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Australia’s platinum pioneer highlighting greenness, mulling smelterless tech 
By: Martin Creamer 29th November 2022 Australia’s platinum group metals (PGMs) pioneer, Podium Minerals, is evaluating the cleanest and greenest mining and processing options that... →
Renewable solutions in end-uses: Heat pump costs and markets
29th November 2022 If the world is to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, policy makers must address the challenges of reducing energy use and increasing the share... →
Platinum moving into meaningful deficit amid emergent source of new end-demand
By: Martin Creamer 22nd November 2022 Platinum is moving into meaningful deficit amid an emergent source of new end-demand in the form of green hydrogen. The 2022 surplus of 804 000 oz... →
Sedibelo Platinum will now have wind power as well as solar and smelterless technology
By: Martin Creamer 18th November 2022 Latest news from Sedibelo Platinum Mines in North West province is that the company’s Pilanesberg platinum mines situated in the Bushveld Complex,... →
South Africa is hooked on fossil fuels: how it got here and how it can get out
14th November 2022 South Africa has experienced power shortages with rolling blackouts on an unprecedented scale in 2022. This state of affairs is largely due to... →
Coded History: My life of new beginnings – Barry Dwolatzky
10th November 2022 After being diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia, Barry Dwolatzky left Britain and returned to South Africa in 1989 after living in self-imposed... →
COP27 must work out how to cut carbon and still develop African economies
4th November 2022 Averting a climate disaster without compromising economic growth and development is a key issue for African countries. Energy production and use is... →
AngloGold ups third-quarter production, cash flow as higher grades offset inflation
By: Martin Creamer 3rd November 2022 Gold-mining company AngloGold Ashanti reported strong year-on-year improvements in production, all-in sustaining costs and cash flow for the third... →
