NUM strike brings Modikwa production to a standstill

Production at Modikwa platinum mine, a joint venture between African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and Anglo Platinum, had ground to a halt on Thursday, when about 3 000 members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) downed tools from 06:00. NUM...

Depleting stockpiles to drive palladium price up, 
Platinum Australia’s SA operations to boost platinum supply

The recent global economic crisis’ ripples may still be evident in many mining companies, with production at larger and deeper mines becoming constrained as many of these mines have a long lead time.

Arm to lift PGM output to 700 000 oz by 2010

Diversified JSE-listed miner African Rainbow Minerals (Arm) said on Wednesday that it would be producing 350 000 oz of platinum by 2009, the majority of which would come from its 50%-owned Modikwa mine.

Anglo Platinum and Ga Mawela community differ over need for dam

It's the kind of thing that tempts one to conjure up the stereotypes portrayed so readily in Hollywood blockbusters. The opportunistic community seeking a quick buck versus the mining company aiming to bring development and job opportunities to a...

Anglo Platinum and the Ga Mawela community differ over need for Richmond Dam

It’s the kind of thing that tempts one to conjure up the stereotypes portrayed so readily in Hollywood blockbusters. The opportunistic community seeking a quick buck versus the mining company aiming to bring development and job opportunities...

South African outlook

According to Johnson Matthey’s Platinum 2005 Interim Review, South Africa’s platinum supplies were up by three per cent in 2005 and were forecast to reach 5,12-million ounces in 2005.?

Projects, east, west and north

World's biggest platinum-miner spending over R9bn on ten mine developments

Billion ounces of platinum group metals at its disposal

Softer rand putting projects back on radar screen

Will latest empowerment phase pass muster?

The planned acquisition of 15% of Gold Fields’ local assets by Tokyo Sexwale’s Mvelaphanda Resources and the complex transaction involving African Rainbow Minerals Investments (ARMI), Harmony Gold and Anglovaal Mining (Avmin)...

Dilution dilemma

The planned acquisition of 15% of Gold Fields’ local assets by Tokyo Sexwale’s Mvelaphanda Resources and the complex transaction involving African Rainbow Minerals Investments (ARMI), Harmony Gold and Anglovaal Mining (Avmin)...

Joint venture has strong focus on training

The joint venture between Anglo Platinum and ARM Mining Consortium on the Modikwa platinum-mine has created a team that draws from an array of expertise.

Target date: 2005

By the first quarter of next year, Modikwa platinum-mine will be out of its ramp-up phase and into steady production for 2004.