Martin Creamer
Martin Creamer is Creamer Media Publishing Editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
DRDGOLD stronger than ever as it hits 130-year mark at time of sky-high gold pricing
25th April 2025 Friday, April 25, marked the remarkable 130th anniversary of the uninterrupted listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange of South Africa's... →
Anglo American Platinum’s first-quarter ruthenium price up 36%
24th April 2025 In the first three months of this year, Anglo American Platinum achieved a 36% higher price for its ruthenium, a relatively low-profile platinum... →
Investing in digital platinum is soaring, World Platinum Investment Council reports
23rd April 2025 A digital platform that makes investing in platinum easier than ever before is reaping rewards. In the first three months of 2025, the volume of... →
Working group has been established to extend ferrochrome's horizon, Minister reports
22nd April 2025 A working group with industry has been established to improve the operating environment for long-term sustainability of South Africa’s ferrochrome... →
South African resolve helping to turn copper/gold deposit to account in Romania
17th April 2025 Toronto-listed Euro Sun Mining’s South African CEO is reported to have exercised considerable resolve in helping to remove the obstacles in the way... →
Hillside Aluminium guiding unchanged output for 2025 financial year
17th April 2025 Although saleable production of aluminium from the Hillside Aluminium smelter in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal decreased by 1% to 537 000 t in the... →
Andrada looking to opening more mines in Namibia
16th April 2025 Opening more mines in Namibia is the aspiration of tin, tantalum and lithium green transition metals producer Andrada Mining. “We've always been... →
Assmang refutes illegal sugilite mining allegations
14th April 2025 Mining company Assmang on Monday refuted allegations that it engages in the illegal mining of sugilite at the Black Rock mine in the Northern Cape.... →
South Africa invited to help uplift palladium demand by 1.7-million ounces a year
11th April 2025 South African platinum group metals (PGM) companies have been invited to become part of a programme that is targeting an initial 1.7-million-ounce... →
PGM Day highlights ruthenium’s bright future in hydrogen, biomass, electronics
10th April 2025 After listening to Heraeus Precious Metals trading head Dominik Sperzel placing ruthenium on a new high pedestal and describing this low-profile... →
Minerals Council scoring big on South Africa’s socioeconomic transformation front
9th April 2025 Minerals Council South Africa has been scoring big on the transformation front, going well beyond compliance, and hopes are now high that the... →
Platinum-based green hydrogen on way to becoming South Africa’s new gold – CHIETA
8th April 2025 Three new green hydrogen qualifications are being registered with the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations to enable South Africa to seize... →
Barrick advancing projects to support 30% growth by 2030
7th April 2025 New York- and Toronto-listed gold and copper mining company Barrick is now advancing its portfolio of growth projects to support a planned 30%... →
South Africa's hydrogen corridor project shortlisted for JET funding, PGM Day hears
4th April 2025 South Africa’s rejigged green hydrogen corridor project, Project Rhynbow, has been shortlisted for just energy transition (JET) investment project... →
Platinum-based PEM technology at heart of everything we do, says Plug Power of US
3rd April 2025 In a Zoom video interview with Creamer Media’s Engineering News & Mining Weekly, Plug Power President and CEO Andy Marsh on Wednesday pointed out... →
To reclaim global mining status, South Africa must restore trust – Paul Miller
2nd April 2025 If South Africa wants to reclaim its position in the global mining industry, half-measures just won’t cut it. The Department of Mineral and... →
New sun-track system could uplift South Africa’s concentrated solar plant performance
1st April 2025 A new sun-tracking system, which could uplift the performance of South Africa’s concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, is attracting attention.... →
Pan African investors benefitting from high gold price and low-cost production growth
31st March 2025 Investors in the Pan African Resources gold mining company are not only exposed to what is an exceptionally high gold price but also to low-cost,... →
Robotic rig uplifts productivity 50%, cuts water 75%, Master Drilling reports
27th March 2025 A robotic rig deployed at a project last year increased productivity by about 50% and consumed 75% less water than the more conventional rigs... →
Co-products providing resilience against PGM price volatility, Anglo Platinum reports
26th March 2025 The product basket of Anglo American Platinum contains eight more products then the five platinum group metals (PGMs) with which it is... →
Master Drilling pays nigh-R100m dividend, moves needle on South Africa’s mining front
