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Richard Stewart

Richard Stewart is a senior executive at Heraeus Precious Metals, a global precious metals and technology group. He holds a leadership position within the company's operations, focusing on platinum-group metals (PGMs) markets and applications. Stewart is involved in strategic decision-making related to the supply, processing and industrial use of platinum, palladium, ruthenium and iridium. His role encompasses engagement with major mining companies such as Sibanye-Stillwater and oversight of market developments across key industrial sectors. Stewart works closely with the company's international operations, including facilities in Germany and China, particularly in Hanau and Shanghai. He is responsible for advancing Heraeus's position in emerging applications for PGMs, including hydrogen production technologies and specialised industrial processes such as glass fibre manufacturing. Stewart's expertise spans the precious metals value chain, from mine supply through to end-use applications in automotive, chemical and energy sectors. He contributes to the company's strategic direction in navigating the evolving demand landscape for platinum-group metals in the context of energy transition and industrial innovation.

Richard Stewart News


The Boulder East mine
Sibanye-Stillwater receives strike notice for sections of its US PGM operations
2nd September 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Global mining and metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater says it has received notification from the United Steelworkers union that its members, covered by the Stillwater East mine and Columbus... 


Mount Lyell copper/gold/silver project in Tasmania.
Two new projects win Sibanye-Stillwater thumbs up
2nd September 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Burnstone gold project in South Africa and Mount Lyell copper/gold/silver project in Tasmania, both considerably infrastructured with near-term revival outlooks, have been approved by Johannesburg... 


Sibanye's Mt Lyell copper project in Australia
Sibanye presses ahead with first copper project as half-year profit triples
2nd September 2026 By: Reuters

Sibanye-Stillwater has approved its Australian copper project, it said on Tuesday after reporting a surge in half-year profit on higher gold and platinum group metal (PGM) prices. The... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Richard Stewart.
Sibanye-Stillwater earnings rocket 111%, R5.7bn dividend declared
1st September 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metals (PGM) and gold mining company Sibanye-Stillwater achieved an exceptional half-year financial performance, with record revenue up 65% at R90-billion and adjusted earnings... 


Solar panels at a mine in South Africa
South African miners accelerate shift to renewable power to cut Eskom reliance
26th August 2026 By: Reuters

South Africa's mining firms are accelerating investment in renewable energy as they seek to diversify power sources, cut costs and meet decarbonisation targets, marking a shift after decades of... 


Paul Dunne, Mzila Mthenjane, Shamini Harrington, Richard Stewart.
Minerals Council hails launch of partnership to unlock growth, jobs, confidence
21st August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Minerals Council South Africa has responded exceedingly positively to the launch by President Cyril Ramaphosa of the third phase of South Africa’s Government-Business Partnership for Growth and... 


South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at the launch of Phase 3 of the Government-Business Partnership
Government and business pin hopes of 3% growth on mining, farming, tourism and infrastructure
20th August 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The four sectors of mining, agriculture, tourism and infrastructure have been selected under Phase 3 of the Government-Business Partnership as the platforms for raising South Africa’s growth to 3%... 


Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Dr Thabo Makgoba
Marikana anniversary highlights need for trust, shared responsibility
18th August 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The mining industry must deepen trust with workers and host communities through sustained engagement, accountability and shared responsibility, speakers at the seventh annual Marikana Memorial... 


Emma Chapman
Sibanye-Stillwater appoints new investor relations head
1st July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Mining and metals company Sibanye-Stillwater has appointed Emma Chapman as its new investor relations senior VP, effective September 1. Chapman will succeed James Wellsted, who, in support of the... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Dr Richard Stewart.
Sibanye-Stillwater declares its South African platinum assets ‘world’s best’
23rd June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

If you gave me an option to have any portfolio of platinum group metal (PGM) assets in the world, this is the portfolio I would take – without a doubt, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Dr Richard Stewart... 


Sibanye-Stillwater has a diverse portfolio of operations, projects and investments across five continents.
Sibanye-Stillwater prices oversubscribed $500-million notes offering
8th May 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Green metals and gold mining company Sibanye-Stillwater on Friday May 8 took another step to strengthen its balance sheet, extend its debt maturity profile, and enhance its financial flexibility.... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Dr Richard Stewart.
Sibanye-Stillwater highlights good safety performance amid 371% earnings upsurge
6th May 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Operational consistency, focused cost control and materially higher first-quarter earnings have strengthened the financial position of Sibanye-Stillwater. In an operating update for the three... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Richard Stewart
Heraeus, Sibanye-Stillwater target new uses for palladium in glass fibre production
1st May 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Precious metals and technology company Heraeus Precious Metals and mining and metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater have partnered on a joint research and development project aimed at... 


Sibanye-Stillwater chairperson Dr Vincent Maphai and CEO Dr Richard Stewart.
Sustainability remains integral Sibanye-Stillwater strategy, long-term value creator
28th April 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The embedding of sustainability remains integral to the strategy and long-term value creation of JSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater, which records progress across energy, water and social outcomes in... 


Sibanye-Stillwater’s Marikana K4 platinum group metals mine shaft.
Sibanye-Stillwater collaborates further to find new applications for platinum metals
17th April 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Mining and metals company Sibanye-Stillwater and the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) on Friday announced their research collaboration to advance nuclear medicine for cancer... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Richard Stewart
Heraeus, Sibanye-Stillwater partner on palladium-based glass fibre tech
16th April 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Precious metals and technology company Heraeus Precious Metals and mining and metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater have partnered on a joint research and development project aimed at... 


Gold bars
South Africa's gold producers stay in the shallows as prices surge
24th March 2026 By: Reuters

Record gold prices are pushing South Africa's beleaguered mining industry to find new ways to recover the metal that sidestep the costly deep-shaft mining of old, industry executives said. But with... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Dr Richard Stewart.
Bullish hydrogen sentiment re-surfaces at vibrant PGMs Industry Day
19th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Bullish hydrogen sentiment re-surfaced at the PGMs Industry Day on Thursday, March 19. “I’m actually pretty bullish on hydrogen,” said Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Dr Richard Stewart at the event covered... 


An image of Sibanye's Montana operation
Sibanye-Stillwater welcomes US commerce dept’s preliminary determination on Russian palladium imports
18th March 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE- and NYSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater has welcomed the US Department of Commerce’s preliminary affirmative determination on March 6 regarding the countervailing duty (CVD) petition filed by the... 


Sibanye-Stillwater COO South Africa Richard Cox.
Investment decision end-June on already well-infrastructured Burnstone gold project
13th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The final investment decision by Sibanye-Stillwater on the already well-infrastructured Burnstone gold project in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province is being targeted for the first half of this... 


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