Third on the list of top platinum-mining companies is Sibanye-Stillwater, which was founded in 2013 as a gold-mining company with headquarters in Johannesburg.
Sibanye’s platinum-producing power came to prominence following its acquisition of Bermuda-based Aquarius Platinum in 2016 and London platinum miner Lonmin in 2019.
PGM operations at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Rustenburg mine South Africa (Credit: Sibanye-Stillwater)
The company’s major platinum output comes from Lonmin’s primary operation in the west side of South Africa’s Bushveld Complex, known as the Marikana mine, as well as Aquarius’ Kroondal and Mimosa mines.
Sibanye-Stillwater’s Americas-focused PGM operations yielded 593,974 ounces in primary production in 2019, while its African operations accounted for 1.6 million ounces of PGM production.