The Siphumelele mine is one of the largest platinum mines located in the north-western part of South Africa in Rustenburg, North West.
The mine is owned and operated by Anglo American Platinum.
[2][3] Siphumelele represents one of the largest platinum reserves in South Africa having estimated reserves of 12.4 million oz of platinum.
[4] The mining method used is breast stoping with strike pillars.
The ore mined is then processed using gravity separation and flotation.