After M&A spree, Sibanye is now the world’s largest platinum miner

Six years after being carved out of a handful of unwanted gold operations, Sibanye Gold has become the world’s biggest platinum miner.

Building on operations spun out of Gold Fields., Sibanye became the No. 1 miner in South Africa’s waning gold industry. Now, with the acquisition of Lonmin, CEO Neal Froneman has completed Sibanye’s transformation to a giant of the nation’s key platinum sector.