South Africa’s platinum miners start over

Chemaf agreed to sell its assets to Chinese defence and industrial giant, China North Industries Corp, or Norinco in June.

The companies announced the verified discovery of one of the largest palladium mineral systems in Australia.

The restart marked exactly a century since the mine first went into production.

Most mining firms rely on their own diesel supplies to extract iron ore, diamonds, rutile and bauxite in the resource-rich country.