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On-The-Air (25/07/2025)
18th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about platinum tariffs, Transnet deal with UMK and Waterberg. 


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Valterra warns of lower first-half earnings on lower sales, demerger costs
18th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Platinum group metal (PGM) miner Valterra Platinum, previously Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), expects to report a 76% to 88% year-on-year decrease in headline earnings and headline earnings per... 


Orion CEO Tony Lennox
Orion will be producing Prieska concentrate by Christmas next year, new CEO assures
18th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed Orion Minerals will be producing concentrate at its flagship Prieska Copper Zinc Mine by Christmas next year, says new highly experienced Orion CEO Tony Lennox, who... 


Platinum tariffs, Transnet deal with UMK, Waterberg make headlines
Platinum tariffs, Transnet deal with UMK, Waterberg make headlines
18th July 2025

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses tariffs on platinum being eclipsed by strong investment and jewellery demand; the 10 year contract signed by Transnet and United Manganese of Kalahari;... 


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Volspruit platinum group metals project, South Africa – update
18th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project is concentrating on obtaining all necessary permitting. 


Valterra appoints two new nonexec directors
17th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Deborah Gudgeon and Thoko Mokgosi-Mwantembe have been appointed independent nonexecutive directors of Valterra Platinum with immediate effect. "These appointments ensure the appropriate balance of... 


Africa’s Readiness to Take Action: Climate Modalities, ESG Impact Investment & Inclusive Growth at B Lab Africa Summit 2025
Africa’s Readiness to Take Action: Climate Modalities, ESG Impact Investment & Inclusive Growth at B Lab Africa Summit 2025
17th July 2025

The 4th Annual B Lab Africa Summit 2025 on Climate Modalities, ESG Impact Investment & Inclusive Growth: Africa's Readiness to Take Action is now officially open for ticket sales. This landmark... 


Impala Rustenburg processing plant
Impala Platinum seeking SO2 limit in Rustenburg to ensure continued lawful operation
17th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) intends to apply to South Africa’s National Air Quality Officer for an alternative sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions limit to ensure continued lawful... 


Magna Mining reports progress in McCreedy West development
17th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-listed Magna Mining has reported that it expects ore sales from the 700 Copper Zone, at its McCreedy West mine, in Ontario, Canada, to be between 80 000 t and 92 000 t for each of the third and... 


Ruthenium crystal
Ultra-rare metal rides AI boom as commodities star performer
17th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Thanks to the boom in artificial intelligence, an ultra-rare element you’ve probably never heard of is one of this year’s best-performing raw materials. Ruthenium, a silvery gray mineral, has... 


US Federal Reserve chairperson Jerome Powell
Gold steadies as investors weigh outlook for Trump-Powell saga
17th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold steadied after a volatile session on Wednesday as traders assessed the outlook for Jerome Powell’s tenure as Federal Reserve chair after more speculation that President Donald Trump may ax... 


Resources Watch
Resources Watch
16th July 2025

This week: Maelgwyn Mineral Services Africa advances sustainable mineral processing in Africa; and, Big cost-cut uplift for major Limpopo platinum group metals project 


Weibin Deng, WPIC Regional Head of Asia Pacific; Craig Miller, Valterra Platinum CEO; Trevor Raymond, WPIC CEO.
Platinum's 1.4% tariff knock to be eclipsed by strong investment, jewellery demand
16th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The direct impact of tariffs on forecast platinum demand in 2025 is estimated to total only 112 000 oz, or 1.4% of total demand. While the indirect risks through slower GDP growth over the next few... 


The Darwendale project
Zimbabwe's Kuvimba revises platinum mine plan as prices rebound
16th July 2025 By: Reuters

Zimbabwe's Kuvimba Mining House will develop its Darwendale platinum project as an openpit rather than the previously planned underground mine, CEO Trevor Barnard said, speeding up the delayed... 


The Sishen iron-ore mine
South Africa's mine ouptut rose 0.2% y/y in May
15th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South Africa's mining production increased by 0.2% year-on-year in May, with iron-ore having made the largest positive contribution and manganese ore and coal the largest negative contributions.... 


Heraeus sees signs of a possible new bull market for platinum
Heraeus sees signs of a possible new bull market for platinum
15th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Half-way through this decade, the platinum price has largely gone sideways, underperforming many other assets, says precious metals trader Heraeus in its latest ‘Precious Metals Appraisal’ report,... 


Platinum Group Metals CEO Frank Hallam.
Engineering, planning work on the go for Waterberg platinum group metals project
14th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Work on engineering and planning related to initial road access, construction, water supply, infrastructure, essential site facilities, first phase accommodation lodge, and a site construction... 


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BLSA calls for interventions to mitigate impact of US tariffs
14th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

While there may be scope to negotiate the 30% tariff imposed on South African exports to the US, the country must prepare for the worst-case scenario and take steps to mitigate the impact on... 


Platinum-based hydrogen fuel cells providing power solutions for data centres
11th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The International Energy Agency estimates global electricity demand from data centres to more than double to about 945 TWh – more than the entire electricity consumption of Japan today – by 2030.... 


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On-The-Air (11/07/2025)
11th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about Shanghai platinum event; green hydrogen project in Nelson Mandela Bay and palladium to reduce high water treatment costs. 


URU drill core
URU Metals confirms high-grade resource continuity at Zeb nickel project
11th July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed URU Metals has confirmed the presence of thicker and higher-grade nickel/copper/platinum group metals horizons beneath the historic openpit resource of the Zeb nickel project, in South... 


PGMs, Coega Green Ammonia Project make headlines
PGMs, Coega Green Ammonia Project make headlines
11th July 2025

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses South Africa’s platinum metals and China’s green revolution merging strongly in Shanghai; Hive Hydrogen's request for proposals for the $5.8-billion... 


