Martin Creamer
Martin Creamer is Creamer Media Publishing Editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Ferrochrome production edging back up marginally, Merafe’s latest report shows
14th October 2024 The report on Monday by Johannesburg Stock Exchange- and A2X-listed Merafe Resources shows ferrochrome production to be edging back up maginally.... →
ARM board approves construction of chrome recovery plant at Bokoni platinum mine
11th October 2024 The construction of a chrome recovery plant at Bokoni platinum mine has been approved by the board of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM). ARM acquired... →
Dormant PGMs, chrome mine acquired by job-creating JSE AltX-listed resource investor
10th October 2024 Johannesburg Stock Exchange AltX-listed company Mantengu Mining has been provided with a platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome mining industry... →
Recycle like there’s no tomorrow, big screen at Oppenheimer event urges attendees
9th October 2024 Recycle like there’s no tomorrow were the urging words flashed across the large screen at the thirteenth Oppenheimer Research Conference, where... →
$860m ilmenite beneficiation project enters bulk earthworks phase at Richards Bay IDZ
8th October 2024 The bulk earthworks phase of the Nyanza Light Metals plant to advance ilmenite up the value curve as titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment has begun at... →
Contract route saves gold project R300m, local tech takes tanks out of critical path
7th October 2024 The contract route chosen to recover gold from the mine dumps of the West Rand’s Mogale City reduced the project cost by R300-million. In addition,... →
Pan African taking the wild out of the west as gold recovery uplifts the local community
4th October 2024 When the Mining Weekly team of three arrived at the initial sod-turning event of Pan African Resources’ gold-from-dumps project just over a year... →
Pan African’s masterstroke gold operation gets going under budget, ahead of schedule
3rd October 2024 The biggest takeaway from the hugely profitable Mogale tailings retreatment (MTR) operation, which was commissioned west of Johannesburg by Pan... →
Battery manganese project begins in Mpumalanga, orders placed for long-lead items
1st October 2024 Manganese Metal Company (MMC) of Mbombela is on its way to becoming a Western world beater in the supply of high-purity manganese sulphate... →
Blyvoor gold mine expects to ramp up to 80 000 oz in three years – Aurous
30th September 2024 Blyvoor gold mine on Johannesburg’s West Rand has sold 16% more gold to the end of August, Aurous Gold stated in a mid-year release on Monday. Gold... →
Vanadium project’s China link may open way for far-reaching value addition
27th September 2024 The relationship that vanadium development company Vanadium Resources (VR8) is striking up with China Energy International Group could give the... →
African Rainbow Minerals crowns grade as king, declares war on reef waste on PGMs front
26th September 2024 Two acronyms were drummed into new mining entrants in the days of yore – GIK and WAR. GIK is short for ‘grade is king’ and at the opposite end of... →
Pan African joins Harmony, DRDGOLD, Gold Fields on US gold miners’ index
25th September 2024 Johannesburg- and London-listed gold mining company Pan African Resources has joined Harmony Gold, DRDGOLD, Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti on... →
Petra sees diamond prices holding steady to end 2024, with some improvement in 2025
25th September 2024 Diamond mining company Petra believes that diamond prices will stabilise through to the end of this year with some improvement expected in 2025.... →
Manganese battery opportunity highlighted by US grant to South32’s Hermosa project
23rd September 2024 The use of manganese in batteries for battery electric vehicles is being increasingly explored, with density, charge, costs and durability being... →
South Africa's green hydrogen programme attracts R800bn in projects – Deputy Minister
18th September 2024 South Africa’s national green hydrogen programme has attracted projects worth R800-billion-plus, Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister... →
High value of South Africa’s surface gold recovery highlighted at Gold Forum Americas
18th September 2024 The presentation of DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius at the thirty-sixth annual Gold Forum Americas 2024 in Colorado Springs highlighted the company’s... →
Platinum group metals can play essential decarb role beyond hydrogen – Heraeus
17th September 2024 Platinum group metal (PGM) catalysis can play an essential decarbonising role beyond hydrogen generation, where its use in proton exchange membrane... →
Stronger-than-ever feasibility thumbs up for R18bn platinum group metals project in Limpopo
16th September 2024 The latest independent definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project in Limpopo is even more emphatic on... →
Cluster mining model promising steady-state advantage for Copper 360
13th September 2024 Conventional mining typically focuses on a single large operation. In contrast, what is unfolding on South Africa’s Northern Cape Copper Belt is... →
