Johannesburg-based Northam Platinum is an independent and integrated PGM-producing company with operations around the Bushveld Complex in South Africa.
Its main platinum facilities are South Africa’s Zondereinde and Booysendal mines, whose major contributions saw annual platinum production jump to 900,000 ounces in the 2019/20 financial year.
Platinum, palladium and rhodium are the three main products mined by Northam and are marketed to sectors including jewelry, automotive manufacturing, medical devices, electronics and heavy industries.
A refining-process contract for Northam’s PGM concentrate has been signed with Germany’s WC Heraeus. Weekly deliveries are made to Heraeus’ facility in Hanau for the separation of platinum, gold, silver, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium and iridium.