DMR commissions platinum task team
The Department of Mineral Resources will convene a task team to look into the
challenges facing beleaguered platinum miners.
Anooraq/Atlatsa: new name, same problems
Anooraq Resources has officially changed its name to Atlatsa Resources Corporation, but the challenges facing the stricken PGM producer remain as real as ever.
Lonmin’s Scott can’t rule out “tough decisions’
Simon Scott, interim CEO for Lonmin, said there may still be some tough decisions to
make regarding the platinum producer’s business despite workers returning to work.
Platinum miners “will pay for their sins’
The major platinum producers of North West will bear the brunt of more violent
community protests for as long as discontent over social inequality persists,
says the Bench Marks Foundation.
Govt. must heed lesson of Implats restructure as Charter talks toil
AFTER years resisting restructuring its cash-hungry Rustenburg shafts, Impala Platinum (Implats), under the guidance of CEO, Nico Muller, has resolved there's no time like...
Mathunjwa breaks silence with threat to hobble Implats with strike
AFTER nearly a week keeping its counsel, the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU) has threatened Impala Platinum (Implats) with industrial action should...
Amplats, PIC to pump $200m into PGM venture capital fund
THE search for alternative platinum group metal (PGM) markets has been turned up several notches by Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) which is to invest...
Amplats adds Der Brochen to project roster after buying Glencore stake...
ANGLO American Platinum (Amplats) has continued its strategic repositioning campaign through buying partner Glencore’s 39% stake in the Mototolo joint venture which opens up...
Amplats’ Griffith determined to prove platinum doubters wrong
THE stock market responded to Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats') excellent interim results with apparent indifference knocking the price down around 1% at one point...
Lonmin tackles Q3 sans mishap as Sibanye-Stillwater merger looms
LONMIN negotiated the third quarter sans major production mishap, especially at its smelting facilities which it said were "running normally".
As a result, Lonmin expected...