Overview
Stage | Production |
Mine Type | Underground |
Commodities |
- Platinum
- Palladium
- Rhodium
- Nickel
- Copper
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Mining Method |
- Breast mining
- Bord-and-pillar
- Hydraulic mining
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Production Start | ... |
Mine Life | 2034 |
Impala (Impala Rustenburg) operation comprises a 9-shaft mining complex and concentrating and smelting plants. |
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Company | Interest | Ownership |
Employee Share Ownership Trust (ESOT)
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4 %
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Indirect
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Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.
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96 %
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Indirect
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Impala Platinum Ltd.
(operator)
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100 %
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Direct
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Impala operation is 96% owned by Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. The remaining 4% is owned by Employee share ownership trust.
Impala Platinum Limited (Impala), a member of the Implats group of companies, own and operates a platinum group metals mining and processing operation.
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Summary:
Impala Rustenburg explores and mines the Merensky and UG2 Reefs, which are separated by a sequence of primarily anorthositic and noritic layered units, ranging from 45m in the northern part of the mining right area and thickening to 125m in the south.
The Merensky Reef is generally composed of an upper feldspathic pyroxenite, overlying a thin basal chromitite stringer, followed by an anorthosite to norite footwall. Locally, this is termed a ‘pyroxenite reef’. In some areas a pegmatoidal pyroxenite and a second chromitite stringer may be developed between the feldspathic pyroxenite and the footwall units. Locally this pegmatoidal pyroxenite can exceed 2m in thickness. This is termed a ‘pegmatoid reef’.
The UG2 Reef is defined as the main chromitite layer, with most PGM and base metal mineralisation confined to this unit, with a poorly mineralised pegmatoidal pyroxenite footwall. The main chromitite layer’s hangingwall is a feldspathic pyroxenite containing up to four thin and poorly mineralised chromitite layers. The vertical grade distribution is depicted in the accompanying graphs, showing peak values at reef contacts associated with chromitite. The average 6E ratios show the differences between the Merensky and UG2 Reefs, particularly the higher platinum to palladium ratio in the Merensky Reef and the relatively high proportion of rhodium in the UG2 Reef.
Both mineralised horizons dip gently away from the sub-outcrop in a north-easterly dire ........
Mining Methods
- Breast mining
- Bord-and-pillar
- Hydraulic mining
Summary:
Both the Merensky and UG2 Reefs are mined across the Impala Rustenburg operations. Stoping at the operations is predominantly carried out through conventional double-sided breast mining following best- practice principles. Access haulages are developed in opposite directions from cross-cuts, following the two reef horizons on strike in the reef footwall, and are defined as half levels. Footwall drives are developed approximately 18m to 30m below the reef horizon, with on-reef raise/winze connections between 180m and 250m apart. Panel face lengths vary from 15m to 28m for Merensky and UG2 Reefs, with panels typically separated by 6m x 3m grid pillars with 2m ventilation holes. Stoping widths are approximately 1.3m and 1.1m for conventional Merensky and UG2 Reefs, respectively, depending on the width of the economic reef horizon. In addition, bord and pillar mining (trackless) occurs in selected Merensky Reef areas at 14 Decline and 12 North Decline. The average stoping width of the bord and pillar panels is about 1.9m.
Conventional mining: Utilises underground conventional stoping to conduct mining operations. The underground tunnel development is drilled using handheld compressed air powered rockdrills, the subsequent hole drilled for rock extraction are filled with explosives and blasted at a set time. The blasted rocks are extracted, pulled to the main rock transfer system and then hoisted to surface. In underground conventional stoping the cleaning of the blast ........
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Reserves at June 30, 2023:
Mineral Resources are reported inclusive of Mineral Reserves.
Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade | Contained Metal |
Proven & Probable
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150.5 Mt
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Platinum
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7.5 M oz
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Proven & Probable
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150.5 Mt
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Palladium
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3.6 M oz
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Proven & Probable
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150.5 Mt
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4E (Pt, Pd, Rh, Au)
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2.56 g/t
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12.4 M oz
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Proven & Probable
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150.5 Mt
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6E (Pt,Pd,Rh,Au,Ir,Ru)
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2.91 g/t
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14.1 M oz
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Total Resource
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450.9 Mt
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Platinum
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47.8 M oz
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Total Resource
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450.9 Mt
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Palladium
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22.9 M oz
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Total Resource
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450.9 Mt
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4E (Pt, Pd, Rh, Au)
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5.43 g/t
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78.7 M oz
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Total Resource
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450.9 Mt
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6E (Pt,Pd,Rh,Au,Ir,Ru)
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6.17 g/t
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89.4 M oz
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Total Resource
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450.9 Mt
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Nickel
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0.09 %
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Total Resource
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450.9 Mt
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Copper
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0.04 %
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Commodity Production Costs:
| Commodity | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
Cash costs
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6E (Pt,Pd,Rh,Au,Ir,Ru)
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1,090 / oz USD
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Cash costs
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Platinum
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......
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2,116 / oz USD
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Cash costs
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Platinum
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......
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1,241 / oz† USD
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All-in sustaining costs (sold)
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Platinum
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......
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1,238 / oz† USD
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^ Guidance / Forecast.
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Operating Costs:
| Units | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Total operating costs ($/t milled)
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USD
| 147 | 163 | 133 | 111 | 107 | 112 | 112 | 93 |
Financials:
| Units | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
Capital expenditures (planned)
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M ZAR
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Capital expenditures
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M
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215 USD
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Revenue
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M
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13,255 ZAR
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Gross profit
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M
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-2,791 ZAR
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Pre-tax Income
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M
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-17,107 ZAR
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After-tax Income
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M
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-12,332 ZAR
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EBITDA
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M
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-529 ZAR
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Operating Cash Flow
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Staff:
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2023
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2022
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