The mining industry's bet on precious metals recycling

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As demand for precious metals grows across industries, mining companies are turning to recycling to secure secondary supplies and strengthen long-term resource security. South African mining company Sibanye-Stillwater has consolidated three recycling businesses into a single global platform, signalling how recycling is becoming part of mainstream mining strategy. 

• Precious metals—including gold, silver and platinum group metals such as platinum, palladium and rhodium—are important to electronics, automotive manufacturing, industrial processes and clean energy technologies, making reliable supplies a growing strategic priority. 

• Recycling is becoming a strategic complement to primary mining as companies seek to diversify supplies of precious metals and reduce reliance on newly extracted resources.

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