Tharisa coming of age as gains payout, expansion momentum
PLANS by Tharisa to expand chrome production to two million tonnes annually would not compromise the sustainability of the firm's recently upgraded dividend policy,...
PTM mops up after $590m loss, needs $30m to settle debt
PLATINUM Group Metals (PTM) brought the curtain down on a most difficult of years in which it shelved and then sold its much-vaunted Maseve...
Tharisa amps up the payout policy, pays 5 US cent dividend
THARISA, a Johannesburg-listed platinum group metal (PGM) and chrome producer, delivered on a promise to revisit its dividend policy announcing today it would increase...
Muller brings new broom to Implats executive, but loses CFO
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) CFO, Brenda Berlin, is to leave the company after a seven year stint in the position, the Johannesburg-listed firm said in...
Platinum set for convincing swing into 270,000 oz deficit in 2018
A TWO percent decline in platinum production from South African and an increase in demand would create a 275,000 ounce supply deficit during 2018, said...
Only protracted Zimbabwe crisis would disturb platinum market
THE political crisis in Zimbabwe had almost no impact on the price performance of either platinum or palladium as production of the metals from the...
SA platinum miners watchful of political events in Zimbabwe
SOUTH African platinum producers operating in Zimbabwe said they were watchful of political developments following reports that armed forces had seized power in the...
Northam’s Dunne says platinum recovery imminent in most bullish outlook yet
THE long-awaited turnaround in the platinum price - which has been depressed for nearly a decade - is getting closer, according to Northam Platinum...
Sibanye-Stillwater settles 7% three-year Kroondal wage deal
SIBANYE-Stillwater avoided strike action at its Kroondal platinum mine after agreeing a three-year wage agreement with unions which it said was an average escalation...
Lonmin attempts to avoid fourth cash call may be doomed
TRY as it might to avoid it, platinum miner Lonmin may be facing its fourth rights issue in eight years, according to analysts who...