Entrepreneur highlights emerging market potential

Mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland who will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba, in Cape Town, has, during recent speeches in Hong Kong and Australia, been outspoken about the potential he sees in emerging...

Cost-effective plants for 
platinum mines

International engineering company AMEC Minproc is able to design small to medium-sized, fit-for-purpose and cost-effective process plants which are particularly applicable to projects with a limited life of mine and financial capital, says AMEC...

Barrick to defend Sedibelo court action in South Africa

Canadian miner Barrick Gold would defend the court action instituted against it and platinum-group metals (PGMs) miner Platmin over the sale of Barrick’s 10% stake in the Sedibelo mine, on the Western Limb of South Africa’s Bushveld Complex....

PGMs-miner Eastplats may raise output to 600 000 oz/y

Platinum junior Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) could potentially raise its overall output to 600 000 oz/y of platinum-group metals (PGMs), after implementing a phased development plan for its PGM assets on the eastern limb of South Africa’s...

Barrick sells SA PGM project to Platmin

TSX-, Aim- and JSE-listed Platmin will acquire Barrick Gold Corporation’s 10% interest in the Sedibelo platinum project, on the Western Limb of South Africa’s Bushveld Complex, for $15-million. The platinum miner announced on Friday that it...

Anooraq posts a profit, thanks 
to cost-cutting measures

Significant cost cutting initiatives by platinum junior Anooraq Resources has enabled the company to move into positive cash flow territory after successive quarters of running at a cash loss.

Chromex studies PGE extraction at South Africa mine

Aim-listed Chromex Mining has initiated a study to determine the viability of adding a platinum-group element (PGE) floatation plant to treat the tailings arising from the gravity concentration plant at its Stellite operation, in South Africa....

Nkwe completes bankable study for SA platinum mine

The initial findings of a bankable feasibility study (BFS) of the Garatau platinum project, in South Africa’s Bushveld Complex, has upgraded the project’s resource estimate by 300%. ASX-listed Nkwe Platinum on Wednesday said that the Garatau...

Platmin concludes R400m Investec financing deal

JSE-, TSX-, and Aim-listed Platmin has concluded a R400-million, 12-month, renewable, revolving commodity financing agreement with Investec Bank. The funds would be used for working capital purposes, Platmin said on Friday.

Platmin secures R400m commodity financing facility

Midtier platinum-miner Platmin has secured a twelve-month R400-million renewable revolving commodity finance facility from Investec Bank. The TSX-, Aim- and JSE-listed company said in a statement last week that the $51,4-million facility would be...

Platmin secures R400m commodity financing facility

Midtier platinum-miner Platmin has secured a twelve-month R400-million renewable revolving commodity finance facility from Investec Bank. The TSX-, Aim- and JSE-listed company said in a statement on Tuesday that the $51,4-million facility would...

Mining resumes at Platmin’s Pilanesberg mine

Mining activities at TSX-listed junior-miner Platmin’s Pilanesberg mine in South Africa’s Bushveld Complex resumed on Friday. South Africa’s Inspector of Mines, on June 5, ordered the temporary suspension of mining activities at the...