JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum group metals (PGMs) have several properties that make them critical everyday-life minerals, Mintek supervisor: applied chemical analysis Nehemiah Mukwevho explicated during his presentation at the Mintek PGM Industry Day, where South Africa's national mineral research organisation and one of the world's leading technology organisations specialising in mineral processing showcased its latest PGM-relevant services, research capabilities and innovations.
“Proper data is what keeps the whole industry moving,” he told the audience at the event covered by Mining Weekly. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)
Now in his twenty-second year at Mintek, Mukwevho expressed certainty that, in one way or another, audience members had, at some time or another, enjoyed the application of PGMs that are spread across autocatalysis, jewellery, chemicals, petroleum, electronics, electrical, medical and biomedical sectors.
He was one of a dozen Mintek managers, engineers and scientists who presented in the auditorium of this 92-year-old State-owned mineral research organisation, which is situated at 200 Malibongwe Drive in Randburg.
“The quantification of PGMs is very important because it guides all the plant processes,” Mukwevho emphasised during his outline of the occurrence, properties, applications and analytical determination of PGMs.
