Platinum projects on the go for 
engineering firm

Engineering projects firm TWP Projects has signed the main engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for South African platinum-miner Impala Platinum’s (Implats) No 17 shaft project in Rustenburg, in North West province.

Zimbabwe platinum-chrome explorer Kameni raises R300m

Platinum group metals (PGM) and chrome exploration, development and mining company Kameni had raised R300-million in seed capital, the company said on Thursday. The R300-million was the minimum requirement to fund exploration in South Africa and...

Only transparent, legitimate Zim investments will be respected – MDC

Zimbabwe has the second-largest platinum resource in the world, and a host of other metals and minerals, which makes South Africa’s troubled neighbour an attractive mining destination. Some, like the world’s second-largest platinum company,...

Only transparent, legitimate Zimbabwean investments will be respected – MDC

The Johannesburg-based MDC treasurer-general, Roy Bennett, suggests that any new Zimbabwe government would need to scrutinise the mining investments that have been made to ensure that they are all able to withstand the full glare of the most...

New Impala-linked Zimbabwe platinum investor senses ‘near-term’ political settlement

The new Impala Platinum-linked Kameni start up that is intent on building platinum and chrome mines in Zimbabwe senses a “near-term” political settlement in the troubled country where, it says, platinum investment is receiving a red-carpet...

Daily podcast – December 9, 2008

In today's podcast: Kameni senses a near-term political settlement in troubled Zimbabwe; and Aquarius Platinum suspends production at its Everest operations owing to geotechnical issues.

Zimbabwe platinum investor senses ‘near-term' political settlement

New Impala Platinum-linked start-up Kameni senses a "near-term" political settlement in troubled Zimbabwe where, it says, platinum investment is receiving red-carpet treatment. Kameni CEO Stephen Gorven and CFO Michael Jones, both former...

Mining entrepreneur Pouroulis unveils new platinum and chrome venture

South African mining entrepreneur and founder of Eland Platinum, Loucas Pouroulis has unveiled a new mining venture, in the form of platinum and chrome company, called Kameni. The new venture would be run in much the same way as Eland Platinum,...