Tokyo conference to showcase gold’s industrial advances – Mintek

Gold continues to search for its industrial potential, particularly at the nanoscale. Minuscule, nanosized gold particles – measuring three- to four-millionths of a millimetre – are selectively reactive at a nanoscale, while remaining stable...

Tokyo conference to showcase gold’s industrial advances – Mintek

Gold continues to search for its industrial potential, particularly at the nanoscale. Minuscule, nanosized gold particles – measuring three- to four-millionths of a millimetre – are selectively reactive at the nanoscale, while remaining stable...

South Africa mooted as platinum industry’s ‘Silicon Valley’

South Africa’s unique opportunity in platinum-related development is beckoning. There is growing conviction that South Africa could and should become the first mover in creating a kind of ‘Platinum Valley’ that emulates the great Silicon...

Platinum firm on fuel-cell watch

The world’s leading platinum producer, Anglo Platinum, continues to closely observe the emerging technology of fuel-cells, which could boost the demand for platinum significantly in the coming decades.

Platinum producer prepares

The world’s leading platinum producer, Amplats, has recommitted itself to a further 350 000 oz expansion programme by 2003 as it prepares for the ‘platinum century’.