The board of Impala Platinum, the world’s second-largest platinum producer, chose Nico Muller as its new CEO, replacing Terence Goodlace who stepped down at the end of November. Muller, who is the executive vice-president of the South African assets for Gold Fields, will join Implats as CEO and an executive director from April 3 next year. Muller worked at Royal Bafokeng Platinum before joining Gold Fields to help the company turn its ailing South Deep mine around, refining the mining method and taking corrective actions after years of missing targets and budgets. Meanwhile, Gerhard Potgieter will continue as acting CEO at Implats. The board had been looking for someone with mining experience as it brings two big new shafts into production in SA to replace ageing shafts as well as building a new shaft in Zimbabwe to replace two ageing shafts there. Muller had a BSc in mining engineering and had been in the industry for 27 years across a range of commodities, Implats said, adding he ...
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