Martin Creamer
Martin Creamer is Creamer Media Publishing Editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Copper 360 launching Camborne-modelled mining school in Northern Cape
12th July 2023 Northern Cape copper mining and marketing company Copper 360 is launching a mining school in the Northern Cape, with its eye on how the highly... →
IDC expresses interest in helping to fund Joburg’s West Wits gold project
11th July 2023 South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has issued a written expression of interest and indicative funding terms in... →
Official sod-turning this month at West Rand gold recovery project
10th July 2023 The official sod-turning ceremony for the construction of the Mogale tailings retreatment project is to take place this month. The Mogale gold... →
Beneficiation of waste planned by Northern Cape manganese miner
7th July 2023 Steps being taken to add value to manganese waste placed on tailings dams may result in an announcement early in the New Year regarding the turning... →
Water power in underground mining has gone mainstream, says HPE
6th July 2023 The long-standing use of water to cool underground mines is increasingly providing the opportunity to apply the free water pressure head that this... →
Limpopo coal mine decarbonising through cost-cutting solar power agreement
5th July 2023 Financial close has been achieved for the 68 MW Lephalale solar project to supply renewable energy to the Grootegeluk coal mine in Limpopo. This... →
De Beers commits billion pula upfront to diamonds-for-development in Botswana
3rd July 2023 The De Beers Group, which concluded in principle diamond sales and mining agreements with the government of Botswana at the weekend, has committed... →
De Beers, Botswana agree in principle on sales, mining licences
3rd July 2023 Diamond mining and marketing company De Beers and the Botswana government have reached an in principle agreement on a 25-year extension of the... →
Gold prospecting bid in Limpopo being underpinned by brickmaking revenue stream
3rd July 2023 The need for sand to make bricks has resulted in Limpopo entrepreneur stumbling upon a gold prospect for which a prospecting licence application... →
Clean hydrogen could be virtually zero cost, US energy diplomat tells London Indaba
30th June 2023 The main founders of the Inflation Reduction Act envision the US legislation as a clean energy bill to lower the costs of green energy technologies... →
Private sector working with government on multiple work streams to end loadshedding
29th June 2023 The private sector is so far working with government on six of the ten energy crisis work streams, for which business raised R100-million to... →
Capital cost of South Africa’s titanium beneficiation project expected to peak at R14bn
28th June 2023 South African ilmenite used to manufacture titanium dioxide pigment in KwaZulu-Natal is on the way to receiving a major value boost. This because... →
Junior exploration ‘absolutely critical’, Barrick’s Bristow tells London Indaba
27th June 2023 Junior exploration is an “absolutely critical” component of a sustainable mining industry, and “it is something that we neglect”, Barrick president... →
Impossible for world to go green without African resources, London Indaba hears
26th June 2023 Without the African mineral endowment, there is no chance of an energy transition taking place. “The fate of humanity rests on the African... →
Junior miner recovers spectacular pink diamond from banks of Middle Orange River
26th June 2023 A junior diamond mining company has recovered a spectacular pink diamond from the banks of the Middle Orange River. The diamond, named Protea Pink,... →
Outgoing and incoming CEOs jointly highlight Bushveld Minerals
23rd June 2023 The outgoing and incoming CEOs of Bushveld Minerals this week locked arms to enable London Aim-quoted vanadium mining, processing and manufacturing... →
Green hydrogen presenting South Africa with good target point – Nedbank
22nd June 2023 Green hydrogen is presenting South Africa with a good target point at a time when the African continent is on the cusp of a massive revolution in... →
Contracts advance R4.5bn titanium value-add project in KwaZulu-Natal
20th June 2023 The continent of Africa must industrialise as quickly as it can, South Africa’s Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Nomalungelo Gina... →
Apt investment in green hydrogen can provide full employment, FT Hydrogen Summit hears
19th June 2023 Proper investment in green hydrogen generation has the potential to provide full employment and economic growth for decades to come as well as... →
Produce local green hydrogen in hot South Africa to add value to iron-ore, FT Hydrogen Summit hears
15th June 2023 As iron-ore mining in South Africa, West Africa, the Pilbara, and Brazil happen to be hot and windy places, it makes a lot of sense for the global... →
Wits University’s DigiMine aiming to serve as green data powerhouse for mining industry
