November 23, 2021

Platinum market heading for biggest surplus in years, says WPIC

Supply from South Africa has increased as inventory that built up during a smelter outage is processed faster than expected.

November 23, 2021

South African miners plan $3.8 billion of power projects

The industry is planning 3,900 megawatts of solar, wind and battery energy projects.

November 23, 2021

South Africa won’t appeal court ruling on black mining ownership

The High Court struck down stipulations that an ownership target of 26% for Black investors in South African mining companies would remain in perpetuity.

November 10, 2021

King sinks Impala plan to create world’s no. 1 platinum firm

The investment arm of the Bafokeng nation switched sides at the last minute to back a bid for its stake in RBPlat from Northam.

November 9, 2021

Northam’s swoop for RBPlat stake scuppers Implats approach

Northam Platinum Holdings plans to spend about $1.13 billion to become the top shareholder in Royal Bafokeng.

November 8, 2021

Low-platinum catalyst developed to boost fuel cell commercialization

Chinese researchers developed a catalyst that requires small amounts of platinum and produces high catalytic activity for massive fuel cell adoption.

November 5, 2021

Implats said to mull bid for Royal Bafokeng as soon as next week

One of the main discussion points is the split between cash and equity that Implats may pay.

October 29, 2021

South African mining deaths rise as safety worsens, lobby says

The number of deaths in the world’s top platinum-group metals miner rose to 55 between January and Oct. 28 this year, from 43 in the same period last year.

October 28, 2021

Sibanye-Stillwater CEO outlines strategy on green energy metals

"Core to our strategy is embedding ESG excellence as the way we do business and that’s evolved into a sustainability strategy," Neal Froneman says.

October 28, 2021

Platinum prices weigh on Sibanye Stillwater’s Q3 earnings

PGM prices fell in the third quarter as the global semiconductor shortage hit demand from the car industry.