Palladium Top Stories

Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out

Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global energy.

Frik Els | January 9, 2023 | 11:16 am

Recession risks to weigh on precious metals prices, but weaker dollar would help — report

Depending on the direction for the dollar resulting from the…

Staff Writer | January 3, 2023 | 10:56 am

Supreme dollar rules the roost in gold market

The US currency's climb to 20-year peaks this year eroded…

Reuters | December 30, 2022 | 9:36 pm

Triple Flag acquires royalty on polymetallic Thunder Bay North project

Triple Flag is acquiring up to a 2.5% NSR royalty…

Staff Writer | December 23, 2022 | 10:08 am

Nornickel mulls cutting output by 10% next year

The war in Ukraine has impacted the miner by disrupting…

Bloomberg News | December 20, 2022 | 8:30 am

UK, South Africa seek deeper cooperation on critical minerals

London and Pretoria announced a partnership to promote the responsible exploration and production of critical minerals in South Africa.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 27, 2022 | 7:03 am

Birthplace of gold-rich stars finally revealed

Researchers have revealed the birthplace of stars with an abundance of gold and platinum.

Staff Writer | November 23, 2022 | 6:10 am

Platinum deficit expected in 2023 after bumper surpluses, WPIC says

Use by auto makers would rise and investors would flip from net sellers to net buyers, pushing demand in 2023 up 19% to 7.77 million ounces, the Council said.

Reuters | November 21, 2022 | 4:11 pm

South Africa’s PIC won’t sell stake key to platinum takeover battle

South Africa’s Public Investment Corp. said it’s decided against selling its shares in Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd.

Bloomberg News | November 17, 2022 | 7:48 am

South Africa’s competition tribunal approves Impala-RB Platinum merger

The tribunal said the conditions include Impala honouring its current contracts and securing commercial terms for the renewal of contracts.

Reuters | November 16, 2022 | 10:25 am

LME decides against ban on Russian metal

The metals industry has spent weeks debating what to do about supplies from Russia, which is a major producer of copper, nickel, aluminum and palladium.

Bloomberg News | November 11, 2022 | 12:15 pm

Northam steps up bidding war with formal offer for RBPlat

Northam has presented a formal offer of 172.7 rand per share, escalating a takeover battle with bigger rival Impala Platinum.

Reuters | November 9, 2022 | 9:40 am

Magna plans drilling at Denison nickel-copper project after ‘considerable’ resource estimate

Magna is exploring the restart of a past-producing underground mine and adding an open-pit operation to the site, also known as Crean Hill.

Staff Writer | November 8, 2022 | 10:56 am

Zimbabwe’s new mineral royalty policy comes into force

The government plans to start collecting half of the royalties from gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, and lithium.

Reuters | November 8, 2022 | 7:45 am

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