25th March 2025 Drilling and mechanised rock excavation technology solutions company Master Drilling, which was established in 1986 and listed on the Johannesburg... →
Demerging AngloPlat has confidence in outlook for planet-friendly platinum group metals
24th March 2025 Confidence in the outlook for platinum group metals (PGMs) was expressed at the capital markets day of Anglo American Platinum, which is on its way... →
Namibia, India, China, Europe, Australia, Scotland, Bulgaria advancing green hydrogen
24th March 2025 Namibia has produced its first green hydrogen; India has announced subsidies worth $259-million for nine companies in its second green hydrogen... →
PGM market adjusts to shifting supply and demand, Nedbank CIB reports
20th March 2025 Shifting investment priorities and geopolitical uncertainty continue to shape the outlook for commodities, with platinum group metals (PGMs) facing... →
Beneficiation: Govt, mining companies must get on with it – together, analyst urges
20th March 2025 Globally rated metals & mining analyst and portfolio manager Shamim Mansoor is urging government and mining companies to get on with it – together... →
South Africa’s Rand Refinery is world-leading gold market referee, LBMA highlights
19th March 2025 With the gold price soaring sky-high, insight into the global gold assaying and refining standards that need to be upheld was intensively... →
Exxaro bullish on renewables, foresees decade of significant green energy growth
18th March 2025 In the next ten years, renewable energy market growth indications point to 30 GW of clean power capacity coming into play. That is the calculation... →
Action needed along entire gold value chain from ‘rock to ring’, LBMA event is told
17th March 2025 In terms of sustainability and responsible sourcing, the 2025 focus of the independent London-based precious metals association – the LBMA – will... →
Platinum given major boost by EU backing green hydrogen generation in South Africa
14th March 2025 South Africa’s world-leading platinum group metals (PGM) endowment received a major boost when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen... →
Exxaro boosting small business, education, post-mining economies, farming ventures
13th March 2025 As at the end of December, the social investments of Exxaro Resources amounted to R2.1-billion amid the bettering of lives and livelihoods being... →
Seasoned campaigner Ben Magara to assume Exxaro CEO role from April 1
13th March 2025 Mining veteran Bennetor (Ben) Magara has been appointed as the new incoming CEO of Exxaro Resources, effective from April 1. Magara, a mining... →
‘Very promising’ narrow-reef boring technology nearing rollout stage, ARM reports
12th March 2025 The rollout of new narrow-reef boring technology, which has the potential to boost platinum group metal (PGM) grades, lower unit costs, enhance... →
South Africa can return to being global ferroalloy hub, ARM’s Andre Joubert reiterates
11th March 2025 South Africa has extensively tested highly convincing home-grown smelting technology that has the potential to re-establish this country as a... →
New ferroalloy technology pilot results ‘looking great’, Merafe presentation hears
10th March 2025 The results of the pilot testing of a new Proudly South African smelting technology, which lowers electricity usage and has the potential to render... →
African Rainbow Minerals is confident platinum group metals pricing will increase
7th March 2025 Dr Patrice Motsepe, the executive chairperson of the diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals, on Friday expressed confidence that... →
African Rainbow Minerals declares R1bn-plus interim cash dividend
7th March 2025 The board of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has declared an interim dividend of R4.50 a share amounting to R1 011-million for the half-year of... →
Harmony Gold well down the track with its cost-effective renewable-energy build
6th March 2025 South Africa’s biggest gold mining company is well down the track with its solar build amid group operating free cash flows increasing by 46% to a... →
Platinum deficit worsens beyond forecast, World Platinum Investment Council reports
5th March 2025 The platinum market recorded a deficit of 995 000 oz for full year 2024, which is 46% higher than previously forecast, as total demand exceeded... →
Harmony investing R2bn in underground gold mines, earmarking R1bn for surface gold
4th March 2025 During this financial year, South Africa’s largest gold mining company will be investing more than R3-billion in its South African assets. “We're... →
Stellar Harmony Gold results drive record free cash, R1.4bn dividend declaration
4th March 2025 Record interim free cash flow generation and the highest-ever interim dividend payout was declared on Tuesday by Harmony Gold Mining Company. The... →
Great hydrogen economy strides in China, Europe, Northam Platinum reports
3rd March 2025 Great strides are being made in the green hydrogen economy in particularly China and Europe, journalists heard during a media conference, where... →
