Sibanye-Stillwater adds A2X secondary listing
SIBANYE-Stillwater will add a secondary listing on South Africa’s A2X exchange from October 6, giving investors another platform on which to trade its shares. The precious metals…
Discovery targets mining with 24-hour renewables plan
DISCOVERY Green has signed several mining companies to a renewable power offering that targets 90% of their electricity needs. A mix of wind, solar and batteries can help meet…
Froneman hires Rothschild for R6.7bn F1 bid
A CONSORTIUM fronted by former Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman is working with Rothschild & Co on a bid to bring Formula One racing back to South Africa, Bloomberg has…
Does Sibanye-Stillwater need its US mine? Probably not
THE Stillwater palladium mine in Montana has performed many functions under the ownership of Sibanye-Stillwater, the JSE miner. When the group first bought it in 2017 for $2.2bn,…
Why Implats has changed its tune on Waterberg
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) earlier this month declared R13.1bn in final dividends, a sum that outshone its rivals. It also revised its payout policy in such a way that the door is…
Sibanye-Stillwater to shut Kwezi platinum shaft costing 1,000 jobs
SIBANYE-Stillwater is to close its Kwezi platinum group metals shaft near Rustenburg, which could affect over 1,000 full-time employees and contractors. The miner said on Tuesday…
Can this lowly priced uranium project make big bucks?
A largely unknown mining junior listed on the London Stock Exchange – Neo Energy Metals, whose current share price is less than 1 pence – is on the point of finalising a deal…
Sibanye-Stillwater warns US mine may close if workers oppose plan
SIBANYE-Stillwater CEO Richard Stewart warned on Wednesday his company would have no option but to shut the 284,000 ounce a year Stillwater mine if a strike launched by employees…
“Juicy” mine ripe for expansion, says Sibanye-Stillwater’s Stewart
SIBANYE-Stillwater CEO Richard Stewart described the firm’s recently approved R5.5bn Mt Lyell copper project in Australia as “juicy” with significant resource expansion…
Sibanye-Stillwater to build R5.5bn copper mine in Tasmania
SIBANYE-Stillwater today approved a R5.5bn copper-gold Mt Lyell project in Australia’s island state Tasmania producing up to 26,000 tons a year of the in-demand red metal. This…
Policing illegal miners isn’t working. What will?
WHEN 87 illegal miners died underground at Stilfontein in 2024 – and 1,826 surfaced from abandoned shafts – the event was a symptom, not an aberration. The uncomfortable truth…
Northam Platinum finally secures “rock star” status
IT has taken some 40 years but Northam Platinum has finally achieved the “rock star” status that the former Gold Fields of South Africa envisaged when it decided to develop the…
Sibanye earnings set to surge on higher gold, PGM prices
SIBANYE-Stillwater is set to report a sharp rise in earnings for the first half of 2026, supported by higher gold and platinum group metal (PGM) prices and steady operations. The…
Valterra silent on Northam as deal speculation mounts
VALTERRA Platinum is increasingly considered the possible source of an unsolicited approach to Northam Platinum, with analysts pointing to the strategic fit between the…
Valterra asset level deals most logical option for Northam
IMPALA Platinum and Sibanye-Stillwater distanced themselves from an offer for Northam Platinum on Tuesday, which means Valterra Platinum is the only one likely to have an…
Northam seeks bids amid “exploratory” offer from rival
NORTHAM Platinum has enlisted offers for either a corporate- or asset- deal after disclosing on Tuesday it had received an “exploratory” offer for the company from a rival…
Can this be the PGM market’s next big thing?
THE hydrogen economy was supposed to be platinum’s salvation, but it is turning out to be the lightest of lifelines. Deployment of electrolyser capacity, the technology that…
Johannesburg is having a gold rush … Sort of
THE last time gold was as valuable, prospectors, gamblers, bounders and other rakes were united in scouring the globe – from California to Johannesburg – with their pickaxes and…
For Sibanye-Stillwater, home is where the ore is
SIBANYE-Stillwater got its name as a result of offshore expansion, but following a damaging decline in metal prices that exposed its balance sheet, its new CEO is promising a…
Metals of war: why US Govt has weaponised mining
Eighteen mining companies went public in the past 12 months with one aim in common: an ambition to supply the US government’s defence industry. Assisted by US President Donald…