Platinum is also widely used in jewellery owing to its purity, strength, resistance to fading and ability to hold precious stones securely. Our Platinum operations We own and operate five mining operations in South Africa’s Bushveld complex, including Mogalakwena, Amandelbult and Mototolo, as wel...
Largest platinum mining companies The world's largest platinum producing company is Anglo American Platinum, having produced 1.75 million ounces of platinum in 2023. Given that Russia is the second-largest platinum producing country, it is not surprising that Russian company Nornickel –also known as...
A quantitative study was conducted on skills needed by platinum mining engineers in three provinces in South Africa. A four-point Likert-type scale questionnaire ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree was developed. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was above 0.8, indicating high internal ...
We are one of the world’s largest mining companies. Our portfolio spans iron ore and manganese, metallurgical and thermal coal, copper, nickel, niobium and phosphates, platinum and diamonds.
South Africa counts among the 40 driest counties in the world with extreme weather conditions and needs to consider both droughts and floods. As a result EPM, as part of an integrated water management plan, by default developed an artificial aquifer using an existing backfilled mining void. The...
Platinum is mined mainly in South Africa, but also found in Russia and Zimbabwe. The metal is formed when minerals are eroded from their original spot and then carried by water somewhere else (this is called stream bed mining or alluvial mining). Workers sift through the sand or mud looking...
2013. "Mining and Traditional Communities in South Africa's Platinum Belt: Contestations over Land, Leadership and Assets in North-West Province c. 1996-2012". Journal of Southern African Studies, 39 (2), 409-423.Manson, A (2013) Mining and `Traditional Communities' in South Africa's `...
South Africa's platinum output back to pre-covid levels - MINING.COM Sep 12, 2024 / www.mining.com Sep 12, 2024 ... Sign Up for the Precious Metals Digest ... The WPIC's latest report highlights the significant impact of declining platinum group metals (PGMs) ... The history of ...
It is expected to take several months for producers to return to full production after such a lengthy stoppage. The companies have also warned that the strike could accelerate the closure of marginal shafts andjob losses. Lonmin’s entire mining operations have been halted by the dispute, while...
Selling a slew of poor-quality assets has been akey priorityfor Anglo’s chief executive Mark Cutifani as he battles to improve the group’s financial performance while miners grapple with a prolongedcollapse in commodity prices. Shares in mining companies have slumped amid global concern over the...