Creamer Media was founded by Martin Creamer in 1981. On 13 March 1981, the first edition of Engineering News was published. Today, Creamer Media’s stable has grown to include Mining Weekly, Engineering News Online, MiningWeekly.com, Polity.org.za and online business databases the Research Channel Africa and MiningWeekly.com Research. News is generated from the main newsroom in Johannesburg with bureaus in Toronto and Perth as well as contributors in a number of African Countries.