Kell technology ignites industry-creating hopes for platinum sector

A new technology – the Kell process – is igniting hopes that South Africa will be able to create a new industrial thrust out of its unique platinum endowment. There is a snowballing conviction at high level that South Africa could and should...

06/04/2012 (On-The-Air)

South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation is investing billions of rands in the platinum industry; The Department of Trade and Industry is going all out to boost South Africa’s struggling manufacturing sector. Here is...

IDC invests big in revamped Platmin, Wits plans major mine research thrust, Rio moves mine automation to India

South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has made its biggest single investment in five years - R3.24-billion - in Platmin’s comeback as an integrated mining and beneficiation Newco; Wits University is resuscitating...

Pallinghurst looking at new opportunities as portfolio matures

JSE-listed Pallinghurst Resources CE Arne Frandsen on Friday said the company intended to pursue a number of new investment opportunities, both within its current portfolio and in developing investment platforms, as its original portfolio...

IDC invests big in Gilbertson/Frandsen new-look platinum integration

South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has made its biggest single investment in five years - R3.24-billion - in Platmin’s comeback as an integrated miner and beneficiater. The delisted Platmin, now enhanced and...

Company Announcement: Pallinghurst and Bakgatla Form A Strategic Partnership To Create A Major New PGM Producer

The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa today announced a major investment in the platinum mining and beneficiation industry that will see the creation of a significant platinum group metals company in the North West Province of...

Pallinghurst mulls London listing to boost lacklustre share value

Diversified resources investment company Pallinghurst is exploring the potential for a London Stock Exchange listing to provide some lustre to its dull share value in Johannesburg. The JSE-listed investment-holding company is battling to close...

Platmin secures 6Moz in R500m deal with Bakgatla community

The TSX- and JSE-listed platinum miner Platmin has secured six million ounces of platinum in a R500-million deal that “transforms the business”. Pallinghurst CEO Arne Frandsen tells Mining Weekly Online that the acquired resource has the...

Infrastructure deficiencies constraining SA’s manganese growth

Mike Rossouw cites South Africa’s manganese story as being one of South Africa’s saddest mining stories. “We’ve got 80% of the manga-nese reserves and resources in the world, but we only produce about 15% of the world’s manga- nese,...

Infrastructure deficiencies constraining South Africa’s manganese growth

Mike Rossouw cites South Africa’s manganese story as being as one of South Africa’s saddest mining stories.

Pallinghurst prioritising 250 000 oz/y platinum, regional consolidation

The current priority of JSE-listed Pallinghurst is to achieve steady state production of 250 000 oz a year at the Pilanesberg platinum mine and to progress the consolidation of the northern Pilanesberg platinum region, Pallinghurst CEO Arne...

Gold Fields CEO open to asset talks with AngloGold, Dutch, Singaporeans invest $400m in Pallinghurst, South Africa falls to low spot in Fraser Institute survey

Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland says that he is open to discussion on gold asset consolidation with AngloGold Ashanti in order to accelerate the mining of reserves and to help stabilise the local industry's ongoing value erosion.