SA’s latest PGM mine doesn’t inspire confidence
SOUTH Africa's platinum group metals sector may be battening down the hatches while prices languish but new production is coming on stream nonetheless. Canada's...
Mixed tidings for SA as electric vehicles rev up performance
ONE in five cars to hit the road this year will be electric. That’s one million new cars a month, which will take the...
Northam’s 19.9% PGM production increase underlines resilience
NORTHAM Platinum Holdings increased total equivalent refined metal production from own operations 10.6% for the six months ended December.
Commenting in a production update on Monday...
Tharisa needs more of the same after record Q1 chrome output
THARISA started its 2024 financial year on a good production footing producing record amounts of chrome, a metal used in steelmaking.
The company said in...
Implats “quietly confident” of resolving stay-away at shafts
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) said on Tuesday it was "quietly optimistic" about 2,000 workers who had staged a stayaway since the beginning of the year...
Sibanye-Stillwater appoints new sustainability officer
SIBANYE-Stillwater has appointed Melanie Naidoo-Vermaak as chief sustainability officer, effective immediately, said BusinessLive citing an announcement from the miner today.
Naidoo-Vermaak has over 20 years’...
PTM explores Waterberg concentrate deal with Saudi Arabia
PLATINUM Group Metals (PTM) has signed a cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that will explore construction of platinum group metals smelter and base metals...
Implats says protest over as miners return to surface
MINERS have returned to surface at Impala Platinum's (Implats') Impala Bafokeng mine formally ending an underground sit-in that started on Monday.
Implats said on Wednesday...
Sit-in related to RBPlat takeover misconceptions, says Implats
AN unresolved underground sit-in at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine (BRPM) involving more than 2,200 employees was related to concerns over their benefits following the...
Implats halts mining after 2,205 miners stage underground sit-in
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) has suspended production at two shafts at its newly acquired Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine as workers staged an underground sit-in.
About 2,205...