Martin Creamer
Martin Creamer is Creamer Media Publishing Editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Timing of R10bn capital spend ‘could not have been better’, DRDGOLD CFO points out
20th July 2026 When the R10-billion five-project Vision 2028 expansion plan of Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed surface gold company DRDGOLD was conceived in... →
Platinum metals fundamentally key to China’s Five-Year Plan, WPIC reports
17th July 2026 Shanghai Platinum Week 2026 has served to highlight that platinum group metals (PGMs) are fundamentally key to the delivery of China’s 15th... →
Expansion plans pointing to 75% increase in Sibanye-Stillwater’s chrome volumes
16th July 2026 Chrome is a growing value contributor to the revenue base of Sibanye-Stillwater’s South Africa platinum group metals (PGM) portfolio, delivering... →
First doré gold bar pour at DRDGOLD’s new Far West smelt house
15th July 2026 The new elution circuit and smelt house facility at DRDGOLD's Far West Gold Recoveries is performing to specification. “The initial capital... →
Mintek targeting global flotation research recognition, PGM Industry Day hears
14th July 2026 South Africa’s national mineral research organisation Mintek is targeting global recognition as a minerals flotation researcher, the State-owned... →
R964m to be spent at Sibanye-Stillwater's K4 platinum group metals shaft
13th July 2026 Remaining project capital of R964-million of the total of R4.4-billion in real 2026 terms is to be spent this year and next on Sibanye-Stillwater’s... →
Platinum metals mine concludes wheeled renewables energy deal
10th July 2026 An energy company has entered into an agreement to supply 288 GWh of renewable energy a year to a South African platinum group metals (PGM) mining... →
Platinum receives major retail boost at Shanghai Platinum Week 2026
10th July 2026 Platinum has received a major boost from a strategic agreement signed at Shanghai Platinum Week 2026 at a time of rapid expansion of China’s... →
Mintek spells out value of PGM preconcentration plus chrome recovery
9th July 2026 Successful removal of coarse waste is beneficial in that it reduces power requirements in the milling circuit, lowers water needs, and increases... →
First phase of Sibanye-Stillwater’s secondary mining thrust given thumbs up
8th July 2026 A lower-risk secondary mining business, which focuses on extracting value from platinum group metals (PGM) surface waste that hosts chrome, is... →
Mintek keen to do bottleneck-exposing surveys for platinum metals processors
7th July 2026 South Africa’s national minerals research organisation Mintek has highlighted the value of conducting bottleneck-exposing comminution circuit... →
Sibanye-Stillwater developing seven primary platinum metals mining projects
6th July 2026 Seven relatively shallow primary adjoining mining projects that focus largely on upper group two (UG2) reef and mainly mechanised mining are at... →
New South32 CEO sees strong growth ahead in zinc, lead, silver, copper
3rd July 2026 Being a premier base metals-focused business with strong growth potential is the vision for South32 of new CEO Matt Daley. “We've got around 55%... →
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,... →
