Martin Creamer
Martin Creamer is Creamer Media Publishing Editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
South32 deal enabling Alcoa to surpass Rio as world’s biggest bauxite miner
2nd July 2026 With the acquisition of South32’s aluminium assets, Alcoa will surpass Rio Tinto to become the world's largest bauxite mining company on an... →
Alcoa sees South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium being 'cash flow accretive immediately'
2nd July 2026 This asset adds scale to our smelting portfolio in a way that is expected to be cash flow accretive immediately, Alcoa Corporation President and... →
Alcoa is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium, says Pillay
1st July 2026 As a global producer of materials across the aluminium value chain, Alcoa Corporation is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside... →
DRDGOLD’s R8bn internally funded capital programme forging steadily ahead
30th June 2026 Gold-from-mine-waste company DRDGOLD is looking at organic growth of 40% in throughput and 30% in output, using internally funded cash flows and... →
Northern Cape becoming the copper gift that just keeps on giving
29th June 2026 South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape is becoming the copper gift that just keeps on giving, with yet another intercept confirming copper... →
Mintek outlines how value can be added to South Africa’s PGM mining industry
26th June 2026 South Africa's national mineral research organisation Mintek on Friday, June 26 spelt out how it can add value to South Africa’s platinum group... →
$870m ilmenite beneficiation project enters construction phase at Richards Bay IDZ
26th June 2026 The construction of the first phase of the Nyanza Light Metals plant to advance ilmenite up the value curve in the form of titanium dioxide (TiO2)... →
New longer-term platinum metal applications needed, Sibanye-Stillwater headlines
25th June 2026 To replace declining demand for the autocatalysis that curbs emissions from vehicle exhausts, new longer-term platinum group metal (PGM)... →
Sibanye-Stillwater’s mass of metal ‘probably one of planet’s biggest’
24th June 2026 This is an incredible endowment and we are executing a deliberate strategy to extract more value from every single square metre of our resource... →
Sibanye-Stillwater declares its South African platinum assets ‘world’s best’
23rd June 2026 If you gave me an option to have any portfolio of platinum group metal (PGM) assets in the world, this is the portfolio I would take – without a... →
South Africa’s Deputy President in hydrogen fuel cell working visit to China
22nd June 2026 As part of a working visit to China, South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile has met with a key industry organisation that promotes the... →
Exxaro displays major wind, solar achievement without shrinking coal
22nd June 2026 Impressive renewable-energy advances were graphically displayed by coal major Exxaro during its Capital Day on Monday, June 22. The first was a... →
Africa cannot afford fragmented voices any longer, Mike Teke points out
19th June 2026 Africa cannot afford fragmented voices any longer, South Africa’s mining and energy leading light Mike Teke pointed out in an address at the... →
Platinum jewellery generates highest demand level since 2019
18th June 2026 Despite metal price and import tariff headwinds, platinum jewellery delivered growth across all markets in 2025, generating the highest demand... →
July’s Shanghai Week set to firm up platinum’s already solid status
15th June 2026 In a year where change is proving to be rapid and consequential, the major upcoming Shanghai Platinum Week is bound to connect key trends across... →
Sustainability is at the heart of mining’s future, Valterra Platinum affirms
12th June 2026 South Africa's platinum group metals (PGMs) mining and marketing company Valterra Platinum this week affirmed sustainability as being at the heart... →
South Africa’s battery materials supply status surges ahead with new MMC plant
11th June 2026 South Africa’s supply status in the rapidly evolving and increasingly geopolitically fragmented battery materials market has taken a major leap... →
South Africa’s Zandkopsdrift rare earths project highlighted at Junior Indaba
10th June 2026 The Zandkopsdrift rare earths project in South Africa’s endowed Northern Cape was highlighted on day two of the Junior Indaba, which also learnt of... →
Strong exploration system essential to mining’s future, Junior Indaba points out
9th June 2026 A strong and vibrant exploration system is essential to the future of the mining sector, and to advancing transformation, inclusion, and long-term... →
Africa must create conditions that allow investment to flourish, Junior Indaba hears
9th June 2026 Mining's future will not be built only by the largest companies. Even though major mining houses are economically critical, history has shown that... →
