Platinum metals fundamentally key to China’s Five-Year Plan, WPIC reports

Shanghai Platinum Week 2026 has served to highlight that platinum group metals (PGMs) are fundamentally key to the delivery of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan to 2030. China has earmarked close to... 

Let’s pick up our tools and build a better South Africa

When we seek unity, we must not be looking for uniformity but divergent good. Collectively, we can give ourselves far more than anyone can take away. Let’s pick up our tools and build big and small... 

Alcoa is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium, says Pillay

As a global producer of materials across the aluminium value chain, Alcoa Corporation is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium business into the future, South32 COO Africa... 

DRDGOLD’s R8bn internally funded capital programme forging steadily ahead

Gold-from-mine-waste company DRDGOLD is looking at organic growth of 40% in throughput and 30% in output, using internally funded cash flows and infrastructure that can facilitate additional... 

$870m ilmenite beneficiation project enters construction phase at Richards Bay IDZ

The construction of the first phase of the Nyanza Light Metals plant to advance ilmenite up the value curve in the form of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment has begun at the Richards Bay Industrial... 

Expansion plans pointing to 75% increase in Sibanye-Stillwater’s chrome volumes

Chrome is a growing value contributor to the revenue base of Sibanye-Stillwater’s South Africa platinum group metals (PGM) portfolio, delivering margins, resilience and project support. Chrome has... 

First doré gold bar pour at DRDGOLD’s new Far West smelt house

The new elution circuit and smelt house facility at DRDGOLD's Far West Gold Recoveries is performing to specification. “The initial capital estimate was met, and we came in on time and within... 

Mintek targeting global flotation research recognition, PGM Industry Day hears

South Africa’s national mineral research organisation Mintek is targeting global recognition as a minerals flotation researcher, the State-owned organisation emphasised at its recent platinum group... 

R964m to be spent at Sibanye-Stillwater's K4 platinum group metals shaft

Remaining project capital of R964-million of the total of R4.4-billion in real 2026 terms is to be spent this year and next on Sibanye-Stillwater’s K4 platinum group metals (PGMs) project at... 

Platinum metals mine concludes wheeled renewables energy deal

An energy company has entered into an agreement to supply 288 GWh of renewable energy a year to a South African platinum group metals (PGM) mining operation based in Swartklip, Limpopo province.... 

On-The-Air (10/07/2026)

Martin Creamer discusses the growing activity in copper exploration and mining in the Northern Cape; Mintek's plans to add value to the South African PGMs sector; and Sibanye-Stillwater's growing... 

Platinum receives major retail boost at Shanghai Platinum Week 2026

Platinum has received a major boost from a strategic agreement signed at Shanghai Platinum Week 2026 at a time of rapid expansion of China’s platinum bar and coin market. The boost is the result of... 

New longer-term platinum metal applications needed, Sibanye-Stillwater headlines

To replace declining demand for the autocatalysis that curbs emissions from vehicle exhausts, new longer-term platinum group metal (PGM) applications are required, Sibanye-Stillwater headlined at... 

Sibanye-Stillwater’s mass of metal ‘probably one of planet’s biggest’

This is an incredible endowment and we are executing a deliberate strategy to extract more value from every single square metre of our resource base, an ebullient Sibanye-Stillwater COO Richard Cox... 

Exxaro displays major wind, solar achievement without shrinking coal

Impressive renewable-energy advances were graphically displayed by coal major Exxaro during its Capital Day on Monday, June 22. The first was a wind turbine involving 600 m3 of concrete in a 25 m... 

To combat climate change, green molecules are needed in addition to green electrons

“If we look at how the economy is carbonised, an electron can only decarbonise between 60% to 70% of the economy.” This important point has been emphasised by SLR Consulting Power Sector Lead... 

Mintek spells out value of PGM preconcentration plus chrome recovery

Successful removal of coarse waste is beneficial in that it reduces power requirements in the milling circuit, lowers water needs, and increases platinum group metal (PGM) feed grades. With... 

First phase of Sibanye-Stillwater’s secondary mining thrust given thumbs up

A lower-risk secondary mining business, which focuses on extracting value from platinum group metals (PGM) surface waste that hosts chrome, is being built by the South Africa PGM Operations of... 

Mintek keen to do bottleneck-exposing surveys for platinum metals processors

South Africa’s national minerals research organisation Mintek has highlighted the value of conducting bottleneck-exposing comminution circuit surveys at platinum group metals (PGM) processing... 

