Palladium ETF to ride metal supply fears
Absa Capital's latest addition to its ETF suite is a palladium product it expects will attract a similar investor that has scooped up a million oz of its platinum ETF.
Pouroulis family launch third pass at platinum
Tharisa Minerals is the latest company to roll off the conveyor belt of the Pouroulis family, led by patriarch, Loucas Pouroulis
New generation of Pt miner plots way to JSE
Sedibelo Platinum Mines, Ivanhoe Mines and the recently listed Tharisa are proof that investors will have more options as SA's platinum industry changes scope.
LRA missing strike ballot amendment
Secret strike ballots were removed from the Labour Relations Act amendments, but they would in retrospect have been a crucial inclusion.
Tharisa halves capital raising to R500m
Tharisa, a chrome and platinum producer, has halved the capital it intended to raise in its JSE debut scheduled for April 10 owing to difficult market conditions.
BHP meets Eskom amid $20bn demerger chatter
BHP Billiton has resumed talks with Eskom over power to its aluminium smelters amid
talk the Australian firm is mulling a $20bn demerger of its SA assets.
Aquarius takes gap in $225m bond repurchase
The platinum firm said improved operational performance was an opportunity to buy back up to $225m in bonds and give it flexibility to assess new projects.
Sibanye registers interest with Amplats
Sibanye Gold has made contact with Anglo American Platinum regarding buying its high cost, underground platinum shafts in Rustenburg.
SA golds ‘beyond reasonable level of value’
Have South African gold stocks exceeded their reasonable level of value as suggested by their recent weakening?
NewGold platinum EFT tops 1 million oz
The product has now absorbed R15.6bn in platinum equal to roughly a fifth of South African primary production.