Northam Platinum expects Kukama shaft to be operational in FY 2020

Executives, investors and government officials meet in Cape Town this week at the African Mining Indaba, the continent’s biggest gathering of one of its most essential industries.

Record palladium prices and a weaker rand are lifting the gloom enveloping South Africa’s platinum industry.

"At the end of the day it is an issue of balancing the needs of investors with the needs of the country"

Copper production reached a five-year high, more than offsetting output declines at Minas Rio in Brazil and Kumba in South Africa.

They say that there are no atheists in fox holes. Recently it has also become clear there are no monetary hawks in bear markets.

Up till now, metals were printed onto fabrics by coating the fabric with plastic.

But only sliver of funds raised destined for mining and metals

Investors appear to be ignoring the fact that weak sales figures have been reported for all major auto markets in recent days.

Platinum could be the dark horse among precious metals, according to a money manager at Pacific Investment Management Co.