• Sibanye-Stillwater is a South African multi-national mining and metals processing group with a diverse portfolio.

• It is the world’s largest primary producer of platinum, the second-largest primary producer of palladium, and the third-largest producer of gold. 

• The company has recently begun to build and diversify its asset portfolio. 

Sibanye- Stillwater is a South African multi-national mining and metals processing group with a diverse portfolio of mining and processing operations and projects and investments across five continents. 

This company has established itself as one of the world’s largest primary producers of platinum, palladium, and rhodium and is also a top-tier gold producer. It produces other PGMs, such as iridium and ruthenium, along with chrome, copper, and nickel as by-products.

In April 2016 the company entered the PGM space, with an all-share offer for Aquarius Platinum, comprising Kroondal, Platinum Mile, a 50% shareholding in Zimbabwe’s Mimosa mine, and a number of exploration projects, as well as the acquisition of the Rustenburg operations from Anglo American Platinum Limited.

On 30 August 2017, following the successful purchase of the Stillwater mine in Montana, Sibanye Gold Limited began trading as Sibanye-Stillwater and reorganized its operations by region – Southern Africa and the United States.

In June 2019, Sibanye-Stillwater acquired Lonmin Plc, London, UK, a top-tier PGM producer. The enlarged group is the world’s largest primary producer of platinum and rhodium, one of the largest producers of palladium, and the leading recycler and processor of spent PGM catalytic converter materials.

According to its 2020 annual report, the company produced 3 million ounces of PGM and 0.98 million ounces of gold.

In 2020, the group employed 84,775 people, mostly in South Africa. Thus, Sibanye-Stillwater is one of the top four private sector employers in South Africa and the largest industrial employer in the state of Montana.

It is the world’s largest primary producer of platinum, the second-largest primary producer of palladium, and the third-largest producer of gold. 

The company has recently begun to build and diversify its asset portfolio into battery metals mining and processing and is increasing its presence in the circular economy by growing and diversifying its recycling and tailings reprocessing operations globally.