Heraeus Opens New Platinum Group Metals Refinery in South Africa

摘要

Early February saw Heraeus significantly strengthening its market presence on the African continent by starting up a pgm refinery in Port Elizabeth (South Africa). The Heraeus Refinery S.A. (Pty.) Limited, a subsidiary of the Group's Managing Company, W. C. Heraeus, highly renowned for its precious metal expertise, is located in close proximity to the South African automobile industry whose demand makes it one of the main consumers of platinum group metals (pgm) for use in exhaust gas catalytic converters.