragic tailings dam breach in Brazil that killed more than 270 people has focused the world of mining on making tailings dams safe. Earlier this year, and environmental organisation Grid-Arendal launched the world’s first publicly accessible global database of mine tailings storage facilities... →
Tailings dam.
It’s official, the hottest party in the metals world is cancelled
By: Bloomberg 2nd June 2020 The London Metal Exchange (LME) has pulled the plug on the biggest annual gathering in the metals market, cancelling all its own events during October’s LME Week because of coronavirus concerns. From its origins as an annual gathering organised by the LME’s golf association, the week-long roster... →
Minister urges mines to test without fear of mine closure
By: Martin Creamer 29th May 2020 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Friday urged mines to test for Covid-19 to the full extent without fearing mine closure. The Minister was responding to a media question on the steps the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) was taking to end the backlog of... →
Gwede Mantashe
Conversation on getting economy back on track post-Covid has begun
By: Martin Creamer 28th May 2020 The conversation has begun on getting the South African economy back on track with the necessary structural reforms post-Covid, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Wednesday. Speaking at question time during a virtual media conference following the council’s annual general... →
BHP/Glencore/Teck venture resumes operations after Covid-19 suspension
By: Creamer Media Reporter 28th May 2020 The Antamina copper/zinc mine, in Peru, will resume operations at 80% capacity, 22.5%-owner Teck Resources reported on Wednesday. The mine will gradually ramp up to full production capacity in the third quarter, while adhering to comprehensive Covid-19 protocols. Antamina operated under an... →
Second stage of Kefi’s drilling programme in Saudi Arabia completed
By: Simone Liedtke 27th May 2020 Gold and Minerals (G&M), Kefi Minerals’ 34%-owned joint venture company, has now completed Stage 2 of the Hawiah diamond drilling programme, in Saudi Arabia, thereby increasing the number of completed drill holes to 69 since October 2019, when the first drill hole was completed. Copper, zinc,... →
Environmental, social, governance integral to Prieska copper-zinc project
By: Martin Creamer 27th May 2020 The Prieska copper-zinc mine being developed so spectacularly by Orion Minerals in the Northern Cape has environmental, social and governance principles integrally built into it, Mining Weekly can today report. The updated bankable feasibility study just released not only reduces the capital... →
Prieska economics improve with BFS
By: Esmarie Iannucci 26th May 2020 An updated bankable feasibility study (BFS) into the Prieska copper/zinc project, in South Africa has increased the capital requirements for the project by some A$21-million while extending the mine life and increasing the expected free cash flows. ASX-listed Orion Minerals on Tuesday told... →
Full reopening of mining from June 1 – President Ramaphosa
By: Martin Creamer 24th May 2020 Subject to strict Covid-19 protocols, mining will be allowed to reopen fully from June 1, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. In his address on South Africa’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, the President announced that South Africa would advance to level 3 from June 1, with an... →
President Cyril Ramaphosa
Leon lists measures to attract mining investment in these challenging times
By: Martin Creamer 22nd May 2020 South Africa should consider appointing an independent minerals regulator to speed up minerals licensing, Herbert Smith Freehills Africa co-chair Peter Leon said during a webinar this week. Responding to Patrick Leyden, who moderated the webinar entitled re-imagining the sub-Saharan mining... →
Cacophony of voices on LME floor may not be heard for many months
By: Reuters 21st May 2020 The London Metal Exchange's open outcry trading floor may remain closed for many more months as it cannot be reopened under COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, the head of the exchange said. LME CEO Matthew Chamberlain also told Reuters the exchange would look at potential M&A activity, but... →
Mining becoming significant corporate buyer of renewable energy – ICMM
By: Martin Creamer 21st May 2020 The mining industry has started to become a significant corporate buyer of renewable energy in regions where these technologies have become reliable and cost-competitive compared with fossil fuel-based electricity, says the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). These regions include... →
Gazetted Covid guideline restates much of what mining has already adopted
By: Martin Creamer 20th May 2020 The newly gazetted guideline to prevent, mitigate and manage the Covid-19 pandemic on mines is largely a restatement of what has already been adopted by the mining industry. Most of the requirements of the code of practice (COP) mandated in the gazette already form part of the standard operating... →
Covid prevention a must at mines – gazette
By: Martin Creamer 20th May 2020 Covid-19 prevention, mitigation and management programmes must be established at mines using the guideline gazetted by Chief Inspector of Mines David Msiza on Tuesday. The gazette notice states that this guideline provides minimum requirements for the compilation of a code of practice to prevent... →
Chief Inspector of Mines David Msiza
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