Southern Palladium doubles expected chrome recoveries from the Bengwenyama mine
Latest metallurgical test work on Southern Palladium’s proposed Bengwenyama platinum group metals (pgm) mine on the Eastern Limb of the Bushveld Ingneous Complex has...
Sylvania Platinum rakes in profits from higher pgm prices in the...
Sylvania Platinum cracked it in the March quarter on both the operational and financial fronts but has warned of a set back to the...
Steady output in March will see Implats meet full-year targets
PLATINUM miner Implats is still on track to meet its full-year guidance of group refined and saleable PGM production of 3.4-3.6 million ounces, despite...
Maximising chrome will pay off for Southern Palladium’s Bengwenyama
LATEST test work from Southern Palladium’s Bengwenyama project is showing that it can extract more chrome concentrate from the UG2 reef than originally expected,...
Valterra normalizes quarterly production after last year’s flooding
VALTERRA Platinum’s first quarter production benefited from comparisons with a year ago, when its second biggest mine, Amandelbult, was hit by flooding. The numbers...
Implats weighs platinum growth projects in Zimbabwe
NO sector does a corporate faceplant quite like mining; tales of projects gone awry are legion.
One from Zimbabwe involves BHP's 10-year odyssey of misspend...
Silver market ripe for another price squeeze – report
THE silver market could see another sharp price squeeze, with six consecutive years of supply deficits and depleted stockpiles leaving the market vulnerable to...
Tharisa navigates tricky quarter thanks to resilient PGMs
A DECLINE in grade hampered platinum group metal recoveries in a traditionally hazardous second quarter for Tharisa. However, an $800 per ounce gain in...
SA platinum exports surge but miners face war inflation
THERE was a 13% increase in platinum group metal exports in the first two months of this year, said Swiss bank UBS in a...
US, European funders in mix for Tharisa’s Karo project
THARISA is in talks with North American and European government-backed lenders to help finance the outstanding $300m of its Karo platinum group metals project...