{
  "id": 14626270,
  "title": "Tharisa secures new PGM offtake deal with Valterra Platinum",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/tharisa-secures-new-pgm-offtake-deal-with-valterra-platinum",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-15T06:09:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/tharisa-secures-new-pgm-offtake-deal-with-valterra-platinum-93CH-4950599"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Paphos, Cyprus - Tharisa plc has secured a new platinum group metals (PGM) offtake deal with Valterra Platinum Limited, as announced on Tuesday. The agreement, binding from January 1, 2027, sees Valterra Platinum purchasing 50% of the PGM concentrate produced by Tharisa's mine, replacing Sibanye-Stillwater Limited. Northam Platinum Limited will maintain its existing arrangement for the remaining 50%. The collaboration extends to fine chrome recovery and beneficiation at Valterra Platinum facilities, utilizing Tharisa's Vulcan X technology. This expansion of cooperation with Valterra Platinum, announced earlier this year, further strengthens Tharisa's PGM production certainty.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Tharisa secures new PGM offtake deal with Valterra Platinum",
    "Valterra to purchase 50% of Tharisa's mine PGM concentrate",
    "Northam Platinum maintains existing arrangement for remaining 50%"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Replacing a major partner with Valterra Platinum secures Tharisa’s long-term production certainty while expanding the scope of their technical cooperation through advanced chrome recovery and beneficiation processes.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}