Martin Creamer
Martin Creamer is Creamer Media Publishing Editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
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... →
Northam Platinum’s big solar thrust to save R700m a year, much more to come
28th February 2025 The area south of the metallurgical complex at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde platinum group metals (PGM) mine in Limpopo has been cleared for the... →
Firm intent of Impala Platinum is to prosper on current prices, CEO Muller spells out
27th February 2025 The firm intention of South Africa’s Impala Platinum (Implats) is to prosper on current platinum group metals (PGM) prices. This was made clear by... →
China probably leading global hydrogen fuel cell advance, cash-flush Implats reports
27th February 2025 China is probably leading the global hydrogen fuel cell advance, journalists heard at Thursday’s media briefing that followed the “commendable”... →
Sibanye-Stillwater decides against proceeding with lithium-boron project in the US
26th February 2025 The board of directors of the Johannesburg- and New York-listed Sibanye-Stillwater has decided not to proceed with the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron... →
Anglo American Platinum providing further backing for green hydrogen’s global advance
25th February 2025 JSE-listed Anglo American Platinum and South Africa-linked AP Ventures are supporting the next vital steps towards the realisation of... →
‘Exciting’ DRDGOLD projects ‘advancing well’ as 2028 Vision gets big gold price boost
24th February 2025 Johannesburg- and New York-listed DRDGOLD’s projects under way are “advancing very well” as the gold-from-tailings company’s 2028 Vision gets a... →
Leverage to higher gold price drives 216% increase in Sibanye-Stillwater’s Ebitda
21st February 2025 Leverage to the higher gold price drove a 216% increase in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to R3.6-billion... →
Gold Fields boosts free cash, uplifts dividend, outlines South Deep renewables outlook
20th February 2025 Johannesburg- and New York-listed Gold Fields on Thursday, February 20, delivered an attributable profit of $1 245-million for the year to the end... →
Operationally, 2024 was strong year for Glencore, CEO Gary Nagle highlights
19th February 2025 Operationally, 2024 was a strong year for Glencore, CEO Gary Nagle highlighted on Wednesday, when the London- and Johannesburg-listed diversified... →
South Africa’s chromite recovery potential broadened by Glencore, Sibanye deal
19th February 2025 South Africa’s chromite recovery potential has been broadened by Wednesday’s joint venture (JV) agreement between Glencore Operations South Africa... →
High-flying DRDGOLD’s 18th consecutive dividend illuminated by 50%-higher payout
18th February 2025 Johannesburg- and New York-listed DRDGOLD on Tuesday, February 18, reported soaring half-year operating profit and 28%-higher revenue for the six... →
Craig Miller excited at prospect of demerged AngloPlat being resurgent PGM producer
17th February 2025 Soon-to-be renamed Anglo American Platinum is being positioned to be as competitive as possible for the long term and to deliver on its full... →
Anglo American sets out June demerger timeline for Anglo American Platinum
17th February 2025 Diversified mining major Anglo American plc reported on Monday that it had made significant progress towards its demerger of Anglo American... →
New ultra-low iridium collaboration is promising major green hydrogen magnification
17th February 2025 The acronyms are becoming more intense, with PTE, which stands for porous transport electrodes, the latest one, amid the already tried and trusted... →
When informal gold mining becomes illegal, the Mr Bigs can take advantage, LBMA warns
14th February 2025 One of the major subjects the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) talked to governments about at the Investing in African Mining Indaba was... →
South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium continuing to go all out to decarbonise – South32
13th February 2025 While ‘high-carbon’ is the value-lowering label being put on aluminium from South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium in KwaZulu-Natal, the Sydney-,... →
Barrick signs MoU with Zambia to boost mining and exploration
12th February 2025 Gold and copper mining company Barrick has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a resources organisation of the government of Zambia,... →
Pan African can operate and grow in South Africa ‘very successfully’, Cobus Loots reports
12th February 2025 The London- and Johannesburg-listed Pan African Resources is able to operate and to grow in South Africa – “and do so very successfully”, an upbeat... →
