Zimbabwe State miner secures $100m for platinum project
Zimbabwe’s State-owned Mutapa Platinum Group has secured $100-million to develop its Darwendale project.
US$300 million bond takes Tharisa to next step
Until Northam Platinum unveiled plans last month to grow production by 50%, its smaller counterpart, Tharisa, was something of a rarity in the platinum group metals (PGM) industry. Tharisa’s Karo Platinum project in Zimbabwe is set to double the group’s PGM production to just under 400,000 ounces a year. Yet, unlike Northam, Tharisa has struggled […]
Strong rand PGM pricing lifts Implats’ full-year refined output, sales
Platinum group metals miner Impala Platinum (Implats) achieved a marginal increase in its platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and gold (6E) concentrate production to 3.5-million ounces for the financial year ended June 30, from 3.48-million ounces in the 2025 financial year.
Zimplats spends US$100 million on alternative energy
Zimplats is set to commission a US$60 million 45-megawatt (MW) solar power plant next month, making the platinum group metals (PGM) producer’s investment in energy solutions a total US$97 million.
Zimplats investments reach US$2,5 billion in Zimbabwe’s PGM sector
Zimplats has invested more than US$2,6 billion cumulatively in Zimbabwe since commencing operations in 2001, with the platinum producer pursuing a long-term expansion strategy aimed at building a fully integrated and globally competitive mining business.