Rebuilding of Amplats smelter set back by two months
The delay will not affect the metal-in-concentrate guidance, which remains between 3.9-million to 4.3-million PGM ounces
08 September 2022 - 10:10
UPDATED 08 September 2022 - 18:12
Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has revised its 2022 refined production guidance after detecting sub-standard materials for the rebuilding of its Polokwane smelter, which will set the project back two months.
“As a result, there will be a build-up in work-in-progress inventory in 2022 and a short-term timing impact to refined PGM production,” the company owned by Anglo American said on Thursday...
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