Amplats lifts sales $100m post JM contract
Anglo American Platinum said it had grossed at least $100m more in sales after ending its contract with Johnson Matthey by removing discounts.
Tharisa extends option to buy 90% shareholding in Salene Chrome
THARISA has extended the option to acquire a 90% shareholding in Salene Chrome, a prospect located in Zimbabwe, to the end of March.
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Eastplats to build Zandfontein chrome tailings plant for R164m
EASTERN Platinum (Eastplats), the platinum group metals firm that mothballed its operations in 2012, said it would mine and treat chrome-bearing tailings from its Crocodile...
Impala locked in Zim discussions
Impala Platinum remained in talks with the Zimbabwe government about requirements to transfer a 51% stake in its Zimbabwe unit Zimplats to local blacks.
Mugabe comments hit platinum miners
Shares in platinum miners with operations in Zimbabwe plunged after President Robert Mugabe said he would press on with plans to sell 51% of foreign firms to locals.
SA underpins widening platinum deficit
Johnson Matthey said closures and a loss of productivity would underpin a 78% increase in the platinum deficit, but added the price would still be contained.
Platinum firms warn profits ‘constrained’
South Africa's three largest platinum producers Amplats, Implats and Lonmin brought the curtain down on a five-month strike and warned conditions remained tough.
Europe will be hit the hardest in event of supply decline...
IN this long-dated review, I focus on the quantum and destination of South African platinum exportsand the impact the destination has on the above-ground stocks...
AMCU postpones platinum wage pact signing as it was seeking further...
SOUTH Africa's platinum group metal (PGM) producers put the celebrations on hold today as the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU) said it...
Platinum demand surplus to top 500,000 oz in 2018 as jewellery...
THERE would be a demand surplus in platinum of 505,000 ounces in 2018 as consumption of the metal in jewellery failed to fire and...