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...Sibanye said it was continuing to engage with ZCCM Investment Holdings, the Zambia state-controlled investment vehicle that owns Mopani....
...Gangs armed with AK-47s and high-calibre rifles sometimes attack facilities where precious metals, including gold and platinum, are smelted, Baxter says....
...Anglo American also owns iron ore mines, though it has boosted its large copper division and is a major producer of platinum group metals....
..., Sibanye Gold and Impala Platinum....
...Johan Theron, a spokesperson at Impala, a platinum metals producer that curtailed operations, said Eskom will have a window for emergency repairs as mining companies wind down over Christmas and new year...
...Anglo was founded in South Africa and still generates a significant amount of revenue from its platinum, iron ore and coal mines in the country....
...The government of Zimbabwe is expected to hold a 50 per cent stake in Karo Holding’s subsidiary, Karo Platinum....
...Meanwhile, a strengthening South African rand is lifting local costs for platinum miners such as Amplats and Impala Platinum, both of which are also big palladium producers....
...Veyrat currently manages his own company, Impala SAS, an investment company....
...South32 owns 92 per cent stake in SAEC, with the remaining 8 per cent held by Phembani Holdings, a black economic empowerment group....
...The FTSE 100 miner is undergoing a restructuring that will see it divest its coal, iron ore, and manganese assets in South Africa, while retaining its platinum and diamond mines in the country....
...blames political stasis for holding it back....
...Back then Anglo had planned to shrink, selling off coal and iron ore, to focus on platinum, diamonds and copper. It has since dropped the idea....
...Impala Platinum, the world’s second largest platinum miner, has warned that its basic earnings per share for the half year to the end of December will be 15-30 per cent lower than the same period last year...
...The three largest platinum producers — Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum and Lonmin — were hit by a five-month strike in 2014....
...Adolph Erasmus found platinum by accident. Better lucky than clever it seems. Three-quarters of the world’s platinum supply sits under its soil....
...South Africa’s mining industry is grappling with its toughest period in 20 years, according to Johan Theron, head of corporate relations at Impala Platinum....
...Impala Platinum, the world’s second-largest producer of the precious metal, on Thurday unveiled plans to raise about $300m through the sale of new shares after posting a 58 per cent drop in earnings in 2014...
...and Impala Platinum....
...Winning the deal is a coup for Exterion and its owner, the private equity firm Platinum Equity....
...Platinum prices are down a fifth in the past year. Demand from automakers, jewellers and investors is subdued and uncertain....
...holdings diluted to the verge of non-existence....
...His 2007 piece “For the Love of God”, a platinum skull studded with diamonds, was priced at £50m, generating fierce debate over its value, as art and on the market....
...Arm Holdings was Monday’s biggest FTSE 100 gainer on hopes of improved cash returns from the chip designer. A day before its annual investor seminar, Arm added 1.5 per cent to 948p....
...Amplats — part of the Anglo American group — said the fall in earnings was primarily due to the unprecedented five-month wage strike last year that hit it and competitors Impala Platinum and Lonmin....
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