Palladium Top Stories

Key insights from the inaugural Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh

The Future Minerals Forum recently heard Saudi Arabia is looking to invest its massive capital potential to not only develop its industry, from exploration to downstream battery metal processing.

Northern Miner Staff | January 17, 2022 | 6:01 pm

Sibanye-Stillwater faces strike at South Africa gold mines

Unions have been cleared to give the company notice of…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 14, 2022 | 3:40 am

Bullish investors add $90bn to top 50 biggest mining companies

Despite the pullback in iron ore and copper prices, the…

MINING.com Editor | January 11, 2022 | 1:18 pm

Palladium-infused ‘nano-chocolates’ a cheaper mechanism to store hydrogen

German researchers have developed an alternative mechanism to store hydrogen…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 4, 2022 | 6:06 am

South Africa miners back gradual move away from coal-fired power

About 60% of the country’s $302 billion economy is reliant on energy produced from coal.

Bloomberg News | September 27, 2021 | 7:54 am

Missing worker at Sibanye’s Kloof gold mine found dead

An investigation into the cause of the incident, including the reasons the employee ventured into an area he should not have been in, will be carried out.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 23, 2021 | 3:39 am

Platinum-group prices are being hammered by the chip shortage

The shortage of semiconductors is clobbering the price of platinum-group metals as investors brace for a long-lasting hit to car production.

Bloomberg News | September 16, 2021 | 7:39 am

How mining waste can be used for hydrogen fuel production

Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology propose the idea of using feldspars found in mine tailings as part of a potential cheaper catalyst for hydrogen fuel production.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 15, 2021 | 12:30 am

Scientists working on autonomous swarms of robots to mine the Moon

NASA has granted a research team from the University of Arizona $500,000 to develop robots able to mine, excavate and even build simple structures on the Moon's surface.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 13, 2021 | 6:16 am