- CEO
- Richard Andrew Stewart
- Full Time Employees
- 72,423
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Other Precious Metals
- Address
- Bridgeview House, Building 11 Weltevredenpark GT South Africa 1709
- IPO Date
- Aug 19, 2020
- Business
- Sibanye Stillwater Limited (SBYSF) is a multinational mining company focused on precious metals production, primarily gold and platinum group metals (PGMs), along with by-product metals such as palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, nickel, copper, chrome, and cobalt. The company operates a diversified portfolio of mines and processing facilities, including underground and open-pit gold operations; PGM mines producing platinum, palladium, and rhodium; and battery metals projects yielding nickel, copper, and cobalt for the energy transition market. Its core offerings encompass gold bullion; PGM concentrates and refined metals; base metals in concentrate form; chrome alloys and foundry products; and exploration services across its asset base.
Headquartered in Weltevreden Park, South Africa, and founded in 2013 through the unbundling from Gold Fields Limited, Sibanye Stillwater conducts operations across multiple geographies, including primary mining activities in South Africa, the United States, and Argentina, with exploration and development projects in Australia, Canada, and Europe. The company serves industrial, automotive, jewelry, investment, and energy storage markets, positioning itself as a key supplier in the global precious and battery metals sectors. Key subsidiaries include Sibanye Gold Limited for gold assets, Sibanye Platinum for PGM operations, and Kelgold for U.S.-based gold mines, reflecting its integrated structure without a dominant parent company.
In recent developments within the last two years, Sibanye Stillwater completed the acquisition of Reldan Group in 2024, expanding its battery chemicals capabilities with a lithium-ion battery recycling facility in the U.S., and advanced its Kelbrook nickel-copper-PGE project in the UK through updated resource estimates and permitting progress in 2025. The company secured a strategic partnership with Harmony Gold in 2024 to optimize South African gold operations and announced a R4 billion green bond issuance in early 2025 to fund renewable energy transitions at its mines. Additionally, it launched the Hoedspruit PGM concentrator ramp-up in late 2024 and restructured its U.S. PGM portfolio by suspending unprofitable Marikana operations while investing in lithium exploration at its Salares Norte project in Argentina.