Discover. Other products. We mine 40% of the world's platinum group metals at the Mogalakwena, Amandelbult, Mototolo and Unki mines. Learn more about our platinum mining here.Web

1) South Africa – 110mt. South Africa is the world's largest producer of platinum, processing 110mt in 2018. The country's reserves of platinum group metals (PGMs) stands at 63,000mt. Owing to various factors such as job losses and mine-shaft closures, the country witnessed a sharp fall in production last year compared to the …Web

At this point the platinum-bearing gravity concentrates shipped from South Africa join those produced in the Johnson Matthey smelting plant, and together enter the wet process refinery. Here they are treated for complete elimination of base metals, and the platinum metals are brought into solution for their separation and individual refining.Web

Platinum miner Impala Platinum 's subsidiary Marula Platinum is inviting independent power producers (IPPs) to submit expressions of interest for the supply and management of a 30 MW solar plant ...Web

The Impala platinum mine is located in the North West province of South Africa, approximately 25km north-west of Rustenburg and 140km west of Pretoria. The project is a 10-shaft mining complex covering a total area of approximately 250km2. The Impala platinum mine exploits the Merensky and UG2 …

South Africa is the world's largest platinum producer in 2020. However, South Africa's platinum production fell down in comparison to 2019, mainly due to the implementation of strict lockdown measures across the country to contain the spread of COVID-19 along with an accident at Anglo American Platinum's converter plant (ACP).Web

Image: courtesy of US Geological Survey. The Waterberg mine is located in the Bushveld Igneous complex, approximately 85km north of Mokopane town in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The project is jointly owned by Platinum Group (37.5%), Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC, 21.95%), Impala Platinum Holdings …Web

only two countries, Russia and South Africa. In 2002, the United States relied on imports (over half from South Africa) for approximately 93 percent of its platinum requirements and 69 percent of its palladium requirements (of which 44 …Web

South Africa's platinum group metals mining employment 2011-2022. Number of people employed by South Africa's platinum group metal mining industry from 2011 to 2022. Coal 3Web

modern plants are utilizing larger units of up to 16' in diameter (3.2 MW). ... In South Africa, the largest platinum-group metal deposit is the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC), ...Web

Credit: Tharisa. The Tharisa mine is an open-pit platinum group metals (PGM) and chrome mining operation in the North West province of South Africa. It is operated by Tharisa Minerals, a subsidiary of European integrated resource company Tharisa. The mining rights for the property were awarded by the Department of Mineral …Web

The world's biggest platinum miners are ramping up plans to build renewable energy plants to free them from power outages that have plagued South Africa for more than a decade and to reduce their carbon footprint. ... South Africa has been dogged by power outages since 2005 and rolling blackouts are a big problem for the world's deepest ...Web

Implats, with an overall carbon emissions contribution of 3.3-million tonnes, aspires to reduce its carbon footprint in South Africa by 780 000 t.Web

The development of a process flowsheet for the new Anglo Platinum PPRust north concentrator; incorporating HPGR technology. In Proceedings of the International Platinum Conference 'Platinum Surges Ahead', Sun City, South Africa, 8–12 October 2006; The Southern African Institute of Mining Metallurgy: Johannesburg, South Africa, …Web

Platinum mining in South Africa. In South Africa, the discovery of the first platinum nuggets dates back to 1924. The geologist Hans Merensky's follow-up work resulted in the discovery of two deposits, each around …Web

CONCLUSIONS. This study has calculated the water footprint for 2 concentrator plants, a smelter and the tailings dam of a platinum processing plant in South Africa. The aim of the study was to identify areas in the processes where water use can be reduced. The direct water footprint was found to be 743 m 3 /kg PGM.Web

Hydrometallurgical plants are best suited for small operations and this is the direction usually taken . Smelters have a high capital cost and favour large capacities. ... The extractive metallurgy of South Africa's platinum ore. JOM 2001, 53, 14–18. [Google Scholar] Ndlovu, J. Precious Metals Supply. Anglo Platinum, 2015.Web

This, he said, will further drive up demand for platinum and palladium used in the manufacture of zero-carbon emitting power plants. He also downplayed South Africa's poor ranking in the 2021 ...Web

Platinum is mined from chromium rich minerals (Cawthorn, 1999) and elevated Cu concentrations have been reported in soil from a tailing disposal facility at a South African Pt mine (Maboeta et al ...Web

Anglo American Platinum has selected the Pele Green Energy – EDF Renewables South Africa consortium as the preferred supplier to build a 100 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at its Mogalakwena mine in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The consortium is comprised of Pele Green Energy, a leading Independent Power Producer …Web

South Africa mines roughly 70% of the world's platinum and about 40% of all palladium, according to Metals Focus Ltd. Both are mainly used in autocatalysts that cut auto emissions.Web

DRA Global is the world leader in platinum concentrator projects and has designed over 80% of the world's platinum processing plants. The combined throughput of plants designed by DRA Global in South Africa and Zimbabwe alone amount to approximately 40 Mtpa. The organisation is committed to on-time in delivery that adheres to budget …Web

Owned by Eastern Platinum, the brownfield mine produced an estimated 293.172 thousand ounces of platinum in 2020. 7. Kroondal Mine. Located in North West, South Africa, the Kroondal Mine is owned by Sibanye Stillwater. The underground mine produced an estimated 245.571 thousand ounces of platinum in 2020. The mine will operate until …Web

South African platinum miner Sedibelo Platinum wants to deploy a 40MW hybrid wind-solar plant and a 35MW photovoltaic park to power its operations across several sites. The plants will be owned ...Web

Leading producers of platinum in South Africa are Anglo American, Sibanye Stillwater, Impala Platinum and Northam Platinum. During 2020-2021, Anglo American …Web

An outline of the short-term and medium-term renewable energy plans of South Africa's large platinum group metals (PGM) mining companies is provided in the latest Auctus Metal Portfolios report ...Web

Two scenarios were compared over the same 20-year period in a case study of a South African platinum mining company operating in the platinum belt of Rustenburg.Web

Gold Fields – 40 MW. Having received a license in February 2021 from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to generate its own electricity, Gold Fields, one of the world's largest gold mining firms, has begun finalizing plans to construct a 40 MW solar PV plant at its South Deep gold mine near Westonaria, 50km south-west of ...Web

South Africa's abundant renewable resources offer another advantage. A recent report by the National Business Initiative says that South Africa could produce green hydrogen for $1.60 per kg by 2030, one of the lowest costs worldwide. This could help the country reach its goal of doubling its current share of global hydrogen production by 2050 ...Web

Download scientific diagram | Simplified water flow sheet for the platinum processing plant from publication: Quantification of water usage at a South African platinum processing plant | The ...Web

Anglo American Platinum provides an update on 2022 guidance and outlook. 09 December, 2022. M&C production and refined production for 2022 expected to be within guidance. 2023-2025 guidance adjusted to reflect new operating conditions. The Future of Mogalakwena workstreams continue to make progress.Web

2. Geology. In South Africa, the PGM ore is mined in the western and eastern limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex [].Within the Bushveld Igneous Complex, the Merensky reef, the Platreef and Upper Group 2 (UG2) reef are exploited for platinum production [1, 4, 9].Merensky and Platreef have similar chemical and mineral composition …Web