Tharisa
Alston Smith joined Tharisa Minerals in April 2011 as an Operations Manager, responsible for the commissioning of the PGM and Chromite plants, their operation, and management. Alston has almost 21 years of experience in the mining industry. Alston started his career at the Lonmin’s Western Platinum Refinery in 1995, where he worked for a total of nine years – four years at the Precious Metals Refinery and a further five years at the Base Metal Refinery. Alston joined Barplats Crocodile River Mine in November 2004 as a Metallurgical Superintendent and within two years he became a plant manager. Alston left Barplats in 2009 to start his own business and he worked for a brief period at Minopex before he joined Tharisa.
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Tharisa plc is an investment holding company with controlling interests in platinum group metals (PGM) and chrome mining, processing operations and associated sales and logistics operations. It operates the Tharisa Mine, a co-producing, open pit PGM and chrome mine located in the Bushveld Complex of South Africa. The Company's segments include PGM and Chrome. Its subsidiaries include Arxo Metals, Tharisa Minerals, Tharisa Minerals and Arxo Logistics. Its Arxo Metals produces specialized chemical and foundry grade chrome concentrates. Its Tharisa Minerals produces PGM concentrate, as well as metallurgical and chemical grade chrome concentrates from a shallow open pit mine near Rustenburg, North West Province. Its Arxo Resources markets and sells metallurgical grade chrome concentrate to customers primarily in Asia. Its Arxo Logistics manages rail and road distribution of PGM concentrate and chrome concentrates produced by the Tharisa Mine.