Sylvania to reach full capacity in next financial year – CEO

Aim-listed Sylvania Platinum expects to produce 40 000 oz of platinum-group metals (PGMs) in the financial year, which would end in June, resulting from the ramp-up of its dump operations. CEO Terry McConnachie on Monday said the ramp-up would...

Sylvania granted water licence for new Lannex tailings dam

Aim- and ASX-listed Sylvania Resources would now start construction of its new Lannex tailings dam, after being granted the required water licence, it reported on Friday. “The delays experienced in obtaining the permissions necessary for the...

Daily podcast – April 15, 2010

Sylvania Resources receives approval for the establishment of a new platinum-group metals tailings facility at its Lannex mine; and Oz Minerals lifts its shipments of copper ore to BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam mine to more than 10% of its total output.

Sylvania gets approval for Limpopo PGM tailings project

Aim- and ASX-listed Sylvania Resources has received approval from the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism for the establishment of a new platinum-group metals (PGMs) tailings facility at its Lannex mine, near...

Sylvania’s September quarter PGM output up 36%

South Africa-focused Sylvania Resources on Wednesday reported that platinum group metal (PGM) production for the quarter ended September had increased by 36% compared with the previous quarter. Sylvania said in a statement that it produced 5 558...

Sylvania commissions Lannex PGM plant

ASX- and Aim-listed Sylvania Resources has successfully commissioned its Lannex tailings dump classification section and platinum group-metals (PGM) recovery plant, near Steelpoort, in the eastern Bushveld, the company said on Monday. The plant...

Sylvania PGM output rises 30%, costs drop

ASX- and Aim-listed platinum from chrome tailings producer Sylvania Resources on Friday reported a 30% production increase of platinum group metals (PGMs) to 6 264 oz after a 36% increase at the company’s dump operations. In contradiction to...

Sylvania says expansion projects on track to start output by year-end

Sylvania Resources, a South African producer of platinum from chrome tailings, on Friday said that the construction of its Lannex and Elandsdrift-Mooinooi plants in the Bushveld Complex remained on schedule to start production by the end of this...