Cameron Mackay

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Cameron Mackay

Cameron Mackay is a Creamer Media Senior Online Writer for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

Maximising hydrogen potential vital, says DSI director-general

6th September 2023 Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) director-general Dr Phil Mjwara has highlighted the importance of maximising the potential of hydrogen technologies in the South African economy, particularly in using these technologies to boost the economy, create jobs and support the ongoing just... →

Zimbabwe Beitbridge border post project a flagship PPP

6th September 2023 South African infrastructure development and construction materials supply group Raubex CEO Felicia Msiza enthuses that the project Raubex completed for the Zimbabwean government’s road authority Zimborders at the Beitbridge border post last year is a testament to Raubex’s 49 years of experience.... →

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially opened the border post in Zimbabwe in late August

Second shift at Rainbow’s Hammarsdale facility to boost capacity, jobs

4th September 2023 Local poultry company Rainbow on August 28 “revived” a second operational shift at its Hammarsdale P2 processing plant in KwaZulu-Natal, while also commemorating the facility’s 60th year anniversary. Rainbow MD Marthinus Stander tells Engineering News this “revival” forms part of a signficant... →

Rainbow’s R220-million investment was used to increase capacity at Hammarsdale

SATMC launches tyre safety programme to boost road safety

1st September 2023 Industry body the South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC) hosted a launch event for its tyre safety programme on September 1, in Pretoria. The event involved the SATMC inviting stakeholders – including original-equipment manufacturers, automotive dealers, members of government,... →

The SATMC demonstrated the importance of tyre care as part of a safety programme launch

Steel industry vital for South Africa’s industrialisation, Majola says

31st August 2023 Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Fikile Majola has stressed the impact of the local steel industry and its importance to South Africa’s industrialisation, and the challenges that the sector is facing from local and global pressures, emphasising the need to build an “inclusive... →

Sibanye’s gold operations offset impact of lower PGM prices

29th August 2023 Multinational mining and metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater’s strategic commodity and geographical diversification served it well in the six months ended June 30, with a turnaround in its South African gold operations having provided a cushion against the impact of lower platinum group... →

Sibanye CEO Neal Froneman

Rainbow celebrates 60 years of processing excellence, embarks on new growth chapter

29th August 2023 Poultry company Rainbow on August 28 marked the commemoration of its sixtieth anniversary with an event held in Hammarsdale, in KwaZulu-Natal. This occasion served as a tribute to Rainbow's six decades of “unwavering dedication to shaping the poultry processing landscape”, the company says. →

With the Rainbow Hammarsdale expansion, Rainbow has re-instated roughly 750 jobs, with an additional 100 jobs to be initiated by June next year

Tshiamiso Trust collaboration helps reduce pipeline of deferred, incomplete claims

25th August 2023 Compensation fund Tshiamiso Trust CEO Dr Munyadziwa Kwinda has noted that collaboration with the Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases (MBOD), mining consultancy TEBA and the departments of Home Affairs and Health has resulted in the trust reducing its pipeline of deferred and incomplete... →

Sylvania subsidiary signs chrome, PGMs ore treatment JV agreement with design engineering firm

25th August 2023 Platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Sylvania Platinum’s wholly owned South African subsidiary Sylvania Metals has entered into an unincorporated joint venture (JV) agreement with design engineer ChromTech Mining Company subsidiary Limberg Mining Company (LMC). The JV will process PGM and chrome... →

These beneficiation plants will be similar to those at the Mooinooi Sylvania Dump operations in terms of circuit configuration and technology

Accelerate to sell Eden Meander centre in George to Sasol Pension Fund

23rd August 2023 Diversified JSE-listed real estate investment trust Accelerate Property Fund has accepted an offer from the Sasol Pension Fund to acquire the Eden Meander Shopping Centre, with a gross lettable area of 31 136 m2 and an adjacent 7 094 m2 vacant land parcel. The centre is located near the... →