Green hydrogen seen as having potential to trigger new green industrialisation
8th June 2026 Green hydrogen, which is produced with the help of platinum group metals (PGMs), could become the catalyst for new green iron, green steel, green... →
South African green hydrogen first-movers given major boost
5th June 2026 Enticing support for first movers into green hydrogen project development is on offer via a first-of-a-kind government-led framework designed to... →
New cadastre processing W Cape mining licence applications, Parliament hears
4th June 2026 The phased rollout of the new online mining licensing system – the cadastre – is progressing steadily, with Western Cape applications being... →
Platinum investment demand broadening to minor PGM metals, SFA (Oxford) points out
3rd June 2026 The strong ongoing investment demand for platinum is broadening to the minor platinum group metals (PGMs) such as ruthenium and iridium, SFA... →
South Africa can become strong value-add minerals player again, PyroFuZA points out
2nd June 2026 Look out for PyroFuZA. Those eight letters have the potential to make best use of South Africa’s natural resources and restore South Africa’s... →
Soweto Cluster gold study on way as Pan African hits gold production top spot
1st June 2026 The Soweto Cluster definitive feasibility study (DFS) is on track for completion this month, Pan African Resources reported on Monday, June 1 in an... →
Roodepoort-born Roodepoort gold miner talks to Mining Weekly
29th May 2026 He was born in Roodepoort but never imagined that one day he would be mining gold in Roodepoort, now the site of Qala Shallows, the first new... →
Cadastre must be rolled out ‘effectively, rapidly, transparently’ – Minerals Council
28th May 2026 The mining cadastre under development by South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) must be rolled out “effectively,... →
Mining can unlock growth, skills, job creation, Minerals Council AGM hears
27th May 2026 With disciplined policy reform, modernisation and partnerships, mining can elevate South Africa’s economic development, industrial capability and... →
Urgent need for one-stop mineral rights shop, Minerals Council points out
27th May 2026 There is an urgent need for a one-stop shop for mineral right applications to coordinate and align all relevant regulations from other departments,... →
Emerging South African copper miner highlights loss-narrowing performance
26th May 2026 Emerging South African mining company Copper 360, which operates in the Northern Cape’s Okiep copper district, on Tuesday, May 26 alerted its... →
Platinum’s the gift that just keeps on giving as global value-chain prospects resurface
25th May 2026 Platinum‑based equipment is critical for producing large, flawless crystals for electronics and optics applications, says the World Platinum... →
Capital raised to turn South African copper projects into mining operations
22nd May 2026 More than R180-million has been raised to transition key copper projects in South Africa’s endowed Northern Cape into operations as early as in the... →
Gold mining on City of Gold's doorstep wins broader bank support
21st May 2026 A binding term sheet for a senior loan facility of up to a R875-million has been secured by West Wits Mining, which is reviving gold mining on the... →
Northern Cape copper drilling provides clear scale-up path
20th May 2026 The latest drilling at Okiep in South Africa’s copper-endowed Northern Cape has provided a clear path to scale up at Flat Mine East, where a... →
South Africa’s $5.8bn green hydrogen-ammonia project advancing
19th May 2026 The green hydrogen and green ammonia project in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay has taken a major step forward. Its latest advance involves the... →
Investment demand for platinum still extremely strong
18th May 2026 Investment demand for platinum remains extremely strong, with market fundamentals continuing to support platinum as a compelling investment. Market... →
Positive operating income heartens challenged Eastplats
15th May 2026 Positive first-quarter mine operating income has heartened South African platinum group metals (PGM) and chrome mining company Eastplats, which... →
Cementation Africa transitions ownership amid rise in mining investment
14th May 2026 The ownership transition of Cementation Africa is enabling this underground mining contracting business to advance at a time of capital investment... →
Southern Africa’s regional uranium production looking up as demand outlook rises
13th May 2026 The symbol U and the atomic number 92 are once again among the energy elements being looked at with greater intensity amid global fossil fuel... →
Drilling highlights more copper mineralisation in South Africa’s Northern Cape
12th May 2026 A significant zone of visible copper sulphide mineralisation has been intersected down-dip of a wide zone of high-grade copper mineralisation... →
