Platinum's process leap given Parliamentary pep

A significantly improved platinum group metals (PGMs) processing method has been developed with the assistance of South Africa's State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel has informed Parliament. In response to questions posed by Shadow Economic Development Minister Dr Michael Cardo of the Democratic Alliance (DA), Patel said he had been advised by the IDC of its participation in feasibility studies aimed at reducing electricity consumption in domestic processing of not only PGMs, but also ferrochrome.