State slammed for ‘dereliction of Constitutional duty’ over failure to protect Intercape buses

23rd August 2023 The Makhanda High Court has slammed the South African government for the “dereliction of its Constitutional duties” in quelling the violence directed at long-distance coach company Intercape. “It boggles the mind why it is so difficult for a law enforcement agent to appreciate that when armed... →

Intercape states that it’s operations have run a gauntlet of concerted attacks, with a number of incidents in which coaches were shot at or stoned in and around hotspots towns in the Eastern Cape

Government, Saps’ involvement crucial for MPRDA enforcement

23rd August 2023 The intervention of the government and the South African Police Service (Saps) is crucial for enforcing the implementation of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA), specifically in discouraging illegal mining activities and promoting safer and sustainable alternatives,... →

Malan Scholes Attorneys director Lia Bolz

Marula Mining admitted to Apex segment of Aquis Stock Exchange

23rd August 2023 Africa-focused mining and development company Marula Mining has joined the Apex segment of UK-based capital market company Aquis Stock Exchange (AQSE), with effect from market open on August 23. The Apex segment of AQSE features larger, more established businesses and enforces stricter... →

Absa plays vital role in an infrastructure improvement transaction by Brics bank

22nd August 2023 Infrastructure projects in South Africa have received a significant boost through a debut R1.5-billion debt issuance in the domestic market. The New Development Bank’s (NDB’s) bond issuance in South Africa is a landmark transaction for NDB, and local bank Absa Corporate and Investment Banking... →

Wesizwe resumes operations at Bakubung mine

22nd August 2023 Platinum group metals miner Wesizwe Platinum on August 22 informed its shareholders that Bakubung Platinum Mine has successfully re-opened and resumed activities. Operations ground to a halt in July after employees embarked on an unprotected strike. →

Scania plants one tree for every customer who partners with it

22nd August 2023 Transport company Scania Southern Africa is planning to plant a forest as part of its sustainability efforts. It has committed to plant one tree for every customer who partners with Scania to drive the shift to a sustainable transport solution. →

Many communities in South Africa lack green spaces. Research links trees to a reduction in crime, better school performance and improved health benefits

Pan-African property group launches rooftop solar panel investment drive

18th August 2023 Investment solutions company Novare, which has a substantial property portfolio in Africa, on August 1 announced a significant investment in rooftop photovoltaic (PV) panels as an eco-friendly and renewable energy source to curb carbon emissions across its African property portfolio and... →

Novare's rooftop PV project is a proactive response to actively managing the industry's negative impacts and promoting sustainability

Sanral to coordinate national effort to repair potholes

18th August 2023 Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga on July 31 attended the official launch of the Vala Zonke War Room, which will monitor and manage all pothole repairs in the country from the State-owned South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral's) Central Operations Centre (COC), in Centurion.... →

Sanral's Centurion Central Operations Centre

Gold Fields reports solid operating results despite challenges

17th August 2023 Gold miner Gold Fields delivered solid operating results for the six months ended in June 30, despite various challenges. The company’s attributable production decreased by 4% year-on-year, in line with expectations, while all-in costs (AISC) increased by 3%, the company stated on August 17. →

Gold Fields interim CEO Martin Preece

Coal crucial for alleviating poverty and loadshedding

17th August 2023 Despite the negative impacts that coal-fired power stations have on the environment and local populations, localized energy solutions developer NET Energy owner Mike Blenkinsop has stressed that the detrimental impact of removing coal-fired power capacity from the South African electricity system... →

A lack of investment in coal mining globally has raised concerns for coal supply going forward. This, coupled with high demand, could result in supply constraints and high prices

Coal still has role to play despite naysayers, Menar MD tells conference

15th August 2023 Resources investment company Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu has emphasised that South Africa is on the precipice of a significant industrial revolution. Fuelling this revolution, however, will require a consistent and reliable baseload power source that can only be produced by coal-fired power stations,... →

Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu

Jubilee appoints new CFO, strategic and operational executive team

14th August 2023 Metals processing company Jubilee Metals announced it has expanded its executive leadership team in support of its growth strategy. This comes with the appointment of Neal Reynolds as CFO, effective October 1, as well as Ricus Grimbeek, who will be leading Jubilee’s expansion drive into energy... →

Jubile Metals CEO Leon Coetzer

Impairments result in lower basic, headline earnings for Northam

14th August 2023 Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Northam Holdings expects to report a 70% to 80% year-on-year decrease in basic earnings a share to between R5.23 and R7.84 for the financial year ended June 30, compared with the earnings a share of R26.15 reported for the prior financial year. Headline earnings... →

Booysendal is delivering strong growth on the back of solid production from North mine, as well as the ongoing ramp-up of South mine

Exxaro to report up to 37% fall in interim earnings

14th August 2023 Diversified resources company Exxaro Resources has warned of a 23% to 37% year-on-year decrease in earnings for the six months ended June 30 on the back of lower coal sales, prices and volumes and compounded by the impact of ongoing logistical challenges. “Income from our equity-accounted... →

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Income from Exxaro’s equity-accounted investments at Sishen Iron Ore Company and Mafube Coal were negatively impacted by lower prices

Eastplats reports strong second-quarter financial, operating performance

11th August 2023 Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Eastern Platinum’s (Eastplats’) net income attributable to equity shareholders increased to $7.7-million for the quarter ended June 30, compared with the $1.2-million reported for the second quarter of 2022. Revenue for the second quarter increased to... →

The increase in the second quarter of this year’s net income was largely attributable to the significant increase in third-party chrome sales at the Crocodile River Mine

Transnet embarks on procurement digitisation journey

11th August 2023 State-owned Transnet has approached the market for the provision of an automated end-to-end procurement system. This comes as the organisation moves to optimise its procurement of goods and services, improve the speed and agility of procurement decisions and foster stronger supplier relationships. →

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The project is a milestone in Transnet’s transformation into an agile, data-driven, and customer-centric organisation

Competition Commission engages stakeholders on exchange of sensitive information

11th August 2023 The Competition Commission on August 11 hosted a hybrid workshop for trade associations, business stakeholders and sector regulators in Fourways, Johannesburg, to raise awareness of the permissible exchanges of competitively sensitive information within the framework of the Competition Act. The... →

Marula approves Blesberg resource drilling exploration, mining programme

11th August 2023 The board of Africa-focused mining and development company Marula Mining has approved a R26-million (about $1.35-million) resource drilling exploration and mine planning programme for the company’s Blesberg lithium and tantalum mine, in South Africa. The programme will be funded by logistics... →

MSA to update Deep-South’s Haib project mineral resource estimate

11th August 2023 Mineral exploration and development company Deep-South Resources has reappointed South African technical consultancy the MSA Group to produce an updated National Instrument (NI) 43-101-compliant mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the company’s 100%-owned Haib copper project, in Namibia. The... →

The mineral resource estimate and subsequent technical report will follow the completion of the drilling program that was stopped in June 2021

Patel stresses importance of China-South Africa trade

11th August 2023 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has welcomed the August 10 signing of trade and purchasing agreements between South African and Chinese companies, saying it would contribute to job creation, particularly for young people, while boosting the South African economy.... →

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South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel

Global coal demand, supply set to remain at all-time high in 2023

11th August 2023 Global body the International Energy Agency (IEA) expects coal demand to remain at an all-time high this year. This follows after global coal demand reached an all-time high in 2022, rising above 8.3-billion tonnes, the IEA points out in its ‘Coal Market Update’ report for July 2023. →

