# Jameson cells saving Valterra Platinum R203m, keeping 3 000 trucks off road

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/jameson-cells-saving-valterra-platinum-r203m-keeping-3-000-trucks-off-road--52e428cd-4f9d-46b9-9031-4170a4c9564d

Original source: https://www.miningweekly.com/article/jameson-cells-saving-valterra-platinum-r203m-keeping-3-000-trucks-off-road-2026-09-23

Publisher: miningweekly

Original announcement: 2026-09-23T14:07:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-23T17:48:07.916Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-23T17:48:07.916Z

- Company: Valterra Platinum

- Ticker: Unavailable

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: South Africa

- Primary commodity: Platinum

- Secondary commodities: Chromium, Nickel, Copper

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-23 17:48:08 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Valterra Platinum has achieved R203 million in annual cost savings and significant environmental improvements through the deployment of Jameson cells at its Mogalakwena north concentrator. The technology has reduced concentrate mass transport requirements and electricity consumption while improving smelting efficiency. A study is now underway to implement similar technology at the Mogalakwena south concentrator.

Reasoning: The deployment of Jameson cells at the Mogalakwena north concentrator has delivered significant operational cost savings, energy reductions, and emissions improvements, while demonstrating technical advantages in handling complex ore.

- Positive factor: R203m annual cost saving

- Positive factor: reduction in smelting electricity consumption

- Positive factor: reduction in CO2 emissions

- Positive factor: improved mass pull efficiency

- Positive factor: potential for improved metal recovery

- Negative factor: clay complexity in Platreef ore requires innovative treatment

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via mill or concentrator \(CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation\).

Why it applies: The technology described \(Jameson cells\) is a flotation-based concentrator process.

Evidence · text

> replacing something like 44 conventional flotation cells with four Jameson cells

**Single Domain Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.

Why it applies: only one composite was tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### flotation

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Mogalakwena · platinum

#### Identity

- Project: Mogalakwena
- Commodity: platinum
- Region: south\_africa
- Reported Region: South Africa

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: Jameson cells flotation
- Sample: Mogalakwena north concentrator Jameson cell deployment

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Jameson cells improved mass pull efficiency and allowed for higher depressant use to manage clay complexity without losing PGM recovery.

- Positive factor: reduced mass pull

- Positive factor: efficient bubble particle contact

- Positive factor: allows higher depressant application

Evidence · text

> Valterra has achieved major footprint reduction by replacing something like 44 conventional flotation cells with four Jameson cells at the Mogalakwena PGM mine’s north concentrator.

#### Tags used in scoring

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via mill or concentrator \(CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation\).

Why it applies: processing\_route matches the flotation signal

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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