It's that time again on a Friday when Update At Noon presents another Update From The Coal-Face with Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

1. This week, The big Impala Platinum mine took steps to generate its own electricity for its mining operations.

2. Gold in Gauteng's old dumps must be recovered to boost the economy, a meeting in the Golden City heard this week.

3. South Africans were this week urged to go all out to promote platinum globally as a climate crisis saviour.

Martin Creamer speaking to Sakina Kamwendo