Southern Palladium MD Johan Odendaal.
Big cost-cut uplift for major Limpopo platinum group metals project
10th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The Bengwenyama platinum group metals (PGM) project in South Africa’s Limpopo province has received a major uplift through a staged development plan that cuts upfront capital costs by 38%. Staged... 


Jubilee appoints Shard Capital as joint broker; South African asset sale continues
10th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Diversified metals producer Jubilee Metals Group has announced the appointment of Shard Capital Partners as its joint broker with immediate effect. The firm replaces RBC Capital Markets as joint... 


Top CEOs want Canada to build a strategic minerals reserve for defence
Top CEOs want Canada to build a strategic minerals reserve for defence
10th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Canada should become a world leader in producing and processing raw materials for military equipment and defense systems, according to an influential business group. The Business Council of Canada... 


Chris Griffith
Vedanta Base Metals CEO Griffith quits amid debt, short-seller woes
10th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Vedanta Resources, the Indian mining conglomerate of billionaire Anil Agarwal that was targeted in a short-seller’s report, has lost the top executive of its base metals business, according to... 


South Africa’s Shanghai Consul General Phuti Tsipa.
South Africa’s platinum metals, China’s green revolution merging strongly in Shanghai
9th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGMs) and China’s green revolution have come together strongly in Shanghai at a hugely opportune time of changing global trading relationships and energy... 


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Global platinum jewellery market rebounds amid surging demand in China, resilience in key markets
9th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Platinum Guild International (PGI), a worldwide marketing organisation dedicated to creating, expanding and strengthening consumer and trade markets for platinum jewellery, has shared findings from... 


The Tharisa mine
Tharisa lowers full-year production guidance despite rise in third-quarter PGM, chrome output
9th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Johannesburg- and London-listed mining and metals company Tharisa has reported a 6.2% quarter-on-quarter increase in platinum group metal (PGM) production to 34 500 oz and a 3.9% quarter-on-quarter... 


 The Lac des Iles mine
Impala Platinum to close Canada palladium mine
9th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Low palladium prices are forcing Impala Platinum Holdings to shut down its mine in Canada, putting 750 jobs at risk. The Lac des Iles mine is about 1 500 km northwest of Toronto. Impala Canada... 


Ivanhoe founder and co-chairperson Robert Friedland
Ivanhoe reports 11% y/y increase in copper production at Kamoa-Kukula
8th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has reported that Phase 1, 2 and 3 concentrators at its Kamoa-Kakula complex, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), milled a total 3.62-million tonnes of ore,... 


gold and silver ingots
Central banks support gold; silver ETFs surge; platinum faces cost and trade challenges – report
8th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Central banks continue to underpin gold demand, while investors are seeing value in silver as well, precious metals trader Heraeus said in its latest precious metals appraisal published on July 7.... 


Nornickel's Palladium Center Head Dmitry Izotov.
South Africa’s palladium can cut South Africa’s water treatment costs, researchers show
8th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The message Nornickel's Palladium Center head Dmitry Izotov communicated strongly at South Africa’s PGM Industry Day in Johannesburg in April was that research is pointing to a long list of... 


The JSE's offices in Rosebank
JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs see more upside for South African stocks
7th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

South African stocks are poised to extend their rally in the second half, buoyed by an improving outlook for the domestic economy and supportive monetary policy, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.... 


Shanghai Platinum Week under way.
China’s ‘strategic metal’ in sharp focus as Shanghai Platinum Week gets under way
7th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Shanghai Platinum Week kicked-off today in China where the silver-white transition metal with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78 has been declared strategic under the State Council’s New Energy... 


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ABB innovation for energy efficiency and sustainability at Enlit 2025
4th July 2025

(Virtual Showroom) The application of sensor technology to reduce the operational and standby power losses of traditional current and voltage transformers means that, over the lifetime of a typical... 


Platinum prices at a ten-year high.
Rising platinum price unlikely to dampen demand, World Platinum points out
4th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The rising platinum price is unlikely to dampen demand or stimulate additional supply, meaning that forecast market shortfalls are here to stay, says the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC).... 


Gold bars being stacked
Gold set for weekly gain as investors weigh rates, trade impact
4th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold remained on track for a weekly gain despite falling on Thursday, as investors weighed lower odds for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts as well as lingering concerns about the outlook for... 


Location map of the Bengwenyama project
Bengwenyama platinum group metals project, South Africa – update
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

No objections have been raised with regard to the recently granted environmental authorisation for a mining right and related infrastructural development activities at the project. 


Nornickel lowers forecast for 2025 nickel surplus to 120 000 t
Nornickel lowers forecast for 2025 nickel surplus to 120 000 t
3rd July 2025 By: Reuters

Russian mining giant Nornickel expects this year's nickel surplus to be 120 000 t which is 30 000 t lower than it previously thought, it said in a metals market review on Thursday. Nornickel, the... 


BHP VP Emma Roberts and COSCO VP Ji Lin signing green shipping agreement.
BHP moves into greener shipping amid cleaner transport ventures intensifying globally
2nd July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In fewer than three years, major Johannesburg Stock Exchange secondary-listed mining giant BHP will be shipping ore from Australia to Asia in a greener manner amid intensification of transportation... 


No objections lodged against Bengwenyama environmental authorisation
2nd July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE- and ASX-listed Southern Palladium advises that the period has ended for affected parties to object to the recently granted environmental authorisation for a mining right and related... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
Well-endowed South Africa has huge opportunity ‘right now’ to grow mining sector
1st July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa has a huge opportunity “right now” to grow its mining sector so that mining is able to provide prosperity for the entire nation, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane... 


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