Martin Creamer
Martin Creamer is Creamer Media Publishing Editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
South Africa’s mining industry now 39% black-owned, Mining Indaba hears
5th February 2024 In 2004, the year South Africa’s far-reaching Mining Charter was first introduced, black ownership in South Africa’s globally recognised mining... →
Coal line criminals identified, must be jailed – Transnet
2nd February 2024 The criminal syndicates that regularly bring South Africa’s coal export line to a halt have been identified through the intelligence operations... →
Coal miner Ndalamo pursuing renewable energy, other minerals
31st January 2024 Coal mining company Ndalamo Resources is actively exploring opportunities in renewable energy and other minerals, paving the way for a diversified... →
DRC’s green and automated Kibali gold operation highlighted as mining role model
30th January 2024 Kibali, the largest gold mine in Africa, is now also one of Africa's greenest and most impressively automated operations, which continues to... →
Decline in coal line security incidents is improving performance – Transnet
29th January 2024 Security incidents that disrupt trains transporting coal to South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) for export to the world are in... →
Anglo launches battery raw materials research project with large China recycler
26th January 2024 South Africa-founded and Johannesburg- and London-listed Anglo American on Friday announced the launch of a research and development project in... →
New public-private rail corridor agreement already boding well – RBCT
25th January 2024 The three-month-old mutual cooperation agreement that the private-sector-owned Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) signed with State rail enterprise... →
Vanadium junior has expansive plans for long-life operation, mulling JSE listing
24th January 2024 Keep an eye on Vanadium Resources (VR8). It’s a motivated ASX-listed, JSE-mulling junior that is thinking expansively in line with the potentially... →
Northern Cape copper revival receives yet another promising forward nudge
23rd January 2024 South Africa’s prospective Northern Cape province on Tuesday received yet another promising forward nudge along the road to copper-revival in the... →
Strong showing by South Africa’s Hillside helps to lift South32 to record aluminium output
22nd January 2024 Ongoing strong performance by South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium operation in KwaZulu-Natal has helped diversified mining company South32 achieve... →
New platinum group metals recycling facility opens in China
19th January 2024 A new platinum group metals (PGM) recycling facility has opened in China, where the autocatalyst recycling market is expected to grow at the rate... →
Cadastre imminent, 2024 to be used as year to clear backlogs, says Minerals Minister
18th January 2024 The introduction of an electronic cadastral system to record and enable online access to mining data is imminent, Mineral Resources and Energy... →
Global mining commits to nature-positive future
18th January 2024 Global mining and metals companies have committed at Davos to take urgent action to support a nature-positive future by 2030 that promotes the... →
South Africa-linked mining luminaries advising on metals industry greening
17th January 2024 South Africa-linked mining luminaries are playing roles in an initiative to transform the metals industry with clean technology. Being targeted for... →
Smart wristwatches to uplift mineworker well-being at Copper 360
16th January 2024 Computer programmes that use artificial intelligence (AI) to model orebodies and plan mines optimally have already been introduced by Copper 360,... →
Supply-demand trend favours platinum over palladium – Deutsche Bank Research
15th January 2024 The convergence in platinum and palladium prices is likely to go further. Fundamentals point more positively for platinum into 2025 on a better... →
JSE presents opportunity for critical mineral miners to access capital
12th January 2024 Critical mineral demand is growing significantly at a time when South Africa has a pressing need to reawaken its public markets – two crucial needs... →
Hydrogen economy poised as key growth booster for platinum group metals – Heraeus
11th January 2024 The hydrogen economy is an important new growth area for platinum group metals (PGMs) and, in turn, PGMs are pivotal for hydrogen production and... →
Major new global hydrogen thrust brightens spotlight on platinum group metals
10th January 2024 A major new initiative by long-standing South Africa associate Heraeus Precious Metals this week drew renewed and intensified attention to the... →
Sibanye-Stillwater announces forceful C-suite sustainability appointment
9th January 2024 Johannesburg- and New York-listed mining company Sibanye-Stillwater has appointed Melanie Naidoo-Vermaak as chief sustainability officer, effective... →
IDC-funded Canada-Botswana battery manganese demo plant to be built in Joburg