Sibanye-Stillwater developing seven primary platinum metals mining projects

Seven relatively shallow primary adjoining mining projects that focus largely on upper group two (UG2) reef and mainly mechanised mining are at various stages of development within the South... 

New South32 CEO sees strong growth ahead in zinc, lead, silver, copper

Being a premier base metals-focused business with strong growth potential is the vision for South32 of new CEO Matt Daley. “We've got around 55% production growth over the next handful of years in... 

On-The-Air (03/07/2026)

Martin Creamer discusses South32’s conditional agreement to sell Hillside Aluminium to Alcoa; Sibanye-Stillwater calling for new longer-term platinum group metal applications; and DRDGOLD’s... 

Platinum jewellery generates highest demand level since 2019

Despite metal price and import tariff headwinds, platinum jewellery delivered growth across all markets in 2025, generating the highest demand level since 2019. South Africa is the world's largest... 

Infrastructure can be the catalyst that brings Africa together

That Africa cannot afford fragmented voices any longer was a point mining and energy luminary Mike Teke made when he addressed the Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines last month. We agree. Africa needs far... 

South32 deal enabling Alcoa to surpass Rio as world’s biggest bauxite miner

With the acquisition of South32’s aluminium assets, Alcoa will surpass Rio Tinto to become the world's largest bauxite mining company on an equity-attributable production basis, with global share... 

Alcoa sees South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium being 'cash flow accretive immediately'

This asset adds scale to our smelting portfolio in a way that is expected to be cash flow accretive immediately, Alcoa Corporation President and CEO William (Bill) F Oplinger said of South Africa’s... 

Alcoa is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium, says Pillay

As a global producer of materials across the aluminium value chain, Alcoa Corporation is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium business into the future, South32 COO Africa... 

DRDGOLD’s R8bn internally funded capital programme forging steadily ahead

Gold-from-mine-waste company DRDGOLD is looking at organic growth of 40% in throughput and 30% in output, using internally funded cash flows and infrastructure that can facilitate additional... 

Attributes of platinum group metals explicated at Mintek PGM Day

Platinum group metals (PGMs) have several properties that make them critical everyday-life minerals, Mintek supervisor applied chemical analysis Nehemiah Mukwevho explicated during his presentation... 

Northern Cape becoming the copper gift that just keeps on giving

South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape is becoming the copper gift that just keeps on giving, with yet another intercept confirming copper continuity. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed... 

Mintek outlines how value can be added to South Africa’s PGM mining industry

South Africa's national mineral research organisation Mintek on Friday, June 26 spelt out how it can add value to South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGMs) industry. At its corporate head office... 

On-The-Air (26/06/2026)

Martin Creamer talks about South Africa's platinum assets, hydrogen fuel cell technology and a project underway in KZN to add value to the titanium in mineral sands. 

$870m ilmenite beneficiation project enters construction phase at Richards Bay IDZ

The construction of the first phase of the Nyanza Light Metals plant to advance ilmenite up the value curve in the form of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment has begun at the Richards Bay Industrial... 

Exciting gigawatt-scale projects across Africa, SLR reports

To combat climate change, the world needs green molecules in addition to green electrons. “If we look how the economy is carbonised, an electron can only decarbonise between 60% to 70% of the... 

South Africa’s battery materials supply status surges ahead with new MMC plant

South Africa’s supply status in the rapidly evolving and increasingly geopolitically fragmented battery materials market has taken a major leap forward with the completion of the construction by... 

South Africa’s Zandkopsdrift rare earths project highlighted at Junior Indaba

The Zandkopsdrift rare earths project in South Africa’s endowed Northern Cape was highlighted on day two of the Junior Indaba, which also learnt of the rapid forward momentum of West Wits Mining’s... 

Africa must create conditions that allow investment to flourish, Junior Indaba hears

Mining's future will not be built only by the largest companies. Even though major mining houses are economically critical, history has shown that discoveries are usually made by optimists,... 

South Africa must pursue every viable route to greater industrialisation

In a period where change is proving to be rapid and consequential, South Africa’s public and private sectors should go all out to collaboratively pursue every viable route to greater... 

New longer-term platinum metal applications needed, Sibanye-Stillwater headlines

To replace declining demand for the autocatalysis that curbs emissions from vehicle exhausts, new longer-term platinum group metal (PGM) applications are required, Sibanye-Stillwater headlined at... 

Sibanye-Stillwater’s mass of metal ‘probably one of planet’s biggest’

This is an incredible endowment and we are executing a deliberate strategy to extract more value from every single square metre of our resource base, an ebullient Sibanye-Stillwater COO Richard Cox...