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Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer is a South African mining journalist and publisher who founded and leads Creamer Media, a specialist business-to-business media company. He serves as editor of Mining Weekly and Engineering News, two leading trade publications covering the mining, engineering and energy sectors in South Africa and across Africa. Creamer is a prominent voice in African mining journalism and is known for his in-depth coverage of the continent's resources sector. He hosts the radio programme At the Coalface on SAfm, where he interviews industry leaders and analyses developments in mining, energy and infrastructure. Creamer has built a career spanning several decades reporting on the mining industry, with particular focus on South Africa's mineral wealth and the challenges facing the sector. His publications provide detailed coverage of project developments, policy changes, commodity markets and corporate activity. Through Creamer Media, he has established platforms including the Copper360 conference series, which brings together stakeholders in the copper value chain. Martin Creamer is widely recognised within the Southern African mining community for his comprehensive and authoritative reporting on the resources sector.

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Northern Cape copper activity gathers pace

Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer reports growing exploration and mining activity around copper in the Northern Cape, alongside renewed attention to South Africa's platinum group metals (PGMs) sector, with Mintek pursuing plans to add value to PGMs and Sibanye-Stillwater expanding its PGM project portfolio in South Africa.

PGM demand under scrutiny

Creamer notes that Sibanye-Stillwater is calling for new longer-term applications for PGMs as autocatalyst demand faces structural change from the rise of electric vehicles, with producers funding research to secure demand into the mid-2030s and green hydrogen offering potential upside.

DRDGOLD funds R8-billion expansion

DRDGOLD is spending R8-billion, internally funded, to grow its gold-from-mine-waste business by 40% under its Vision 2028 plan, targeting 6 t of gold a year from its Ergo and Far West Gold Recoveries operations, with interest growing in applying the same model to PGM waste dumps.

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On-The-Air (17/07/2026)
17th July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about DRDGOLD's R10-billion investment in five new gold-from-waste projects, a R900-million-plus platinum group metals shaft development in North West province, and Mintek's... 


DRDGOLD, Sibanye-Stillwater, Mintek make headlines
DRDGOLD, Sibanye-Stillwater, Mintek make headlines
17th July 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer tell us how the new elution circuit and smelt house facility at DRDGOLD's Far West Gold Recoveries is performing; he discusses the R964m that is to be spent at... 


Northern Cape copper, South African PGMs make headlines
Northern Cape copper, South African PGMs make headlines
10th July 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the growing activity in copper exploration and mining in the Northern Cape; Mintek's plans to add value to the South African platinum group metals... 


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On-The-Air (03/07/2026)
3rd July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer discusses South32’s conditional agreement to sell Hillside Aluminium to Alcoa; Sibanye-Stillwater calling for new longer-term platinum group metal applications; and DRDGOLD’s... 


Hillside Aluminium, Sibanye-Stillwater, DRDGOLD make headlines
Hillside Aluminium, Sibanye-Stillwater, DRDGOLD make headlines
3rd July 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses South32’s conditional agreement to sell Hillside Aluminium to Alcoa; Sibanye-Stillwater calling for new longer-term platinum group metal applications;... 


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On-The-Air (26/06/2026)
26th June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about South Africa's platinum assets, hydrogen fuel cell technology and a project underway in KZN to add value to the titanium in mineral sands. 


SA's platinum assets, hydrogen fuel cell tech, green molecules make headlines
SA's platinum assets, hydrogen fuel cell tech, green molecules make headlines
26th June 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer notes that Sibanye-Stillwater’s CEO has declares the company’s South African platinum assets the ‘world’s best’; he discusses Deputy President Paul Mashatile's... 


Shanghai Week, Phelan Green, platinum jewellery demand make headlines
Shanghai Week, Phelan Green, platinum jewellery demand make headlines
19th June 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses July’s Shanghai Week, which is set to firm up platinum’s already solid status; Phelan Green selecting Johnson Matthey technology for its Saldanha... 


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On-The-Air (12/06/2026)
12th June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about Manganese Metal Company, rare earths in the Northern Cape and Junior mining opportunities. 


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MMC, rare earths, Jr mining opportunities make headlines
12th June 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the completion of Manganese Metal Company’s new plant in Mpumalanga; the rare earths project in the Northern Cape that was highlighted on day two of... 


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On-The-Air (05/06/2026)
5th June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about the new mining cadastre, Gauteng's gold-mining revival, and reforms in South Africa's mining sector. 


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New cadastre, Sam Molefi, PyroFuZA make headlines
5th June 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the new online mining licensing system that has begun with Western Cape applications; Sam Molefi's Modi Mining operation; and PyroFuZA, which sees a... 


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On-The-Air (29/05/2026)
29th May 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about mining's economic edge, mineral rights and copper in the Northern Cape. 


Mining's economic edge, mineral rights, copper make headlines
Mining's economic edge, mineral rights, copper make headlines
29th May 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer notes that the Minerals Council AGM heard this week that mining can elevate South Africa’s economic development; he also discusses the urgent need for a one-stop... 


On-The-Air (22/05/2026)
On-The-Air (22/05/2026)
22nd May 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about South Africa’s copper, green hydrogen and platinum sectors gain momentum. 


Copper, green hydrogen, green ammonia and platinum demand make headlines
Copper, green hydrogen, green ammonia and platinum demand make headlines
22nd May 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the latest drilling developments at Okiep in the Northern Cape, developments in the green hydrogen and green ammonia project in Nelson Mandela Bay, and... 


Creamer Media launches new IN FOCUS video and podcast series
Creamer Media launches new IN FOCUS video and podcast series
21st May 2026

Creamer Media is expanding its multimedia offering with the launch of IN FOCUS, a new long-form video and podcast series aimed at providing deeper insight into the forces shaping industry, mining,... 


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On-The-Air (15/05/2026)
15th May 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about uranium demand, Northern Cape copper and Cementation Africa. 


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Uranium demand, Northern Cape copper, Cementation Africa make headlines
15th May 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer talks about uranium production in Southern Africa looking up as demand outlook rises; a drill hole in the Northern Cape which has revealed a significant zone of... 


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On-The-Air (08/05/2026)
8th May 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about hydrogen’s growing role in energy storage, a new refuelling station at North-West University, and the need to lower manganese rail costs. 


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