Implats impairs Canadian mine by R7.8bn as palladium plummets
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) has taken a heavy hit on its Canadian mine, impairing the asset by more than half its initial R11.4bn purchase price...
Sibanye-Stillwater says hydrogen catalyst will save iridium market
SIBANYE-Stillwater said new technology for hydrogen electroysis had been developed potentially reducing reliance on the scarce platinum group metal (PGM) iridium in favour of...
Southern Palladium scopes out $408m Bengwenyama
SOUTHERN Palladium on Thursday published details of a scoping study into its Bengwenyama project estimating a post tax net present value of $700m assuming...
Implats’ Muller lacks corporate swerve – and that’s a good thing
NICO Muller lacks the corporate swerve – or is it the media training that is afforded to the executive class at Anglo American or...
Platinum surplus to widen but it soon may join palladium on...
AUTOMAKERS attending the 121 Mining Conference in Cape Town during February were unanimous in their view that switching from palladium to platinum in the...
SA PGM producers bracing themselves for tough round of wage talks
SOUTH Africa's platinum group metal (PGM) miners are bracing for potentially difficult wage negotiations when it meets with unions later this month, said Reuters...
Amplats to seek support for PGM downstream investment at industry’s August...
ANGLO American Platinum (Amplats) CEO, Chris Griffith, hopes a meeting next month of the South African industry's primary platinum group metal (PGM) producers will...
If I was … Amplats CEO, Chris Griffith, on being SA’s...
THE first thing Anglo American Platinum CEO, Chris Griffith, would do were he appointed the minister of mines in South Africa for a day...
Tharisa Karo investment boosted after Zimbabwe grants special economic rights
THE prospects of Tharisa's Karo investment has received an important boost after the Zimbabwean government conferred special economic rights over a portion of the property...
DRDGOLD unveils PGM strategy after paying modest dividend, retaining cash for...
DRDGOLD announced a 25 cent per share interim dividend, but said it had retained cash generated during a stellar reporting period in order to...