Strategy
Living the Implats Way
Our purpose is to create a better future. We accomplish this through the metals we produce, the way we do business and through our superior performance.
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Our purpose is to create a better future. We accomplish this through the metals we produce, the way we do business and through our superior performance.
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Decarbonisation is an urgent global challenge. There are increasing opportunities to use platinum-catalysed fuel cells to provide zero-emitting, carbon-free energy, in electricity and mobile applications.
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Employee accommodation and living conditions remain key strategic issues for improving the wellbeing of our employees and host communities in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Our focus remains on facilitating the creation of sustainable human settlements and access to decent accommodation for employees who are residing in informal structures.
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The increasing evidence globally of physical climate impacts – wildfires, floods, rising temperatures – is driving a greater sense of urgency in building adaptive capacity and resilience to climate.
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The Group’s value-focused strategy aims to position the business as a high-value, sustainable, profitable, socially and environmentally responsible, and competitive producer with increasing exposure to low-cost, shallow and mechanisable production over time.
The overriding objective of the Group’s strategic journey is to ensure the long-term sustainability of the business and continue the successful operating model of delivering our much-needed products to global clients. The successful continuity of this model ensures ongoing benefits to a variety of stakeholders.
The six focus pillars of our strategy guide and inform the Group’s goals and activities to ensure it achieves its purpose and vision.
We aspire to deliver an industry-leading sustainability performance, producing metals that sustain livelihoods through and beyond mining, creating a cleaner and better future for all.
Sustainable development creates value by fostering economic growth, preserving environmental resources, promoting social equity, supporting effective risk management and improving long-term financial performance.
We generate superior value for all stakeholders through modern, safe, responsible, competitive and consistent operational delivery.
Operational excellence is a key competitive differentiator, enhancing safe production, increasing operational efficiencies, boosting flexibility, improving employee engagement, strengthening financial performance and supporting effective risk management.
We place people at the centre of our organisation, and engender a shared culture founded on our values to respect, care and deliver.
Organisational effectiveness supports sustained business success by improving performance, aligning strategic goals, fostering better decision-making, driving innovation, engaging employees, boosting financial performance, supporting effective risk management and strengthening reputation.
We pursue value creation by sustaining and leveraging a strong and flexible balance sheet within a prudent capital allocation framework.
The strategic balance provided by an optimal capital structure supports sustainable growth and profitability by managing the cost of capital, enhancing financial flexibility, improving stability, maximising shareholder value, supporting strategic initiatives, promoting operational efficiency and fostering positive investor relations.
We seek to leverage, strengthen and grow our diverse asset base through operational exposure to shallow, mechanisable orebodies.
Implats’ long-term success and value generation is underpinned by a competitive asset portfolio, which enhances operational efficiency, increases revenue generation, supports strategic growth, diversifies risk, improves financial performance, strengthens competitive advantage, increases flexibility and boosts investor confidence.
We sustain and grow value by supporting present and future demand drivers, creating strong customer relationships and aligning our production to evolving demand.
The Group’s strategic focus on the future contributes to its success and sustainability by increasing revenue and market share, improving customer satisfaction and loyalty, optimising production efficiencies, boosting profit margins, enhancing competitive advantage, reducing risk, strengthening brand reputation, enabling strategic growth, ensuring efficient resource allocation, and improving strategic planning.
Platinum group metals (PGMs) are used rather than consumed - their high recyclability means they can be re-used many times, reducing their impact on the environment.
PGMs are the six-member family of elements which include platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium. PGMs are an excellent raw material, catalyst and manufacturing ingredient due to their unique chemical and physical properties.
PGMs form the often-invisible heart of many everyday items in modern society. They are used in the manufacture of hard disks, mobile phones and aircraft turbines, in anti-cancer drugs and dental implants, in industrial catalysts and ceramic glazes, and in many more products.
Platinum gauzes play a critical role in nitrous oxide (N2O) abatement programmes, significantly reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. They are also pivotal in air and water purification systems, breaking down harmful pollutants. Innovative secondary PGM-bearing catalysts can reduce up to 90% of the N2O emissions generated during fertiliser production.
Implats promotes and advances technologies related to the hydrogen economy and fuel cell innovations, positioning itself at the forefront of sustainable solutions powered by PGMs. This supports the global shift towards decarbonisation and emissions reduction.
Through Implats’ investments in AP Ventures, it develops markets for key PGM applications such as in hydrogen, fuel cell mobility and energy storage. The Group pioneers research and development in fuel cells, promising advancements in combined heat and power applications, distributed power generation and portable energy solutions.
By far the largest use of PGMs today is in automobile catalytic converters (autocatalysts), which are pollution-control devices fitted to cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other mobile machinery. Catalytic converters reduce outdoor air pollution in cities and rural areas.
PGMs are the active ingredient in many pharmaceuticals and a vital element in modern surgical technologies and medical componentry. Platinum has become the favoured metal in many medical applications because it is biocompatible and durable, with excellent electrical conductivity and radiopacity.
Platinum is rare and pure, with a natural white colour. The modern history of platinum only begins in the 18th century, but archaeologists have found objects dating from as far back as 1200 BC, decorated with gold-platinum hieroglyphics. Today, platinum is the pre-eminent metal for bridal jewellery in many countries and promotional campaigns are focused on developing the market for self-purchase and fashion jewellery in Asia in particular.
