Tharisa sees first-half profits surge as PGM prices rocket
Pre-tax profit in the six months to the end of March rose by 72% to S$17.5mln, up from US$10.2mln the year before.
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Tharisa PLC is an integrated resource group critical to the energy transition and decarbonisation of economies. The company incorporates exploration, mining, processing and the beneficiation, marketing, sales, and logistics of PGMs and chrome concentrates, using innovation and technology as enablers.
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Pre-tax profit in the six months to the end of March rose by 72% to S$17.5mln, up from US$10.2mln the year before.
“Tharisa is a significant producer of chemical and foundry grade chrome concentrates which are used in a number of essential industries"
Tharisa previously said it would aim to restart production on the morning of 17 April
Tharisa has extensive platinum, palladium and chrome production in South Africa
Tharisa has a production mix of platinum group metals and chrome
Tharisa produces platinum group metals and chrome from its mine in South Africa
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The German bank said that the stock in the miner was “too cheap” and that the current outperformance in PGM prices was “providing a major shot in the arm" for revenues
The Cypriot firm with mining assets in South Africa, in a statement, told investors that it mined 1,143 tonnes of ore and milled 1,247 tonnes during the quarter
The miner has 2020 project ongoing to increase the production of platinum to 200,000oz and chrome to 2Mt by the end of next year.
Production in the year to September amounted to 139,700 ounces of contained PGMs and 1.29 Mt of chrome concentrates
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Platinum group metal output rose a touch to 34,100 oz, while chrome concentrate production improved 8.2% to 334,000 tonnes.
Aims for minimum of 155,000 oz of PGMs and 1.45mt chrome concentrate this year