Implats share dive ominous for world’s No.2 platinum producer
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) fell to its lowest value since 1999, reported Bloomberg News which cited analysts' fears that the company would announce a profit...
Rand eases but the margin pressure on SA PGMs is manifest
IT’S fair to say that Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater, hasn’t always been the best of friends with the South African government or its...
RBPlat CFO Prinsloo resigns
After more than nine years with the company, Martin Prinsloo has resigned from his position as chief financial officer and executive director of Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat).
The...
Action on troubled Rustenburg mines a “key imperative” – Implats...
Impala Platinum (Implats) has dropped its refined platinum production guidance for the year to end-June to 1.46m oz from the previous estimate of...
SA platinum miners “dysfunctional” says JP Morgan
South Africa’s platinum miners resemble a “dysfunctional oligopoly” and are currently increasing supply despite depressed platinum prices with no meaningful improvement in the situation...
DMR gives final approval for acquisition of Maseve mine by RB...
Toronto-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM) has received final approval for the sale of its Maseve Mine to Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RB Plat) with the...
Russian sanctions benefit SA’s platinum mines as by-product prices surge
Embattled South African platinum miners are being handed a measure of relief from their grim financial situation by the jump in the prices of...
Palladium takes off on fears of US sanctions against Norilsk Nickel
The palladium price has jumped during the past week over the possibility that the world’s top producer - MMC Norilsk Nickel ...
Platinum miners’ optimism about the hole they’re in is misplaced
YOU have to be an optimist to be a miner and the most diehard optimists in the business right now are those in platinum...
Implats heartened, but needs evidence Zimbabwe is changing
EMMERSON Mnangagwa, who took over from Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe’s president in November, is making encouraging statements to woo mining investors back. But after...