January 14, 2022 Sibanye-Stillwater faces strike at South Africa gold mines Unions have been cleared to give the company notice of a strike following failed wage talks for gold mine workers.
January 11, 2022 Bullish investors add $90bn to top 50 biggest mining companies Despite the pullback in iron ore and copper prices, the MINING.COM TOP 50 ranking of the world’s most valuable miners made strong gains at the end of the year.
January 4, 2022 Palladium-infused ‘nano-chocolates’ a cheaper mechanism to store hydrogen German researchers have developed an alternative mechanism to store hydrogen in palladium nanoparticles.
December 31, 2021 Top 20 mining stories of 2021 Another record-setting year for the metals and mining industry and for MINING.COM.
December 22, 2021 Generation Mining clinches C$240m stream with Wheaton for Marathon construction A March 2021 feasibility study outlined a 13-year open pit mine at Marathon.
December 22, 2021 Palladium price poised for rebound after being 2021’s worst metal There are better days coming soon for palladium as Chinese purchases pick up and supply chain problems eventually ease.
December 19, 2021 Nornickel announces new methodology for calculating its carbon footprint Nornickel’s new methodology for calculating its carbon footprint is based on the from-cradle-to-gate principle.
December 10, 2021 Battle for South African platinum miner comes to a boil South Africa’s Public Investment Corp., the continent’s largest money manager, is an interested observer.
December 8, 2021 Ivanhoe Mines secures $300m in stream financing for Platreef Its subsidiary Ivanplats closed a $200 million gold and a $100 million palladium and platinum streaming facilities for Platreef.
December 1, 2021 Clean Air Metals’ PEA rates Thunder Bay North NPV at $303m, IRR at 29.8% Payback from the start of commercial operation would take 2.4 years with the initial capital expenditure estimated at C$367 million.
