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Low Platinum Prices Show How Banking on Miners Could …

A piece of platinum rich ore from Sibanye-Stillwater's Khuseleka mine. The South Africa-based miner said last month that it would shut four mine shafts, putting more than 4,000 jobs at risk.Photo:

S.Africa Platinum Mine Lift Plunge Kills 11 | Barron's

11 shaft at the Rustenburg platinum mine where 11 miners were killed and 75 injured when an elevator fell 180 metres. Winding gear at a giant South African …

Africa: platinum mine production by country 2021 | Statista

Aug 30, 2023. In 2021, Africa produced around 156.3 metric tons of platinum. South Africa accounted for roughly 142 metric tons of the mine production, while Zimbabwe produced some 15 metric tons.

Platinum Mine Accident Kills 11, Injures 75 in South Africa

South Africa is the world's leading producer of platinum. Mine accidents are common in South Africa, where hundreds of thousands work in the industry. South Africa has the world's deepest mines and is a major exporter of gold, diamonds, coal and other raw materials. Many of the deep mines have lifts that can carry more than 100 people at a time.

Precious Metals and Diamond Mining in South Africa to …

4 Platinum Mining in South Africa – Reserves, Production, and Demand. 4.1 Platinum Reserves by Country. 4.2 Historical and Forecast Production. 4.2.1 Platinum prices. 4.3 Active Mines. 4.4 Exploration Projects. 4.5 Development Projects. 4.6 Factors Affecting the Demand for Platinum. 5 Diamond Mining in South Africa – Reserves, …

Element Africa: The platinum 'bully' and the secret oil deal

Vhembe and its buffer zones are also home to more than 1.5 million people, many of them farmers like those opposed to the platinum mine. South Africa community faces eviction for coal plant, steel ...

Global : Five Largest Platinum Mines in 2021

Impala Mine in North West, South Africa, was the largest platinum-producing mine in the world, producing approximately 696.4 thousand ounces of platinum and an estimated 8.46 million metric tons per annum (mmtpa) of Run-of-Mine (ROM) in 2021. The Impala Mine is owned by Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd, and is due to operate until 2035. The second …

Elevator plummets at a platinum mine in South Africa, …

South Africa is the world's largest producer of platinum. The Impala Rustenburg mine has nine shafts and was the world's largest platinum mine by production last year.

Elevator drops 650 feet at platinum mine in South Africa, …

This is an undated photograph of Impala Platinum mine shaft 11, provided by Implats on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rustenburg, South Africa. An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 ...

South Africa: PGM mining employment 2011-2022 | Statista

In 2022, South Africa's platinum group metals (PGM) mining industry employed some 172,159 people, which made it the largest employer of all mineral commodities produced in the country.

Platinum And Palladium: High Risk Of Future Supply …

Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum and Sibanye-Stillwater are the world's largest platinum mining firms owing to their operations in South Africa. Outside of South Africa, platinum is often produced as a secondary product of copper and nickel mining and refining. Russia and Zimbabwe are the other two significant platinum …

Death toll climbs to 13 in South Africa mining disaster

Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. 13 people are now confirmed dead following a 650-foot elevator drop at a Rustenburg, South Africa platinum mine. 50 other mineworkers remain ...

World's ten largest platinum mines in 2020

, Aug 31, 2023. Subscribe. Learn more about statistics updates via email. Key insights. Detailed statistics. Global platinum mine production 2022, by country. Detailed statistics. …

Eleven people killed in accident at platinum mine in South …

Mine's operator said the lift accident happened as employees were leaving a shaft at the end of their shift. Eleven workers at a South African platinum mine have been killed and 75 others ...

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Global mine supply of platinum will fall by 500 000 oz to a million ounces as South Africa's power shortage lowers production from 2023 to 2027, independent precious metals consultant Dr David ...

The death toll from a mining tragedy in South Africa rises to …

This is an undated photograph of Impala Platinum mine shaft 11, provided by Implats on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rustenburg, South Africa. An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 ...

Elevator plummets at a platinum mine in South Africa, …

This is an undated photograph of Impala Platinum mine shaft 11, provided by Implats on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rustenburg, South Africa. An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 ...

Global : Five Largest Platinum Mines in 2021

Impala Mine in North West, South Africa, was the largest platinum-producing mine in the world, producing approximately 696.4 thousand ounces of platinum and an estimated …

The death toll from a mining tragedy in South Africa rises to …

This is an undated photograph of Impala Platinum mine shaft 11, provided by Implats on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rustenburg, South Africa. An elevator suddenly …

The death toll from a mining tragedy in South Africa rises to …

This is an undated photograph of Impala Platinum mine shaft 11, provided by Implats on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rustenburg, South Africa. An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine operator said Tuesday.

Elevator plummets 650 feet in South African platinum mine, …

An elevator suddenly dropped more than 650 feet while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75 — 14 of them critically, the mine operator ...

Elevator Plummets at a Platinum Mine in South Africa, …

A mine operator says an elevator suddenly dropped about 650 feet while carrying workers to the surface in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75. This is an undated photograph of Impala Platinum ...

Elevator drop at platinum mine in South Africa kills 11 …

South Africa is the world's largest producer of platinum. The country had 49 fatalities from all mining accidents in 2022, a decrease from 74 the year before.

Sluggish Outlook For South African Platinum And Iron Ore …

At Fitch Solutions, we have revised downwards our South Africa mineral production growth forecasts for 2023 from 0% to -1% y-o-y for iron ore, and from 2% to -2% y-o-y for platinum. We expect iron ore production to amount to 65.7mnt in 2023 compared to 66.3mnt in 2022, and platinum to amount to 4.2moz in 2023 compared to 4.3moz in …

Booysendal South platinum mine project, South Africa – …

The current plan unlocks mineral reserves of almost seven-million ounces of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold, or 4E PGMs, mineable over an estimated 25-year mine life. Booysendal South mine ...

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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 100km in length, which became known as the Bushveld Igneous Complex. This discovery started with test work in the area around ...

Frontiers | Mapping global platinum supply chain and …

Platinum mine production in South Africa is affected by underlying technological (e.g. mining depth), infrastructure (e.g. secure supply of energy to mining areas) and social (e.g. recent mine strikes and related violence) issues (Mudd et al., 2018), and appears to be directly influenced by the level of social progress in the region (Yuan et …

The top five platinum-mining companies in the …

Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) is a South African company whose owned operations revolve around the Bushveld Complex and Zimbabwe's Great Dyke. Based in Johannesburg, Implats was founded as a subsidiary of Union Corporation in 1966. Implats is the second-largest platinum … See more

Elevator plummets at a platinum mine in South Africa, …

This is an undated photograph of Impala Platinum mine shaft 11, provided by Implats on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rustenberg, South Africa. An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 ...

New platinum ETF fund drives investor capital to South Africa

A 16.9% jump in the production of platinum-related metals in October resulted in a 3.9% increase in output by the South African mining industry compared with the prior-year period, data from the ...