- Write by:
-
Thursday, June 4, 2020 - 3:16:47 AM
-
973 Visit
-
Print
Mining News Pro - Anglo American Platinum has shut down its Phase B unit of the Anglo Converter Plant in Rustenburg after a water leak in the high-pressure cooling section detected on Sunday.
“Our systems allowed us to bring the unit down pro-actively and safely. All employees evacuated the area safely,” Amplats said in a release.
In March, Anglo American Platinum announced the temporary shutdown of the entire Anglo Converter Plant, part of the chain of processing facilities, and declared force majeure.
The Company’s ACP phase A converter plant at the Waterval smelter in Rustenburg, North West Province, was also damaged following an explosion within the converter on February 10. The phase B unit was commissioned to take over from the phase A plant.
The Johannesburg-listed miner last month completed repairs to the unit and lifted the force majeure.
Further updates will be given as soon as more information is available, expected early next week, Amplats said.
Short Link:
https://www.miningnews.ir/En/News/541392
The United States is looking to Africa to help loosen a Chinese stranglehold on battery metals and reduce Russia’s ...
A researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Rostock has developed new methods for the synthesis of drug ...
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) said on Friday it was deferring plans to expand output at its Bokoni mine due to low ...
A global platinum deficit in 2024 will be deeper than previously expected as mines hit by low prices for palladium and ...
South Africa’s platinum producers are in crisis, as slumping metal prices force jobs cuts and erode profits.
Sibanye Stillwater on Tuesday reported a $2 billion annual loss and scrapped its final dividend, hurt by a slump in ...
Northam Platinum’s CEO said on Friday that platinum mining companies in South Africa, the world’s top supplier of the ...
Impala Platinum could shut some loss-making South African mining operations if metal prices deteriorate further and ...
Anglo American will review its assets after a 94% plunge in annual profit and writedowns at its diamond and nickel ...
No comments have been posted yet ...