Platinum Group Metals

Platinum group metals (PGM) supply and demand will be severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, as national lockdowns hit auto production as well as South African mine output, Johnson Matthey said on Monday. Autocatalyst use was expected to fall by a…

TSX- and NYSE-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM) has reiterated that it expects the South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to grant its Waterberg platinum/palladium joint venture (JV) project a mining right during June, as lockdown me…

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Sunday convened an urgent meeting with the Limpopo Provincial Government, led by Premier Stanley Mathabatha, and Impala Platinum (Implats) CEO Nico Muller. Mining Weekly can report that the meetin…

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Sunday convened an urgent meeting with the Limpopo Provincial Government, led by Premier Stanley Mathabatha, and Impala Platinum (Implats) Marula mine management, following confirmation of a clust…

While the Covid-19 pandemic has had a major negative effect on the platinum market — including price, demand and supply — the results for the first quarter of 2020 show the net effect is less than feared, and the outlook for 2020 is better than expecte…

Platinum group metals mining company Implats on Saturday confirmed that a cluster of positive Covid-19 cases had been detected in and around its Marula operation in Limpopo province following stringent and comprehensive screening, testing and tracing p…

Hydrogen and the applications that it can enable are gaining increasing levels of interest and traction, says AP Ventures LLP. “We’re very optimistic about the role that fuel cells and hydrogen will play in decarbonising key sectors of the economy,” sa…

Twenty seven of the world’s leading mining and metals companies and 36 associations are committed to climate change solutions through their membership of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), Mining Weekly can today report. The ICMM is…

The repair of the stricken Anglo Converter Plant (ACP) Phase B unit has been safely and successfully completed ahead of schedule, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) said on Monday. Amplats’ chain of processing facilities, as well as the ACP Phase B unit…

An employee of Impala Canada has died after testing Covid-19 positive, Implats said on Thursday. Twenty five employees tested positive at Impala Canada’s Lac des Iles operation, resulting in the mine being closed and placed on care and maintenance.