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South Africa's mining production decreases 7.7% y/y in April
12th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), the country's mining production decreased by 7.7% year-on-year in April, with platinum group metals (PGMs) and gold having made the largest negative... 


Southern Palladium Executive Chairperson Roger Baxter.
Capital raised to advance one of South Africa's last PGM development opportunities
12th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed platinum group metals (PGM) development company Southern Palladium has secured commitments to raise equity capital of A$8-million to advance the staged mine... 


African Rainbow Minerals, Harmony Gold enter hedging collar transaction
12th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals Limited (ARM), an associate of Dr Patrice Motsepe, has entered into a hedging collar transaction over 18-million ordinary shares of ARM's equity... 


Zambia’s South Africa-based cadastre system developer re-engaged, Ministry confirms
12th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Zambia’s South Africa-developed mining cadastre licensing system portals have been reactivated, the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Development has confirmed. “The disruption was due to the... 


South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa flanked by CFM Green Hydrogen executive Sebastiaan Surie (left) and Hive Hydrogen chairperson Thulani Gcabashe.
South Africa’s green hydrogen sector boosted by big-ticket funding commitments
12th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In a step to accelerate South Africa’s just energy transition and establish the country as a global green hydrogen leader, R656-million has been committed to a green hydrogen fund. South Africa’s... 


Platinum surges, palladium lags on narrow demand profile
Platinum surges, palladium lags on narrow demand profile
12th June 2025 By: Reuters

Platinum and palladium prices have both rallied this month, notching a more than four-year and seven-month high respectively, but analysts say they remain more cautious about the outlook for... 


Energy and Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Summit to highlight Africa’s potential as global leader in hydrogen production
10th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Building on the success of the 2022 and 2023 South Africa Green Hydrogen Summits, the African Green Hydrogen Summit (AGHS) 2025 aims to showcase Africa’s potential as a global leader in green... 


Thulani Gcabashe (right) and Donald McGillivray.
South Africa's green hydrogen project backed by 1 430 MW fully permitted solar cluster
9th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The Coega Green Ammonia project in Nelson Mandela Bay has reached another milestone – the permitting of a 1 430 MW solar PV cluster development phase that will supply 40% of the power required by... 


Anglo CEO Duncan Wanblad (left) showing every confidence that Valterra CEO Craig Miller will thrive.
All eyes on Shanghai Platinum Week as China advances new price discovery ecosystem
6th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

With the platinum price now over the $1 000/oz threshold, many are holding thumbs that price discovery will be further elevated by China as it proposes an inventive global platinum and palladium... 


Gold’s cheaper precious metals cousins surge to multi-year highs
Gold’s cheaper precious metals cousins surge to multi-year highs
6th June 2025 By: Bloomberg

Silver held near a 13-year high, supported by a technical breakout that also drove platinum to the highest level since 2022, signaling growing investor appetite for precious metals used by the... 


Zambia's cadastre system is reportedly not functioning.
Zambia’s mining licence cadastre system is reportedly not functioning
5th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The mining licence cadastre system of Zambia is reportedly not functioning. “We understand that the platform they were building to handle the cadastre function, called ZIMIS, has been a failure.... 


BlackRock raises stake in Valterra to 6.35%
5th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Global asset manager BlackRock has acquired additional securities in Valterra Platinum, taking its shareholding to 6.35%  of Valterra's overall shares in issue. Valterra, previously Anglo American... 


Roan in Zambia.
Jubilee disposing of South Africa assets to fixate on more alluring Zambia opportunities
5th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Diversified mining company Jubilee Metals has decided to dispose of its chrome and platinum group metals (PGMs) business in South Africa to focus fully on Zambia, where the directors believe there... 


 Bulgarian Ambassador to South Africa Maria Pavlova.
Bulgaria keen on hydrogen collaboration, offering education opportunity ‘right away’
4th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Bulgaria is particularly enthusiastic about establishing hydrogen collaboration with stakeholders from South Africa – and is fully prepared to initiate cooperation "right away". Research... 


