Sibanye resumes output at US Stillwater mine after shaft repairs

South Africa’s Sibanye Stillwater has resumed output at its Stillwater West mine in Montana, United States, and production should be back to normal around the end of April, the company said on Monday, after repairs to shaft infrastructure.

The six-week production halt is expected to have cut output at Stillwater West mine by about 30,000 ounces of platinum and palladium, equivalent to 7% of Sibanye’s 2022 U.S platinum group metal (PGM) production, the company said.

“Production from the deeper levels at the Stillwater West mine has resumed,” Sibanye said in a statement, adding output levels should be normalized around the end of the month.