Galileo reports new lithium discovery in Kamativi initial drilling

10th August 2023 Mineral development company Galileo Resources says the initial lithium analysis by an independent accredited laboratory has confirmed the presence of lithium mineralisation over a signficant width in the first hole completed at the Kamativi project, in Zimbabwe. Drilling continues to intersect... →

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Strongly positive lithium results were recorded from assays of core generated from the first angled drillhole KSDD001 that was completed at Kamativi

Caledonia posts lower second-quarter profit

10th August 2023 Gold producer Caledonia Mining has reported a gross profit of $10.9-million for the second quarter ended June 30, a decrease from the $17.9-million reported for the second quarter of 2022. “While the Zimbabwe-based gold Blanket mine contributed $13.1-million, the group's gross profit was affected... →

Sylvania subsidiary signs chrome, PGMs ore treatment JV agreement

10th August 2023 Platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Sylvania Platinum’s wholly owned South African subsidiary Sylvania Metals has entered into an unincorporated joint venture (JV) agreement with design engineer ChromTech Mining Company subsidiary Limberg Mining Company (LMC). The JV will process PGM and chrome... →

These beneficiation plants will be similar to those at the Mooinooi Sylvania Dump operations in terms of circuit configuration and technology

Grizzly’s emerald auction generates record sales

10th August 2023 Emerald producer Grizzly Mining says the company’s latest emerald auction, which was held in Dubai earlier in August, generated record sales of $48.63-million. The auction saw the company offer its latest mid- to high-grade rough emeralds from its flagship Grizzly emerald mine, in Zambia. →

Grizzly Mining chairperson Abdoulaye Ndiaye

Hyphen Hydrogen announces MoU with Itochu

8th August 2023 Namibian green hydrogen development company Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with import export company Itochu Corporation to explore areas for potential collaboration between them to drive forward sub-Saharan Africa’s largest, and only, fully... →

The collaboration will drive forward sub-Saharan Africa’s largest, and only, fully vertically-integrated green hydrogen project

Kubayi calls for mandatory procurement transformation in community schemes

8th August 2023 Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says economic transformation has to take place in the multitrillion-rand community schemes economy, which includes sectional title complexes, homeowners’ associations, retirement housing schemes, share block companies and housing cooperatives. Speaking... →

Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation department Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi

Drilling results show high-grade mineralisation at Ewoyaa

8th August 2023 Africa-focused lithium exploration and development company Atlantic Lithium says ongoing drilling assay results have confirmed the presence of high-grade infill and extension intersections at the company’s Ewoyaa lithium project in Ghana. Atlantic is focused on delivering Ghana’s first lithium mine. →

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Atlantic Lithium are targeting delivering Ghana’s first lithium mine

Kore raises $1m, signs revised agreement with Sepco for Kola project

8th August 2023 Potash development company Kore Potash has entered into a revised agreement with Chinese construction and engineering company Sepco Electric Power Construction Corporation for the provision of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the construction of the company’s Kola... →

Kore Potash has 97% ownership of the Kola and DX Potash Projects in the Sintoukola Basin, located in Congo-Brazzaville

Murray & Roberts Cementation reaches milestone on PMC vent shaft

7th August 2023 Underground mining contractor Murray & Roberts Cementation achieved a milestone at the end of July when it successfully reached the 1 000 m mark on its contract to sink the 1 200 m ventilation shaft at copper miner Palabora Mining Company’s (PMC's) Lift II expansion. This significant feat stands... →

Murray & Roberts Cementation achieved a remarkable milestone at the end of July this year, when it successfully reached the 1 000 m mark on its contract to sink the 1 200 m ventilation shaft at PMC's Lift 2 expansion

Implats warns of lower earnings on the back of weaker PGM prices, refined production

7th August 2023 Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Impala Platinum has warned that its earnings per share (EPS) and headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the financial year ended June 30 are likely to be at least 20% lower year-on-year as a result of weaker PGM prices. The company, which acquired control of... →

Operating momentum at Marula was negatively impacted by sporadic community unrest in the second half of the period

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