Martin Creamer
Martin Creamer is Creamer Media Publishing Editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Barrick’s Zambia copper expansion highlighted, more high gold price captured
11th May 2026 Construction at the Lumwana super pit copper expansion in Zambia continued to advance on time and on budget during the first quarter of 2026, gold... →
AngloGold delivers record free cash flow
8th May 2026 The record first-quarter (Q1) free cash flow of $1.2-billion delivered by AngloGold Ashanti is almost triple the Q1 2025 amount, following steady... →
Sibanye-Stillwater prices oversubscribed $500-million notes offering
8th May 2026 Green metals and gold mining company Sibanye-Stillwater on Friday May 8 took another step to strengthen its balance sheet, extend its debt maturity... →
Gold Fields lists 'significant’ price increases caused by US-Iran war
7th May 2026 South African gold mining company Gold Fields on Thursday May 4 listed “significant increases” in a number of key commodities since the start of... →
Sibanye-Stillwater highlights good safety performance amid 371% earnings upsurge
6th May 2026 Operational consistency, focused cost control and materially higher first-quarter earnings have strengthened the financial position of... →
As costs drop, hydrogen energy sovereignty is being grasped
5th May 2026 Following South Africa’s Northam Platinum reporting earlier this year that thousands of hydrogen-powered trucks are doing the rounds in China,... →
Hydrogen mobility, platinum group metals highlighted in North West
4th May 2026 Hydrogen mobility and platinum group metals (PGMs) have been highlighted at North-West University (NWU) by the handing over of the mobile hydrogen... →
Hydrogen progress is real, International Energy Agency reports
30th April 2026 Higher fossil fuel prices are pushing governments to revisit hydrogen as an energy security tool, Haley Zaremba has reported on oilprice.com,... →
South African vanadium project secures non-binding offtake term sheet
29th April 2026 Australia-listed Vanadium Resources (VR8) has announced two new developments towards the company’s VR8 Steelpoortdrift vanadium project in South... →
New electricity solution being advanced for South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium
28th April 2026 A new, long-term electricity solution for South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium Smelter in KwaZulu Natal has been advanced, which marks a crucial step... →
Sustainability remains integral Sibanye-Stillwater strategy, long-term value creator
28th April 2026 The embedding of sustainability remains integral to the strategy and long-term value creation of JSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater, which records... →
Implats reports robust PGM demand, beneficial pricing
24th April 2026 Despite elevated global geopolitical tensions, robust demand for platinum group metals (PGMs) has been accompanied by sustained beneficial pricing... →
Call for acceleration of ferrochrome tariff relief process supported
24th April 2026 The Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture has expressed support for Eskom’s public call for an expedited regulatory process in respect of the proposed... →
Valterra Platinum celebrates strong refined PGM uplift, laments safety decline
23rd April 2026 The refined platinum group metal (PGM) production of South Africa’s Valterra Platinum increased by 78% to 778 500 oz in the first three months of... →
Hydrogen enables energy storage way beyond batteries, Nel emphasises
22nd April 2026 Electrolytic hydrogen enables long-term energy storage way beyond what batteries can provide, which is exemplified by a 200 MW hydrogen plant in... →
Give South Africa’s manganese mines a good logistics future right now – don’t wait
21st April 2026 Without compromising the positions of any stakeholders or the credibility of the process, a way must be found to fast-track a good logistical... →
PGM price underpin by investment, speculation expected to persist – Sibanye-Stillwater
20th April 2026 The underpinning of platinum group metals (PGM) prices by investment and speculation is expected to persist for as long as the high level of macro... →
Growth’s not an entitlement, investment’s not a given, Memsa event hears
20th April 2026 Growth is not an entitlement and capital investment is not a given. These were two key points that Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila... →
Sibanye-Stillwater collaborates further to find new applications for platinum metals
17th April 2026 Mining and metals company Sibanye-Stillwater and the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) on Friday announced their research... →
Breakthrough positions chrome as key revenue driver for Southern Palladium
17th April 2026 Results from metallurgical test work at the Bengwenyama platinum group metals (PGM) project in South Africa’s Limpopo province indicate that up to... →
