Australia's Queensland approves Anglo American's coal-mine lease

摘要

Platinum midcap Aquarius said last week that it would temporarily close its Marikana platinum mine, near Rustenburg, owing to low metal prices and high costs. The announcement follows that of platinum junior Eastplats to suspend construction funding for its 30%-completed Mareesburg project and Kennedy's Vale concentrator plant in South Africa's Bushveld Complex, citing the poor global economy.