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The Impala mine is a large platinum mine located near Rustenburg in the North West Province of South Africa. Impala represents one of the largest platinum reserves in South Africa having estimated reserves of 68.9 million oz of platinum. [2] The mine produces around 800,000 oz of platinum/year. [2]
Premier Diamond Mine, Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa An aerial view of the Two Rivers mine in Steelpoort, Limpopo, owned by both African Rainbow Minerals and Impala Platinum holdings limited. Mining in South Africa was once the main driving force [1] behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy. [2]
Impala Platinum declared the strike "illegal" and fired 13.000 workers that had participated, almost half of 30.000 employed in the town. [38] In 2014, a five-month-long platinum strike had resulted in the deaths of four people, [39] six stabbings, [40] and 24 billion rands ($2.25 billion) in lost revenue for the South African platinum industry ...
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Impala Platinum on Tuesday temporarily halted operations at its Rustenburg mining complex in South Africa after 11 workers died and 75 were injured in what the CEO said was ...
In the 2018 financial year the concentrator plant at Marula mine produced 85 100 oz of platinum, which was processed at Impala Platinum's Mineral Processes in the town Rustenburg. Marula mine had an estimated reserve of 10.6 million oz of platinum in 2018. The labourforce comprised almost 4000 workers in 2018. [2]
According to Mining Weekly, the union sees itself as distinct from NUM in that it is "apolitical and noncommunist". [ 2 ] Competition with NUM over bargaining rights, especially at the Impala Platinum and Lonmin mines in the Rustenburg area culminated in the violent Marikana miners' strike and what became known as the Marikana Massacre on 16 ...
[3] [4] Meanwhile, other costs have risen, putting pressure on the mining industry. [4] In 2013, roughly half of South Africa mining shafts operated at a net loss. [3] The market is controlled primarily by three companies - Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), Impala Platinum (Implats), and Lonmin. Amplats is the world's largest producer of platinum.
There are regional offices in Polokwane, eMalahleni, Johannesburg, Klerksdorp, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Mthatha, Cape Town, Kimberley, Springbok and Welkom. [10] The department had 1 099 employees in 2012, and received a budget of R1 394 million for the 2013–14 financial year. [11] The department's chief inspector of mines is David Msiza. [12]