Jubilee continues ramp up at Middelburg smelting operation

Aim- and JSE-listed Jubilee Platinum would continue to ramp up production at its 70%-owned Middelburg smelting operation throughout the quarter to target sustained production at 1 100t/m. The Middelburg smelting operation reached its targeted...

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...

Zim platinum producers mulling association to tackle sector’s challenges

Zimbabwe's main platinum producers are mulling the formation of a platinum producers association to deal with the issues affecting the sector, the Chamber of Mines says.

Mimosa mine, Zimbabwe

An underground mine, situated in Zimbabwe.

Platinum major, partners honour jewellery design professionals and students

Platinum mining group Anglo American Platinum Limited (Amplats), together with refiners Metal Concentrators and precious metals company Johnson Matthey, has recognised the best platinum jewellery design talent in South Africa at its yearly...

Despite renewables push, coal still provides 80% of SA’s solid, liquid energy requirements and 90% of electricity

In South Africa, the recent sharp energy increases have placed the spotlight on the cost and supply of energy in the future. “Further, the nuclear crisis in Japan and the recent cabinet acceptance of the Integrated Resources Programme (IRP) have...

Bauba Platinum to raise R45m for more exploration

New platinum junior Bauba intends raising R45-million in equity capital by the end of this year or in the first quarter of 2011 to allow for additional exploration drilling to take the inferred resource up the value curve and towards a bankable...

S African miners ‘going beyond limits of knowledge', new research urgent – Wits

South African coal, gold and platinum miners are "going beyond their limits of knowledge" and new research is urgently needed, say two University of Witwatersrand professors who are taking immediate steps to create research capacity to deal with...

Minister in ‘major overhaul' of mine laws, ‘licence-tracking' to go public

South Africa's "ambiguous" minerals legislation would be subjected to a "major overhaul" and issues relating to Kumba Iron Ore, ArcelorMittal South Africa and platinum miner Lonmin would be dealt with "immediately" and taken to the Cabinet "soon",...

DMR to meet platinum CEOs every quarter to review safety

South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) will meet with the CEOs of the country's platinum mining companies on a quarterly basis to review their safety performance, Minister Susan Shabangu said on Thursday. Shabangu called a...

Debt-free, cash-flush Northam Platinum acquirer or takeover target - analyst

Debt-free, cash-positive but underrated Northam Platinum could return to being a platinum-industry takeover target, as it was before the global economic meltdown, or it could consider using its nigh-R1-billion in cash to acquire juniors and become...