![]() ![]() The mine, said to have 21.3 million ounces of product, had been closed since 2015, due to price falls and difficulties in its operations. : 3ĭuring February 2017, Northam announced a proposal to purchase the Eland platinum mine for R135 million from its owner Glencore. : 3 Northam also has a 50% interest in the Dwaalkop join venture and a 51% interest in the Kokerboom exploration joint in the Northern Cape. : 3 In a joint venture project, it has a 7.5% interest the Pandora mine with Anglo American Platinum and Lonmin. : 3 Merensky North is under development and the South mine also consists of the Everest platinum mine purchased from Aquarius Platinum in 2015. ![]() UG2 North opened in July 2013 and produces 160,000oz a year with a 105 million ounces available. : 3 The Booysendal site consists of three mines, Booysendal UG2 North, Booysendal Merensky North and Booysendal South. : 3 Close by is Northam Chrome that obtains chrome from the material mined from Zondereinde. ![]() Located close to Thabazimbi, the Zondereinde mine produces 280,000oz of refined PGMs a year in 2016 and has an expected life of more than 20 years. Northam Platinum has three main mines in South Africa located at Zondereinde, Limpopo Province, Booysendal, Mpumalanga and Eland North West. Northam’s three main products mined are platinum, palladium and rhodium and are consumed by industries such as the motor manufacturing, jewellery and other industrial sectors. The primary operations are centered on their three wholly owned mines, Zondereinde, Booysendal and Eland, and the additional metallurgical operations at Zondereinde including a smelter and base metals removal plant. Between its two volumes, a juice bar serves healthy drinks and snacks around a courtyard shaded by olive trees.Northam Holdings is an independent integrated PGM producer listed on the JSE. Approached from the south it appears as a pair of single-storied, lightweight buildings expansive glazing opens light-filled exercise and treatment rooms onto the parkland. Several other buildings form an integral part of the experience at Apple Park: The Fitness & Wellness Center is a pavilion retreat in the Apple Park landscape. They are the biggest of their kind ever constructed, and enhance the sense of landscape sweeping through the building. Huge doors of glass, 15 metres (50 feet) high and 55 metres (180 feet) wide, roll effortlessly on tracks beneath the floor. Most impressively, the Restaurant’s north-eastern facade can slide quietly away. Its quadruple-height dining hall and outdoor terraces encourage interaction. Breaking this rhythm, the Restaurant – a campus town square – occupies the Ring’s entire north-east axis. At the eight cardinal axis points, full-height atria create light-filled entrance commons: social spaces that connect the park to the garden space within. Known as ‘void slabs’, these multi-use elements form the structure and exposed ceiling, incorporate radiant heating and cooling and provide air return. ![]() One of the most advanced precast concrete structures in the world, over 4,000 slabs, which span up to 15 metres (48 feet), make up the Ring’s floors. It comprises a few core elements: communal ‘pod’ spaces for collaboration, private office spaces for concentrated work, and broad, glazed perimeter walkways – featuring the largest sheets of curved glass ever constructed – that allow uninterrupted connection to the landscape. The simple form of the Ring Building conceals immense expertise and innovation. There are now over 9,000 trees on site, including indigenous oaks and orchards, as well as meadows, sports fields, terraces and a secluded pond. Today, the green space has been increased from 20 to 80 per cent, with over six kilometres (four miles) of walking and jogging trails. The 71-hectare (175-acre) site was previously dominated by impervious surfaces. The campus is powered by 100 per cent renewable energy, and is the largest LEED Platinum-certified office building in North America. Inspired by all of Apple’s endeavours, it has been designed with a deep care towards the environment as well as the company and its staff. Flexible and forward-looking, the architecture sits low amid tall trees, draws its energy from the sun and brings the invigorating views and fresh air from the park through its glass facades. Its landscape and buildings form a seamless whole: the Ring Building, Steve Jobs Theater, Fitness & Wellness Center, Visitors’ Center and South Parking are all encompassed by flowing parkland that enhances the buildings as places to socialise, exercise and work. The campus is Californian in spirit: open and connected to nature and the product of a remarkable collaboration. Apple Park places people at its heart, creating an ideal workplace for continued creativity, innovation and wellbeing. ![]()
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