Smelter rebuild caps bad year for Northam

PLATINUM GROUP METALSby David McKay | Thu, 23 May 2013
Northam Platinum's miserable year took another turn for the worse with the firm saying it would have to rebuild a furnace at its Zondereinde smelter. Read ›

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