PGM Prices Should Be Higher, says Valterra Platinum CEO
Anglo American's platinum unit, Amplats has demerged and started trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange under the new name Valterra Platinum. The new entity will also have a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange from next Monday. It's a culmination of Anglo's wider restructuring plans announced last year to fend off an unsolicited $49 billion takeover by BHP Group. Amplats CEO, Craig Miller, spoke to Bloomberg's Chief Africa Correspondent Jennifer Zabasajja on Horizons Middle East and Africa just minutes before becoming the CEO of Valterra Platinum. (Source: Bloomberg)
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