• Home
• Our operations
• Platinum Group Metals (PGMs)

Share

• X
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• 

Share

Copied!

Platinum Group Metals (PGMs)

Take a flyover our Mogalakwena mine, one of our flagship platinum operations.

Share

• X
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• 

Share

Copied!

Watch full video

Our business: an overview of Anglo American Platinum

Based in South Africa, our platinum business is the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs). We provide a complete resource-to-market service, supplying our network of global customers with a range of mined, recycled and traded products. We operate across the entire value chain to produce the complete range of PGMs including platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium.

Our business is at the heart of the broader South African economic and social landscape and we are committed to working towards a safe, sustainable, competitive and profitable business that benefits our country, our communities, our people, and our shareholders.

Visit our website

Where we mine

Platinum has a total of three mining operations in the Bushveld Complex, namely Mogalakwena mine, Amandelbult complex which is made up of Dishaba and Tumela mines, and Mototolo mine. We also have mining rights over the Twickenham Project area, which is on care and maintenance, and Der Brochen, adjacent to Mototolo. Elsewhere, Platinum owns Unki Platinum Mine in Zimbabwe. Platinum has several strategic joint ventures (JVs) in which it holds significant interests, namely, Modikwa Platinum Mine (50%), a JV with African Rainbow Minerals Mining Consortium Limited and Kroondal (50%), a JV with Sibanye-Stillwater. The Bokoni Platinum Mine (49%), which is on care and maintenance is a JV with Atlatsa Resources Corporation.

Mogalakwena

Our flagship mine, Mogalakwena, is one of the highest margin PGM producers in the industry and, as the only large open pit PGM mine globally, is at the centre of a more flexible, competitive and lower risk business.

Amandelbult

Amandelbult consists of Tumela and Dishaba, two underground mines located between the towns of Northam and Thanazimbi in Limpopo, South Africa, on the northwestern limb of the great Bushveld mineral complex.

Mototolo/ Der Brochen

Mototolo/ Der Brochen mine is a PGM mine located in the north-eastern part of South Africa in Burgersfort, Limpopo. It represents one of the largest PGM reserves in South Africa.

Unki

Our mechanised PGM mine on the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe has a life span set to extend beyond 2040. It is the first mine in the world to publicly commit to be independently audited by the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance’s (IRMA) Standard for Responsible Mining.

Previous

Next

Our difference

Our value-driven strategy will deliver a stable, competitive and profitable business that will be sustainable in the long-term and will deliver value to all stakeholders.

We explore, we mine, we concentrate, we smelt, we refine and we market. As a result, we have an in-depth knowledge of PGM production and markets. Using this knowledge, we invest in developing sustainable markets for PGMs, partnering directly with research institutions as well as customers in the industrial, jewellery and investment sectors.

Leadership team

Craig Miller

Chief Executive Officer, Anglo American Platinum

Craig Miller

Chief Executive Officer, Anglo American Platinum

Craig previously served as Anglo American Platinum’s finance director since 2019. Prior to this, he held various roles including chief financial officer at Anglo American Iron Ore Brazil and chief financial officer at Anglo Thermal Coal. With over 23 years of mining industry experience, he is a seasoned senior executive who has worked in South Africa, Brazil, and the UK, with expertise spanning Anglo American’s PGMs, base metals and bulk commodities businesses.

Appointment date: October 2023

Read more

Close

Uses of platinum

Platinum’s diverse range of applications make it one of the most valued materials in the world today.

It is widely used in jewellery, due to its purity, resistance to fading and ability to hold jewels securely.

Platinum and other platinum group metals (PGMs) enable catalytic converters to strip pollutants from car exhaust gases, and demand for PGMs from the car industry continues to grow as emissions regulators become ever more stringent.

Platinum has a great range of other uses in the chemical, electrical, medical, glass and petroleum industries. And with rising concern about environment and energy costs, there’s growing interest in platinum fuel cells as an alternative energy source.

Find out more

Contacts

Reception

144 Oxford Road
Melrose
2196
South Africa
Tel: +2711 373 6111
Fax: +2711 373 5111 / 834 2379

PGM Market Development:
[email protected]

PGM sales – Africa:
[email protected]
Base metals sales – Africa:
[email protected]
Visit our website for more info: https://www.angloamericanplatinum.com/