South Africa and Zimbabwe both have vast resources of gold, platinum, diamonds and other minerals. The biggest obstacles to investment were their unfriendly policies. The Fraser Institute, in its annual survey of the attractiveness of mining policies around the world, ranked both countries among the worst
Mining companies operating include Zimbabwe include Zimplats, Mimosa Platinum, African Chrome Fields, Caledonia Mining Corporation,Vast Resources Plc, Metallon Corporation, Anglo American , African Chrome Fields ,Makomo Resources, Prospect Resources , Premier African Minerals, Hwange
JSE-listed platinum explorer and chrome producer Bauba Platinum has concluded a contract for the design, construction and commission of a chrome spiral circuit wash plant and primary crushing circuit at its Moeijelijk mine, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. South Africa - The upgrade of the plant is
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - Platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Northam, which is in a strong organic and acquisitive growth phase, will be generating 6 500 new mining jobs in the next four to five years, which dovetails with President Cyril Ramaphosa's 'sunrise' aspirations
VANCOUVER, British Columbia and JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Feb. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (TSX:PTM) (NYSE American:PLG) ("Platinum Group" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the positive results from its Annual General Meeting held on February 23, 2018 in
Anglo-American Platinum Limited's wholly-owned subsidiary Unki Mines is scheduled to complete a smelter in the second half of 2018 while total production is expected to remain flat at 170 000 PGM ounces. The smelter is being constructed at a total cost of R650 million (US$55 million) and R306 million
(News Release: January 15th, 2018) This Pegmatite Field hosts the world class Tanco Pegmatite that has been mined for Tantalum, Cesium and Spodumene (one of the primary Lithium ore minerals) in varying capacities, since 1969 at the Tanco Mine. NAM's Lithium Projects are strategically situated in this
Resurrecting South Africa's mining industry is one of the long list of challenges that Ramaphosa must deal with. The country, though rich in coal, diamonds and gold - as well as being the world's leading platinum producer - has seen its mining industry founder in recent years due to high costs, low
Sibanye, he said, had realised more than a R1-billion in yearly synergies since taking over Rustenburg Platinum Mines at low cost from Anglo American Platinum. "Labour-intensive operations, if run correctly, can be highly productive and cost effective," he said while flashing a slide on to the screen
CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) - New cars being produced in Japan have platinum- and copper-intensive fuel cell drives that outdo battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) in cold climates as the EV batteries drain when the heaters are switched on, Ivanhoe Mines executive chairperson and founder
Northam has committed at least R2.6bn to expand its portfolio, which included the development of the Booysendal south mine and the acquisition of a platinum group metal recycling business in Pennsylvania, in the US. Lower volumes effected sales revenues, which dropped by 3.1% to R3.4bn,
Sibanye has embarked on an aggressive growth strategy in platinum group metals, snapping up the Rustenburg mines from Anglo American Platinum, the whole of Aquarius Platinum and a $2.2bn cash purchase of all of US-based Stillwater Mining. It has launched an all-share bid for Lonmin in SA, making
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Sibanye Gold is a South African gold mining company with gold and platinum mining operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe; after the purchase of the U.S.-based Stillwater Mining Company, it also holds operations in Montana for the production of palladium and platinum. The company said that its South
The all share opened weaker on Tuesday, as global mining and gold stocks retreated on a marginally firmer dollar. Platinum shares were higher for the second consecutive day. Northam Platinum jumped more than 3% ahead of results expected later in the week. Anglo American Platinum shares were also
LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - South Africa's new leadership headed by newly-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa is a 'credit positive' for many of the country's top gold and platinum miners. It added that a resolution of issues around the country's revised mining charter and finalisation of MRPDA (Mineral
South Africa has the world's biggest reserves of platinum, chrome ore and manganese. The Mining Charter, introduced in 2004, laid out rules and targets for areas such as black ownership to help to redress economic inequalities stemming from white-minority rule under apartheid. It was updated in 2010,
Gold, platinum miners bolster business, operational plans
But Ramaphosa is better known in South Africa in connection with a massacre at the British-owned mining company Lonmin in 2012. Ramaphosa was a non-executive director when a wildcat strike at the Marikana platinum mine ended with police shooting dead 34 strikers. He had called on the authorities
THABAZIMBI (miningweekly.com) - Platinum mining company Northam on Thursday officially opened a R900-million smelter expansion at its Zondereinde platinum mine in Limpopo province. The addition of a second furnace extends the JSE-listed company's nigh 30-year-old partnership with metals