Chrome ore proves more profitable than ferrochrome for Merafe
MERAFE Resources is a far more profitable chrome ore miner than producer of ferrochrome based on its interim trading statement published on the JSE...
Implats suspends Rustenburg shafts for week-long safety reset
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) suspended production at its Rustenburg shafts on Friday for five days in order to conduct a "safety reset" following two underground...
ARM reopens platinum and nickel mines in projects worth R16bn
AFRICAN Rainbow Minerals (ARM) announced on Thursday the restart of its Bokoni platinum mine and, in a separate development, the Nkomati nickel open pit...
Northam Platinum’s ‘mine without end’ exposes SA’s supply crisis
NORTHAM Platinum CEO Paul Dunne might joke that "there’s no luck in mining", but fortune has certainly favoured his company in the past few...
Sibanye challenges US over Russia palladium imports
SIBANYE-Stillwater said on Tuesday it had appealed a US International Trade Commission ruling in May that imports of Russian unwrought palladium did not depress...
Platinum selldown a “pothole, not the end of the road”
PLATINUM shares have returned to buy territory after months of falling metals prices, sending valuations lower. The basket price for platinum, palladium and rhodium,...
Platinum price propels Valterra to half year earnings beat
VALTERRA Platinum is to report vastly improved earnings for the first half of 2026 owing to a two-thirds year-on-year increase in the rand basket...
Tharisa sees price support despite weaker chrome
CHROME concentrate prices have softened in the wake of softer stainless steel demand, partly owing to the Middle East conflict, said Tharisa CEO Phoevos...
Northam Platinum in new output record as chrome surges
NORTHAM Platinum lifted chrome production 17% in its 2026 financial year, partly owing to the ramp-up of its North West province operation, Eland Platinum.
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Gold, platinum shares in good space after metals correct
ENTHUSIASM for precious metals had evaporated in recent weeks, leaving mining shares in good buying territory, said analysts.
"Investor sentiment towards South African mining equities...