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Special issue of the South African Journal of Geology Platinum-group elements and minerals in Southern African rocks

Centre for Research on Magmatic Ore Deposits, Department of Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. e-mail: wdmaier@scientia.up.ac.za

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The upsurge in the price for platinum-group elements (PGE), both in US $ and Rand terms, has resulted in a worldwide boom in the PGE exploration and mining industry. In South Africa, impending changes in mineral rights legislation are a contributing factor. New PGE mines have been opened and are being developed in the western, eastern and northern lobes of the Bushveld Complex, on the Merensky, UG2 and Platreef. Mining developments in the Great Dyke are gaining momentum. In addition, several other intrusions in southern Africa including the Molopo Farms, Insizwa, Usushwana and Tete complexes, as well as several intrusions in Namibia are currently being, or have in the recent past been explored for PGE by a number of mining companies. Further, the high PGE price has made PGE an increasingly important and profitable byproduct of some primary Ni mining operations, notably at Nkomati.

Medium- to long-term forecasts of PGE demand and prices remain . . . [Full Text of this Article]