Heraeus Precious Metals executive VP business line systems Dr Philipp Walter.
Storing hydrogen is best way to store green energy, Heraeus Precious Metals points out
3rd June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Wilo, a global name in pump manufacturing, now has solar panels on the roofs of all of its buildings to enable green hydrogen generation through electrolysis. The stored hydrogen is then used as... 


Mintek pyrometallurgy division in action.
Using hydrogen, South Africa demonstrates carbon-free manganese ferroalloys advance
2nd June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa's national mineral research organisation Mintek has achieved a significant milestone in sustainable metallurgy by demonstrating production of manganese ferroalloys using carbon-free... 


SFA Oxford CEO Henk de Hoop.
Platinum attracting broad spectrum interest, SFA Oxford attendance the highest ever
30th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

SFA Oxford Platinum Lectures 2025 attracted the broadest spectrum of platinum interest amid the highest attendance ever, with a similar top-notch turnout evident at the London Platinum Week that... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
Key public-private direction missing in new draft Minerals Bill, Junior Indaba hears
27th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa needs to see far more harnessing of the capital of the private sector and needs to make sure that government and private sector work together to grow the economy and create jobs,... 


One of Goldplat's recovery plants
Goldplat notes some positive steps despite lower third-quarter profits
27th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Aim-listed Goldplat, which has gold recovery operations in South Africa and Ghana, has reported an operating profit of £694 000 for the quarter ended March 31 – the third quarter of its 2025... 


Lhyfe founder and CEO Matthieu Guesné.
There's nothing easier than switching from grey hydrogen to green hydrogen – Lhyfe
26th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

It's important to understand that the market for green hydrogen is already there because the world is consuming 100-million tons of hydrogen a year that are “polluting like hell”, the French... 


Platinum bar
Heraeus sees sustained platinum demand in China
26th May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Refining services provider Heraeus Precious Metals finds in its latest appraisal publication that China’s platinum jewellery and investment demand is still at the forefront of market fundamentals.... 


JSE Origination and Deals Head Sam Mokorosi.
JSE’s open and ready to welcome junior miners, says Mokorosi on eve of Junior Indaba
23rd May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

On the eve of next week’s Junior Indaba, strong emphasis was this week placed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) being open and ready to welcome junior miners. “We've got colleagues speaking... 


Generation shares jump on final permit for Marathon project
Generation shares jump on final permit for Marathon project
23rd May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-listed Generation Mining's stock jumped on Thursday as the company received its final permit required to begin construction at the Marathon copper/palladium project in northwestern... 


Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
Platinum, manganese, iron-ore, coal, chrome ore deemed ‘high-critical minerals’ for South Africa
20th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

Whereas every mineral is found to be critical for various reasons, the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ (DMPR’s) Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy has identified platinum,... 


How platinum is used in fuel cell electric vehicles.
New technology uses sound to recover 92% of platinum from hydrogen fuel cell stacks
20th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

New technology, which uses sound to recover 92% of platinum from hydrogen fuel cell stacks, is emerging from Johnson Matthey, a company which, interestingly, has a long-standing South African... 


Union mine with lightning
Amplats issues further details on demerger, name change process
20th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

Platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has issued further detail on how its name change to Valterra Platinum will play out over the coming weeks. At the general... 


Southern Palladium MD Johan Odendaal
Southern Palladium gets environmental authorisation for underground mining at Bengwenyama
20th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

South Africa’s Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has granted environmental authorisation for an underground mining right and related infrastructural activities to ASX- and... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Platinum jewellery, investment strong in China, platinum bar sales launched on TikTok
19th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

A leading branded jewellery retailer in Beijing is including platinum investment bars in its offering amid platinum bar sales being launched on TikTok for the first time by a World Platinum... 


Mogalakwena platinum mine.
Mining is key to strengthening domestic economy plus uplifting geopolitical status
16th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Strengthening South African mining is key to strengthening South Africa’s domestic economy as well as its geopolitical standing, which is all-important at this time of global economic disruption.... 


Eastplats Crocodile River mine underground
Eastplats records wider attributable loss as it develops underground operations
15th May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) has reported a 5.7% decrease in revenue to $14.8-million in the first quarter of the year, compared with revenue of $15.7-million having been reported in the... 


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