Global platinum market to move to 400,000oz deficit in 2012 – Johnson Matthey

Nornickel will re-launch one of the two furnaces at its flagship Nadezhda Smelter in early August.

Smelter operations in Columbus, Ohio were impacted after its automated systems all went down.

As the saying from mid-19th century California goes, during a gold rush the easiest way to get rich is selling shovels and picks. 

The world’s 50 biggest miners gained a combined $42 billion during Q2, but the ranks of lithium stocks in the top tier have halved as valuations plummet.