The 8th edition of the PGMs Industry Day takes place on Thursday, 3 April 2025 at the Houghton Hotel, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg. Key players, including PGMs producers, end users, industry analysts and investors, will discuss the discuss the latest opportunities and challenges facing the PGMs sector.

This event will focus on a broad range of issues including the long-term future of the PGMs industry, current geopolitical dynamics, the PGMs basket price, operational strategies in challenging market conditions, the current supply/demand dynamics and more.

Chaired by Bernard Swanepoel, this one-day event will include:

  • A conversation with CEOs Neal Froneman, Sibanye-Stillwater; Craig Miller, Anglo American Platinum and Nico Muller, Impala Platinum – reflecting on challenging times for PGMs – is there a price point at which PGMs production no longer makes sense?
  • Insights on what to expect from PGMs pricing this year from industry experts Wilma Swarts, director of PGM Research, Metals Focus and chair Women in PGMs; Margery Ryan, advocacy manager, Platinum Group Metals; Johnson Matthey and Henk de Hoop, CEO, SFA Oxford.
  • A dialogue on how the PGMs industry should position itself for the “Trump world” and beyond between Richard Stewart, CEO designate, Sibanye-Stillwater and Roger Baxter, executive chair, Southern Palladium.
  • A conversation on the outlook for new PGMs projects and how current market conditions are affecting project timelines with Phoevos Pouroulis, CEO, Tharisa Minerals; Jaco Prinsloo, CEO, Sylvania Platinum; Marna Cloete, president, Ivanhoe Mines and Johan Odendaal, managing director, Southern Palladium.
  • A discussion on on the current drivers in the global automotive market between Anton Smalberger, senior manager Marketing New Energy Business Development, Toyota SA and Bernhard Fuchs, senior vice president Precious Metals Management, Umicore AG.
  • Discourse on which markets will see demand growth for PGMs with Ed Sterck, director of Research, World Platinum Investment Council; Dominik Sperzel, head of Trading (SVP), Heraeus Precious Metals; Tim Schlick, CEO, Platinum Guild International Hong Kong Limited and Fahmida Smith, Principal Market Development, Anglo American Platinum and vice chair, African Hydrogen Partnership.
  • A panel discussion with investors sharing views on the current state of the PGMs industry and whether there is a recovery on the horizon, with Adrian Hammond, Mining Equities analyst, SBG Securities; Mduduzi Bhulose, portfolio manager – Resources, PIC and Thabiso Sekano, head of Mining and Metals, IDC.

    To view the latest agenda, please click here.

    To register, please click here.

Source: supplied by Resources 4 Africa

 

Event sponsors and partners:
Mining industry partners – African Rainbow Minerals, Minerals Council South Africa
Premium Sponsors – Fluor, Hatch
Sponsors – Auramet International, DRA Global, OIM Consulting, Sino-Platinum Metals (Singapore)
For more information on sponsorship packages available, please email Stuart Alderson-Smith: sponsorship@resources4africa.com

 

PGMs Industry Day has established itself as a highly influential platform representing the views of the industry’s major stakeholders and brings together senior representatives from local and international mining companies, investors, government and users of PGMs to discuss how the PGMs industry is changing, what the international trends are and what the future might hold. For more information visit: www.pgmsindaba.com