Platmin had held talks with some of the world's largest platinum producers about building a smelter at one of their existing sites, the company said yesterday.
Platmin is developing a platinum mine in the country.
A 20 megawatt brownfield smelter would cost as much as R200 million, Terry Holohann, the chief operating officer of Pretoria-based Platmin, told reporters in Johannesburg.
A new smelter would cost as much as R300 million, he added. - Bloomberg