20th December 2023 Giyani Metals is a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Toronto, Canada. Through its wholly-owned Botswana subsidiary Menzi Battery... →
AngloGold taking steps to join gold search in South America’s Guyana
19th December 2023 Gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti is taking steps to become part of a search for gold in Guyana, a country on South America’s North Atlantic... →
Power pricing predictability reached for Glencore-Merafe ferrochrome smelter
19th December 2023 The application of State electricity utility Eskom for a six-year negotiated pricing agreement for the Glencore-Merafe ferrochrome smelter... →
Davis expects platinum price to be ignited in next few months
18th December 2023 Overwhelming demand and declining South African mining supply are poised to result in a very substantial rise in the price of platinum, Dr David... →
Huge uplift for Eastern Cape on way from South Africa’s R105bn green ammonia project
14th December 2023 The building of the R105-billion green ammonia project by Hive Hydrogen South Africa is poised to be a huge economic uplift for the Eastern Cape.... →
Mining urged to embrace international council’s new Scope 3 emissions guidance
13th December 2023 All mining and metals companies are being urged to embrace new guidance on reducing Scope 3 emissions, which was published by the International... →
Copper to be recovered from yet another on-surface copper resource in Zambia
12th December 2023 A Johannesburg-listed company, in strategic partnership with a Middle Eastern conglomerate, has secured one of the largest copper waste rock assets... →
Hive Hydrogen project will show how just energy transition is possible, says Gcabashe
11th December 2023 Through its green ammonia export project in the Eastern Cape, the leadership of Hive Hydrogen South Africa intends to show how a just energy... →
Hive Hydrogen, Itochu sign co-op memo on $5.8bn Coega green ammonia export project
11th December 2023 Hive Hydrogen South Africa and Itochu Corporation of Japan have signed a memorandum of co-operation to advance Hive’s Coega green ammonia export... →
Union leaders go underground to bring chronically ill back to surface from mine sit-in
8th December 2023 Union leaders have gone underground to fetch chronically ill mineworkers at the Bakubung platinum mine in Rustenburg, where an underground sit-in... →
Sibanye-Stillwater accelerates decarbonisation with two further renewables projects
7th December 2023 The financial close and start of construction of two additional renewable energy projects for Sibanye-Stillwater’s South Africa operations has been... →
South Africa’s community engagement ahead of global peers, manganese AGM hears
6th December 2023 The South African mining industry is years ahead of its international peers when it comes to local and community engagement, Australia-listed... →
South Africa’s permanent magnet rare earths attracting keen interest
5th December 2023 South Africa is recognised as having the potential to play a significant role in the establishment of a more diversified supply chain of critical... →
Mpumalanga battery manganese aspirant hoping for IDC co-investment
4th December 2023 Canada-headquartered Giyani Metals, which operates in Botswana, has secured $16-million in financing from South Africa’s Industrial Development... →
Greenfield investment lagging badly, mining’s contribution to economy halved
1st December 2023 The growth of investment in fresh new greenfield mining projects is lagging badly and the contribution of the South African mining industry to the... →
Recovery of battery metals, PGMs being looked at by DRDGOLD
30th November 2023 The recovery of battery metals and platinum group metals (PGMs) is being looked at by DRDGOLD, the Johannesburg- and New York-listed company, which... →
Manganese positioning South Africa for entry into huge new energy markets
28th November 2023 Manganese mining company Jupiter Mines has produced a 99.9% pure sample of high purity manganese sulphate monohvdrate (HPMSM) using the Northern... →
Gold Fields takes big new Scope 3 decarbonisation step
27th November 2023 The global transition to net zero emissions by 2050 requires significant deployment of clean energy technologies and increased material production... →
New Utshalo has potential to boost mining IPOs, enliven public markets
24th November 2023 South Africa has a pressing need to reawaken its public markets and the new Utshalo must be complimented for setting out to do just that. New... →
African Rainbow Minerals provides R20-million for Wits University research
23rd November 2023 Diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) is supporting postdoctoral research into water, energy and digitalisation at the... →
Progress at Pan African's gold tailings treatment project on West Rand
22nd November 2023 Excellent progress has reportedly been made with the construction of the R2.5-billion gold tailings retreatment project, west of Johannesburg, on... →
