Platmin ‘moves into delivery mode’

Platinum junior Platmin has “moved into delivery mode during 2012” as the company completed the acquisition of Sedibelo West and reported record first-quarter platinum sales, said CEO Tom Dale on Monday. The company, which delisted from the...

Aspirant US space miners aim to break into tightly South African-held platinum domain

The platinum patch belongs to Southern Africans, or so we thought until new US aspirant space miner Planetary Resources burst on to the scene at the Museum of Flight in Seattle with a plan to mine platinum-group metals (PGMs) in outer space. The...

Resources Watch

This week: DRDGold lifts output from its consolidated surface operations. The cost of Wesizwe’s new platinum mine will rise to R12-billion. And, ultrafiltration technology will be used at a new water treatment plant in Sierra Leone.

PTM's Waterberg discovery 'more down to earth' than asteroid mining

Digging platinum from asteroids? Toronto- and New York-listed junior Platinum Group Metals (PTM) said on Tuesday its discovery of a new deposit in South Africa is “more down to earth" than the recent suggestions of mining on asteroids for...

Cost of new platinum mine to rise to R12bn – Wesizwe

The capital cost of building of the new Bakubung platinum mine, now under construction on the western limb of the Bushveld Complex, is expected to escalate to R12-billion. So says Wesizwe CEO Jianke Gao, who was speaking to Mining Weekly in...

Bakubung platinum-group metals project, South Africa

Wesizwe CEO Jianke Gao reports that the capital cost of building the new Bakubung platinum mine is expected to escalate to R12-billion.

Cost of new platinum mine to rise to R12bn – Wesizwe

The capital cost of building of the new Bakubung platinum mine, now under construction on the western limb of the Bushveld Complex, is expected to escalate to R12-billion.

Bushveld Minerals launches Mokopane drilling campaign

Aim-listed Bushveld Minerals would start its drilling and testwork programme on the Mokopane tin project, on the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, in Limpopo, on April 30. The exploration programme on its Mokopane project encompassed...

TSX-V approves Anooraq name change

Platinum junior Anooraq Resources is moving ahead with the implementation of its name change and will start trading as Atlatsa Resources on May 14, the firm said on Wednesday, as the TSX-V approved the change. The new name, which shareholders...

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...

Phoenix mine, South Africa

A platinum mine in South Africa's North West province.

SA govt grants PTM mining right

Canada’s Platinum Group Metals (PTM) has received a mining right from the South African government for its flagship project in the country, the TSX- and Amex-listed company said on Wednesday. PTM also said it would finalise by the end of the...