‘A very bloody picture’. Why Northam is downbeat on PGMs
TWO years ago things were looking so good for the platinum sector that Impala Platinum (Implats) and Northam Platinum got into a corporate brawl...
Northam warns PGM price slump could last for two years
NORTHAM Platinum has forecast an extended slump in platinum group metal (PGM) prices of up to two years placing "significant pressure on earnings and...
Implats may ask unions, Govt. to consider Bafokeng restructure
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) may backtrack on an agreement with unions and the department of trade and industry not to restructure shafts bought in last...
Sibanye-Stillwater to call for calm as funding fears circulate
IF platinum group metal (PGM) prices stay at their current levels this year, one bleak forecast says, Sibanye-Stillwater will break its lender covenants. To...
Implats to cut projects, reposition mines amid “anaemic” outlook
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) has unveiled a group-wide restructuring plan in which it may cut as much as 14% of platinum group metal (PGM) production...
Saudi PGM smelter proposal may test SA Govt’s loyalties
PLATINUM Group Metals, a Canadian company better known by its Toronto trading code, PTM, has submitted a proposal to the government that will force...
Sibanye-Stillwater to retrench 852 at PGM mines in SA
SIBANYE-Stillwater is to retrench 852 full time employees and contractors at its South African platinum group metals (PGM) mines, it announced on Friday.
This follows...
Sibanye-Stillwater suffers $2.58bn in asset impairments
SHARES in Sibanye-Stillwater fell under renewed pressure after the group said in a trading statement on Wednesday that the carrying value of assets had...
Amplats to restructure mines potentially affecting 3,700 jobs
ANGLO American Platinum (Amplats) announced a restructuring review across its operating base potentially affecting 3,700 fixed term employees as well as 620 contracting companies.
The...
Northam Platinum “pauses, defers, curtails” projects as sales fall 25%
NORTHAM Platinum said on Monday it had adjusted capital projects across its three mines following a deterioration in the platinum group metal (PGM) market.
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