"Progressing to this next phase of ramp up at Styldrift I positions the project well for the ultimate ramp up to a 230,000 tonnes per month Merensky operation when further investment is warranted by the market," it said. The production from Styldrift in the September quarter offset reduced output from BRPM, which had four government-ordered safety stoppages. The stoppages provoked an unusually severe criticism from RBPlat, which noted the orders, called section 54 instructions, were in the past related to non-conformance with safety standards. Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) will triple production from its new Styldrift mine in response to higher rand platinum prices. Production at the group’s primary mine was hampered in the past by a number of heavily criticised safety stoppages. RBPlat, which is in a partnership with Anglo American Platinum at Styldrift and the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine (BRPM), said the companies would invest R4.75bn to ramp up Styldrift to 150,000 tonnes ...
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