Investors commit R105-billion-plus to Northern Cape development
16th April 2026 South Africa’s minerals-endowed Northern Cape province has attracted more than R105-billion in investment pledges in new and expanded mining,... →
Platinum fuel cell technology supporting humanity’s space flights
16th April 2026 Platinum, with which South Africa is more endowed than any other country on earth, is supporting humanity’s space leaps, the World Platinum... →
PGMs, China’s stockpiling spur mining production leap, Minerals Council reports
15th April 2026 South Africa’s mining sector entered 2026 with robust momentum, posting notable year-on-year production gains in February largely on the back of... →
Exploration workshop sessions initiated in Africa by BHP
15th April 2026 A series of workshops to promote and support greater intelligence and collaboration in minerals exploration in key mining jurisdictions in... →
Multi-country hydrogen-based iron-ore-to-green-steel breakthrough in Namibia
14th April 2026 A green hydrogen breakthrough in Namibia is opening the way for decarbonised steel using iron-ore of considerably lower grade. In an electrically... →
China's gold market importance probably growing, says precious metals analyst
14th April 2026 China is probably growing in importance to the gold market the same way it is growing in importance to the global economy. By contrast, the... →
Hydrogen option highlighted as Middle East crisis disrupts fossil-fuel economics
13th April 2026 South Africa’s Presidency has been advised to reduce dependency on imported fossil fuels as current events may alter the economics of alternative... →
Eskom confident of meeting winter demand, Minerals Council South Africa indicates
10th April 2026 Amid the expectation of Eskom publishing its winter outlook later this month, the State-owned power utility has meanwhile expressed confidence that... →
KwaZulu-Natal mineral sands mine powered by new Limpopo solar
9th April 2026 The first megawatt-hours of green electricity have been successfully fed into South Africa’s national grid by a newly commissioned solar farm in... →
South Africa's green hydrogen pursuit spelt out at UNIDO conference
8th April 2026 South Africa spelled out a detailed green hydrogen pursuit roadmap at the United Nations Industry Development Organisation (UNIDO) conference... →
More renewable power for South Africa’s platinum, iron-ore, diamond mines
7th April 2026 Diversified mining major Anglo American and EDF have switched on more renewable energy in South Africa through their Envusa joint venture’s rapid... →
Laxity has left South Africans without the energy jobs platinum can provide
2nd April 2026 The date was December 2011. The place was Durban. The occasion was an Anglo American media conference led by then Anglo CEO Cynthia Carroll. The... →
South Africa’s State-owned IDC to convert Orion loan into equity
2nd April 2026 South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has agreed to convert its convertible loan facility to the Sydney-and... →
South Africa’s Master Drilling positioned to capitalise on bull run, CEO reports
1st April 2026 South Africa’s drilling provider across five continents, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Master Drilling, is well positioned to benefit from... →
Proudly South African drill rigs without human intervention on way
31st March 2026 South Africa’s Master Drilling, the Fochville-based company which on Tuesday reported a $292-million revenue record plus a nigh billion-dollar 2026... →
South Africa positioning as platinum-based hydrogen technology leader
31st March 2026 South Africa holds the world’s largest reserves of platinum group metals (PGMs), which are essential to many hydrogen technologies. Amid that... →
Hydrogen set to be broad demand, strong growth sector, Valterra Platinum highlights
31st March 2026 The hydrogen economy is set to be a broad demand sector with strong growth, despite some short-term challenges, as global policy becomes more... →
Northern Cape can be South Africa’s next mining hub, says Minerals Council economist
30th March 2026 South Africa's Northern Cape province has the potential to unlock significant revenue from a revitalised and expanded mining sector, Minerals... →
Flow-through can advance South African exploration, says Minerals Council economist
30th March 2026 The introduction of a flow-through shares incentive scheme by the South African government would solve this country’s exploration problems. A slide... →
Minerals Council CEO reiterates need for coordinated cross-govt policy environment
27th March 2026 Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane on Friday reiterated South Africa’s urgent need for a coordinated cross-government policy... →
Global rollout of hydrogen buses advancing, World Platinum reports
26th March 2026 The rollout of platinum-based hydrogen fuel cell buses is advancing worldwide, driven by technology improvements, the World Platinum Investment... →
