Investors to buoy platinum price in 2012
Investment demand for precious metals in general would help support the
platinum price, although the Eurocrisis remained a downside risk to the metal’s
important industrial demand.
Aquarius plummets after another poor show
Aquarius Platinum had to contend with another quarter of wafer-thin or
negative margins at its major operations, again causing a slide in the
company’s share price.
Anooraq soon to be ‘Atlatsa’
Anooraq says it will proceed with its proposed name change to Atlatsa Resources, following the approval of the move by the TSX Venture Exchange.
Amplats makes small wins
Amplats has made some small gains during the first quarter of 2012, lifting
mining output and productivity levels after a grim performance the previous
year.
Zim severs more ties with Guptas
Veteran businesman Lazarus Zim has shed another tie with the controversial
Gupta family, withdrawing Atul Gupta as an alternate director on the board of
Northam Platinum.
How SA platinum lost its way
Anyone holding platinum shares must be wondering when the pain will end.
This was the year shares would, at the very least, bounce along the bottom,
consolidate and then recover in 2013.
Modikwa employees return to work
Modikwa Platinum has agreed to wage increases of between 8.5% and 10%, ending a three week protected strike.
Impala responds to fatality cover-up claim
Impala Platinum responds to allegations that it is trying to cover up its own
culpability in the death of a mine worker in 2006.
Implats in death scandal – Sunday Times
Impala Platinum is facing criminal charges, including culpable homicide, for its role in
the death of a mine worker, according to a Sunday Times report.
PTM secures mining right for Maseve
TSX-listed Platinum Group Metals says it has been granted a mining right for its Maseve JV development with Wesizwe Platinum.