Under pressure PGM miners are looking to copper – but it’s...
IT'S no coincidence that two of the surprise bidders for Khoemacau, a Botswana copper miner, are platinum group metal (PGM) producers Sibanye-Stillwater and Impala...
Merafe, Glencore agree to extend PGM processing partnership
MERAFE Resources and Glencore are to extend an agreement to produce platinum group metals (PGMs) which occurs as a by-product in the chrome joint...
Platinum deficit of one million oz forecast while stocks also diminish
THE supply deficit in platinum is forecast to grow to more than one million ounces owing to increased demand from automakers and amid flat...
ARM nails colours to Bokoni Platinum as project cost inflates
AFRICAN Rainbow Minerals (ARM) said it was confident in its Bokoni Platinum Mines brownfields project despite a severe correction in platinum group metal (PGM)...
Another nail in JSE’s flailing mining sector as RBPlat bids farewell
THE South African mining story of the year has surely been the epic tussle between Implats and Northam for RBPlats. It is all over...
DRDGOLD “keen” to be vehicle for Sibanye-Stillwater PGM tailings
DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius said his company was "keen" to become involved in retreating platinum group metal (PGM) tailings owned by its majority shareholder...
Implats targets sub-par RBPlat as metal prices expose “fundamental weaknesses”
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) CEO Nico Muller played down the need to cut production or scale back projects amid the drastic slide in platinum group...
The squeeze is on for the rarest resource in SA’s PGM...
Of the barriers to new platinum group metals production in South Africa, one of the most important is building processing facilities. Smelters and refineries are...
Sibanye-Stillwater cuts gold, nickel and PGMs production for 2023
SIBANYE-Stillwater announced cuts to production guidance for gold, nickel and platinum group metals (PGMs) owing to operational mishaps, a strike, and lower metal prices.
Publishing his...
Northam disposes of remaining stake in Implats for R251m
NORTHAM Platinum said today it had sold the remaining shares it owned in Impala Platinum (Implats) as a result of having accepted the firm's...