Northam Platinum Limited Northam Platinum Limited, a broadly based black economic empowerment company, currently operates a platinum group metals (PGM) mine at the upper end of the western limb of the South African Bushveld Complex, and is in the process of acquiring a 50% JV interest in the Booysendal project on the eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex.
Northam is the deepest platinum mine in the world. Underground workings are characterized by particularly high virgin rock temperatures (VRT) that demand considerable refrigeration capacity.