Prototype fuel cell locomotive being tested at Rustenburg mine

Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) last week launched the first of five fuel cell-powered locomotive prototypes to be tested at its mining operations in South Africa. The first locomotive would be surface tested over the next few months at the...

South Africa mooted as platinum industry’s ‘Silicon Valley’

South Africa’s unique opportunity in platinum-related development is beckoning. There is growing conviction that South Africa could and should become the first mover in creating a kind of ‘Platinum Valley’ that emulates the great Silicon...

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This week: A R17-billion Swaziland-South Africa rail link will open up new coal capacity. Amplats hopes to test a fuel-cell powered mine locomotive by March/April. And, the DTI considers a special economic zone for platinum.

Amplats to test fuel-cell powered mine loco March/April

Platinum miner Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) expects to put a fuel-cell powered mine locomotive through its paces in the first half of this year. The locomotive will initially be tested on surface at Amplats' Dishaba mine, which is situated...

Anglo Platinum signs with JV partners to make fuel cells in SA

Platinum group metals miner Anglo Platinum, through the first investment of its Platinum Group Metals Development Fund (PGMD Fund), and US-based Altergy Systems, announced on Monday that they would partner with the Department of the Science and...

Platinum-miner teams up with investment company to fund PGMs innovations

Platinum-miner Anglo Platinum (Angloplat) has teamed up with investment company Douglas Investments to manage its platinum-group metals (PGMs) development fund, which is part of its beneficiation strategy, and was officially launched in July this...

Three new pressure filters for PPRust project

Subsidiary of international solids and liquid separation specialist Larox Corporation, Larox South Africa, last year received one of the company�s largest orders to date.