14th June 2023 Most mining countries have already databased their green energy minerals and critical minerals and made them public so that investors and their... →
I’ll somehow re-emerge in the mining sector at some point in the future, says Baxter
13th June 2023 I’ll somehow re-emerge in the mining sector at some point in the future, outgoing Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Tuesday,... →
Five-year South African diamond prospecting licence awarded
12th June 2023 London Aim- and Botswana-listed diamond exploration company Botswana Diamonds has been granted a five-year prospecting licence on ground containing... →
Copper 360 has R560bn worth of copper in the ground, the Junior Indaba hears
9th June 2023 Copper company Copper 360, which listed on the AltX of the JSE in April, has more than two-million tonnes of copper its 12 mines, which is worth... →
Woman-led Lethabo is mining iron-ore in Limpopo with offtake agreement in place
8th June 2023 Lethabo Exploration, which started out as an exploration company, has since transitioned into mining iron-ore, for which it has secured an offtake... →
Vedanta to anchor Cabinet-approved special economic zone in Northern Cape
8th June 2023 The Cabinet-approved Namakwa special economic zone (SEZ) in the Northern Cape, which is currently undergoing public comment, will be anchored by... →
Lithium-pioneering Marula to be additionally listed on JSE, CEO tells Junior Indaba
7th June 2023 In conjunction with a proposed Aim listing in London, Marula Mining is going to have an additional listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange... →
Junior miner CEO is typically ‘chief cook and bottlewasher’, diamond junior confirms
7th June 2023 Outgoing Minerals Council South Africa’s Roger Baxter told the Junior Indaba's opening day that the CEO of a junior mining company is typically a... →
Namibia best place to mine, says lithium, tin, tantalum miner
6th June 2023 Namibia is the best jurisdiction in Africa in which to mine, Andrada Mining CEO Anthony Viljoen told the Junior Indaba on Tuesday. The London... →
Copper 360 reports encouraging new drilling results
6th June 2023 Copper 360, which listed on the AltX of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in April, has reported encouraging new drilling results. The Copper 360... →
Green hydrogen atlas results show enormous Southern African potential – Sasscal
5th June 2023 The results of the green hydrogen atlas for Southern Africa, now readily available online, show enormous potential green hydrogen production... →
More succinct licence processes are a must to attract exploration investment – researcher
2nd June 2023 More succinct licence processes are needed to attract exploration investment in South Africa, Pearl Gray Equity and Research managing partner... →
Fruitful discussion under way on exploration incentivisation – Minerals Council
1st June 2023 Fruitful discussions are taking place on flow-through shares to incentivise junior mining and exploration, Minerals Council South Africa’s Junior... →
Anglo reorganises management, Mkhwanazi to head Africa, Australia
31st May 2023 Diversified mining and marketing company Anglo American has announced several changes to its senior management team and organisation to lead what... →
JSE pushing hard to attract junior miners, exploration companies to list, says Mokorosi
30th May 2023 South Africa’s Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is going all out to attract junior mining and exploration companies, making it easier for... →
Sibanye advances carbon neutrality with first utility-scale renewable energy project
29th May 2023 In its first power purchase agreement, platinum group metals, green metals and gold producer Sibanye-Stillwater has achieved financial close for an... →
Construction phase of Menar’s new R600m colliery project is in full swing
26th May 2023 The construction phase of the new Gugulethu Colliery is in full swing. “We’ve started working on the box cut with the anticipation that first coal... →
Once-troubled mineral sands miner shares what’s now bringing tangible community benefits
25th May 2023 Independent research commissioned by Rio Tinto group’s Richards Bay Minerals to benchmark what works for community trusts and conversely what... →
Guidance on how mining should manage human rights impacts updated
25th May 2023 Updated guidance to help mining companies improve how human rights impacts are managed across the globe has been published by the International... →
Fields emerging that need the catalysis platinum group metals can provide
24th May 2023 A wide range of industries, which require considerable production volumes that platinum group metals (PGMs) can help to provide, are being... →
Mining council zeroing in on aluminium, copper, silicon, steel in accelerating circular economy
23rd May 2023 In setting up to accelerate a global circular economy, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) will be focusing on the value chains... →