Platinum market deficit forecast to exceed million ounces in 2024 amid robust demand
10th September 2024 Robust growth is expected to drive total platinum demand to 8 118 000 oz, leading to a substantial market deficit of 1 028 000 oz in 2024, the... →
Development finance institutions are key architects of hydrogen economy – Nhleko
9th September 2024 Development finance institutions (DFIs) are more than just financial supporters of the hydrogen economy, they are important architects of its... →
African Rainbow Minerals wants to maximise the equity it has in Harmony Gold
6th September 2024 The global market is going through a very challenging time right now, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) executive chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe noted... →
Mega gold producer, copper aspirant Harmony flags cost-offsetting silver, uranium value
5th September 2024 Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Harmony, which has 74 years of mining experience in South Africa and two decades in Papua New Guinea (PNG), is... →
This year's Harmony Gold achievement is incredible, says CEO Steenkamp
5th September 2024 What Harmony Gold has achieved in the 12 months to June 30 is incredible with the true driver of value being quality gold ounces and a display of... →
Northam sees Eland becoming significant chrome producer in coming years
4th September 2024 Northam Platinum, which benefits from a full mine-to-market value chain in chrome, sold around 1.3-million tons of chrome for the year, which... →
Stimulating demand is most consequential action price-hit PGM industry can take
3rd September 2024 The most consequential action that price-hit platinum group metals (PGM) producers can take as an industry is the stimulation of demand. “But the... →
South32’s future outlook has probably never looked brighter, CEO tells Mining Weekly
2nd September 2024 The future outlook for South32, the mining and metals company spun out of BHP in 2015, has probably never looked brighter, says South32 CEO Graham... →
Northam Platinum enters into 180 MW solar farm agreement at energy-intensive mine
30th August 2024 Platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome producer Northam has entered into a power purchase agreement with an independent power producer for an 180... →
Headwind-hit Implats delivers guided production, controls costs
29th August 2024 Amid an operating environment constrained by macroeconomic headwinds and low prices for platinum group metals (PGMs), Implats delivered guided... →
More renewable energy on cards at South Deep – Gold Fields
28th August 2024 The provision of more renewable energy at the South Deep gold mine 50 km south-west of Johannesburg is under intense scrutiny by Gold Fields, which... →
Mechanical cutting for mining set to move needle for Master Drilling
27th August 2024 In the six months to June 30, cash from the operating activities of Master Drilling soared 119.8% to $27.7-million. The revenue pipeline of this... →
Operational performance elevates Harmony Gold to new heights
26th August 2024 South African gold mining major Harmony Gold has been elevated to new heights owing to sustained operational excellence, high recovered grades and... →
Gold Fields’ big South Deep mine is being uplifted for quality-ounce longevity
23rd August 2024 Johannesburg- and New York-listed Gold Fields said on Friday that it is taking steps to set up its big South Deep gold mine on Gauteng’s West Rand... →
South Africa’s small-end diamond producers are battling to survive, Sadpo reports
22nd August 2024 South Africa’s small-end diamond producers are battling to survive in a diamond situation in South Africa which is under severe pressure, South... →
Big win for DRDGOLD is 60 MW solar farm as it repositions for future
21st August 2024 The big win for surface gold recovery company DRDGOLD is the 60 MW solar farm built at Ergo in the 12 months to June 30. “I call it a R3-billion... →
Mining companies need mechanisms to solve conflicts, Marikana memorial hears
20th August 2024 Mining companies need mechanisms to solve conflicts by reaching consensus with stakeholders on dealing with grievances and disputes, former... →
Menar envisages reviving Metalloys smelter, selling beneficiated manganese to world
20th August 2024 Menar, which recently signed a deal to acquire Samancor’s Metalloys, envisages reviving the ferromanganese smelting complex and exporting... →
Barrick Gold on way to becoming major copper producer
19th August 2024 In less than six years, at the end of the decade, 2030, Barrick will have grown its gold output by 30% and will be a copper miner up there with... →
Major shift to green energy under way by mining houses across Africa – Nedbank CIB
16th August 2024 Virtually every mining house in South Africa is in the process of procuring green electrons, and similar advances are taking place across the... →
Exxaro expecting interest rates to begin to lower during the remainder of this year
15th August 2024 Johannesburg-listed coal and energy company Exxaro is expecting the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the South... →
