Jubilee Metals ready to add zinc and other metals to growing...
JUBILEE Metals, the Johannesburg-listed chrome and platinum group metals (PGM) producer, would soon add zinc, vanadium, lead and copper production to its ranks with...
Sable Pt backers say market will turn
It may seem folly to list a platinum exploration play while producers are closing
up shop, but mining’s a long-term game, say the people behind Sable Platinum.
Labour, uncertainty kills Platfields deal
LONG-RUNNING talks between platinum exploration company Platfields and an international funder have ended, raising the possibility that a rights issue may be required to ensure the future sustainability of the company.
Zimbabwe lays down platinum levy ultimatum
Platinum group metal producers in Zimbabwe have until February 10 to agree "a concrete plan" for a refinery or face a 15% levy on unbeneficiated exports.
Ben’s bet only delayed inevitable Sibanye-Stillwater bid for Lonmin
IT looks as if Lonmin CEO, Ben Magara, saw the writing on the wall roughly three-quarters through 2017. Faced with the prospect that the...
Sibanye-Stillwater to restructure PGM shafts affecting 4,095 miners
SIBANYE-Stillwater announced today restructuring plans of its South African platinum group metal (shafts) affecting 4,095 full time employees and contractors.
The precious metals miner said...
Northam warns of “inevitable depletion” for PGM industry
SOUTH Africa would be unable to sustain 3.9 million ounces in annual platinum group metals (PGMs) production owing to the slump in metal prices...
Jubilee’s ConRoast operational early 2011
JSE and AIM-listed Jubilee Platinum says its new ConRoast commercial facility is on track to commence smelting in the second quarter of 2011.
Angloplat earnings seen 20pct higher
Anglo Platinum has advised that its first half basic earnings per share and headline earnings per share were expected to increase by at least 20%.
Sibanye-Stillwater pushes out PGM target at US mine to 2027 following...
SIBANYE-Stillwater has forecast a sharp drop in production from its Stillwater palladium mine in Montana following a one-in-200 year flood event in June which...